Making Two Wood Grain Soaps with the Concentric Circle Pour

The wood grain soaps that I've seen other soaper make is so intriguing. I haven't made one myself until this time. If you follow my instagram you'll know how much I love nature, flowers and trees. Why had I not thought of making a wood grain soap yet? I'm not sure. But suddenly the beautiful rainbow eucalyptus trees that I've seen in San Diego popped into my head. Seemed like a good idea for a colorful version of this swirl to me! I found the I Dream in Soap channel who made a video on the woodgrain soap technique. She makes beautiful soap and videos. Then, I did what I usually do when I'm enamored about a new soap idea...I sleep on it. It dawned on me that I could possible use the concentric circle pour instead of squirt bottles, but I would still slant the molds as I pour with a back and forth movement. I would still cut the soap into soap height dimensions then cut the soap horizontally. That's it! The big idea is to pour thin strips of colored soap laterally, then cut sideways through the soap. Should work! I was so happy with how the Rainbow Eucalyptus turned out that I decided to make another. I'll call the next one Lime Wood and scent it accordingly. I felt that I should apply what I learned from the first to the making of the second. So, what you'll see in the video are my two first attempts and they won't be the last. If you notice the little flecks of white throughout the bars, well, I noticed them too. It's not something I often get in my soap. I wondered why and gave it a good long amount of thinking. The one factor that hit me was our unusual hot and humid weather. It was so hot that my supply of coconut oil didn't need to be melting. It was completely liquid. I did have to melt my Shea and cocoa butters, but I just weighed out my already liquid coconut oil. My theory is that my coconut oil needs to be melted to a higher temperature than our 80 degree weather had done for me. There must still be little unseen granules of coconut fat still floating about in the mix. I bet that's it. Regardless of the weather I'll still melt my coconut oil to a higher temp next time. I learned a lot with these soaps. It's part of the wonderful learning curve that happens when you stick with something long enough. I also learned a lot as I built a new website, albeit it has taken more time than I had hoped. But I have the satisfaction of knowing I figured it out mostly on my own. I hope you'll visit the new site, still with the same name, http://vibrant-soap.myshopify.com I hope you'll buy some vibrant soap, but if not, I hope you'll tell me what you think of the new site. Thanks for watching, liking and commenting. I really look forward to hearing from you all. Also follow vibrant soap on Instagram. I hope this longer than usual message finds you all well. Peace!