Cold Process Soap Wedding Favor Tutorial + Free Printable
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Recipe type: Cold Process Soap
Serves: About 10 pounds of soap
 
These guest sized soaps make perfect wedding favors, and can be customized with color and scent to match any theme.
Ingredients
  • 36 Bar Birchwood Mold
  • Guest Dividers for 36 Bar Birch Mold
  • 108 oz. Lots of Lather Quick Mix
  • 15.5 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye
  • 35.6 oz. Distilled Water
  • Electric Bubble Gum Colorant
  • Gold Sparkle Mica
  • 7 oz. Lily of the Valley Cybilla Fragrance Oil
  • Optional: Wedding Favor Label PDF
Instructions
SAFETY FIRST: Suit up for safe handling practices! That means goggles, gloves and long sleeves. Make sure kids, pets, and other distractions and tripping hazards are out of the house or don’t have access to your soaping space. Always soap in a well-ventilated area.
COLOR PREP: Disperse 1 teaspoon of the Electric Bubble Gum Colorant into 1 tablespoon lightweight liquid oil, such as sunflower or sweet almond oil. Use a mini mixer to help get rid of any clumps. Have the Gold Sparkle Mica and a powder duster nearby to dust the top of the soap once it has been poured into the mold.
FRAGRANCE PREP: Measure 7 ounces of the Lily of the Valley Cybilla Fragrance Oil in a glass, fragrance oil safe container. Set aside.
MOLD & DIVIDER PREP: Line the 36 Bar Birchwood Mold with freezer paper with the shiny side up. For tips on how to line the mold, click here. Place the four border pieces of the divider set against the sides of the mold. Then, assemble the Guest Divider Set. For tips on assembling the dividers, click here.
  1. Slowly and carefully add the lye to the water and gently stir until the lye has fully dissolved and the liquid is clear. Set aside to cool.
  2. Fully melt the entire bag of Lots of Lather Quick Quick Mix until there is no cloudiness. Shake to mix and pour the entire bag into a very large soaping container. Make sure the container is big enough to comfortably fit the oils and lye water solution. Once the lye water and the oils have cooled to 130 degrees or below (and are ideally within 10 degrees of each other), add the lye water to the oils and stick blend until thin trace. If you’d like a harder bar of soap that releases faster from the mold, you can add sodium lactate to the cooled lye water. Use 1 teaspoon of sodium lactate per pound of oils in the recipe. For this recipe, you’d add about 6.5 teaspoons sodium lactate.
  3. THREE: Add 1 tablespoon of the dispersed Electric Bubble Gum Colorant into the soap batter, and alternate stirring and pulsing with the stick blender to thoroughly mix in the colorant. Be careful to not over stick blend. If necessary, switch to a whisk to make sure the soap batter does not become too thick.
  4. Add all of the measured Lily of the Valley Cybilla Fragrance Oil into the mixture and thoroughly whisk in the fragrance oil. When working with such a large batch of soap, I like to mix a little longer than usual with a whisk just to make sure the fragrance oil is fully incorporated throughout the batter.
  5. Once the fragrance is thoroughly mixed in and the soap has the texture of a thin pudding, pour all the soap into the mold. Use a spoon or spatula to spread the soap evenly throughout the mold.
  6. To give the top of the soap slight texture, use a small spoon to make waves down the length of the mold. Continue until the entire batch of soap is textured. There is not right or wrong way to do this; just keep in mind you’re placing the dividers into the soap next, so don’t worry about it looking perfect.
  7. Place the divider set into the mold, and push to the bottom.
  8. Place a few spoonfuls of Gold Sparkle Mica into a powder duster or sifter, and gently dust the top with the mica until lightly covered. Then, blow gently on the mica to help disperse it evenly on top of the layer. Watch out, this part can get a bit messy
  9. Cover the soap to insulate for 24 hours. Then allow the soap to stay in the mold for another 2-3 days to harden. Carefully remove the soap from the mold and peel away the parchment paper from the back. If the bottom of the soap still feels soft, lay the soap on a flat surface with the bottom facing up, allowing the dividers to touch the counter. Let the bottom of the soap harden like this for one day. Once the soap seems firm enough to handle and touch, try pushing a corner bar down to release from the mold. Then, begin to wiggle the dividers up or down to help slide the dividers away from the soap. Never pull the dividers away, as this can tear the sides. Allow the soaps to cure for 4-6 weeks before wrapping or using them. Enjoy!
Recipe by Soap Queen at https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/say-i-do-create-customizable-soap-wedding-favors/