This Soap Changes Completely as It Cures | Vanilla Woods

This is Vanilla Woods, a cold process soap designed to change as it cures. The creamy vanilla layer you see in the video won’t stay cream—it will gradually deepen into a rich brown, completely changing the finished look of the bar. For this design, I’m combining several techniques in one relatively simple soap: a scraped landscape-style layer, a fine pencil line, and two different fragrances—one for each layer. The bottom green layer carries the woods portion of the scent, while the upper layer is fragranced with vanilla. By keeping the vanilla fragrance in the top portion, I can use its natural discoloration intentionally and allow that layer to become part of the design rather than fighting it. And of course, I finished the bars with one of my 3D-printed soap stamps. 🐇 In this video I’ll show you the pour, how I create the shaped division between the layers, add the pencil line, and stamp the finished bars—then we wait for the vanilla to do its thing. My Etsy Shop: https://hudsonvalleysoapery.etsy.com RECIPE Total Oils: 2,400 g Superfat: 5% Water : Lye Ratio: 1.7 : 1 OILS & BUTTERS EACH BATCH Olive Oil — 30% | 360 g Coconut Oil, 76° — 25% | 300 g Palm Oil — 25% | 300 g Sweet Almond Oil — 15% | 180 g Castor Oil — 5% | 60 g LYE SOLUTION Distilled Water — 288.76 g NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide) — 169.86 g FRAGRANCE Fragrance Oil — MWF- Roasted Pinecone & Vanilla Bliss Micas - mad micas King Tut Green - Brambleberry Green Oxide ⚠️ Safety: Always use appropriate protective equipment when working with sodium hydroxide and follow proper lye-handling procedures. If you resize or modify this recipe, recalculate the lye amount using a reliable soap calculator. This is the recipe and formulation I used for this batch. Different oils, fragrances, additives and working conditions can affect the finished soap. Vanilla Woods 🌲 Woodsy lower layer 🤎 Vanilla upper layer 〰️ Scraped layer design ✏️ Pencil line/Mica Line 🐇 3D-printed soap stamp 🧼 Cold process soap The bar you see at the beginning is not its final color. I’ll be sharing what Vanilla Woods looks like once that vanilla layer has fully developed. If you enjoy experimental cold process designs, soap making techniques, 3D-printed soap tools and seeing whether my ideas actually work, subscribe to Hudson Valley Soapery. Down below are links to some of the tools I use from Amazon. I’ll continue to build this list for you. **Hudson Valley Soapery participates in commission or discount affiliations, like Amazon and Mad Micas. The small commissions from these links go towards more videos for my channel. I appreciate your support.** #soapmaking #soapdesign #coldprocesssoap #hudsonvalleysoapery #soapasmr #soapcutting #technique #soapdesign #asmr #lavender #essentialOil #indigo Amazon Affiliate Links Soap Molds https://amzn.to/3WgQb3Z Thermometer https://amzn.to/3XZdlNR Digital Scale https://amzn.to/3WjfLFG Goggles https://amzn.to/4bVCtsd White Blender https://amzn.to/3S64x4R 5000ml pitchers https://amzn.to/468Fynh Digital Business Card https://amzn.to/4cXjQop Hanging Sign https://amzn.to/4cyQa16 Salad Spinner https://amzn.to/3Wkmgb6 Cotton Apron https://amzn.to/4eWreSX My Soap Cutter https://amzn.to/4f0TMe8 White oxo mixing bowl https://amzn.to/3y1W77F Main spatula https://amzn.to/3S52vSJ Mask/Respirator https://amzn.to/3Wjg57m Hair Cover https://amzn.to/3Wk6DRl Travel Storage small Bins https://amzn.to/4cZTGBl