In early January 2023 I was lucky enough to complete a trip of a lifetime to Alta in Norway to complete a host of arctic adventures, including Northern Lights chasing.
On my third night into the trip, I was treated to the most spectacular display of the Aurora Borealis. The colours of the night sky were mind blowing and magical and when I came home I knew that I wanted to celebrate the moment in soap.
For today's design, I have worked from one of the photos that I took in Norway and tried to recreate the magic of the Northern Lights in cold process soap form. I have created my own scraper tool for this design and have used a combination of soap scraping and drop swirling to create today's design.
It is scented in "Christmas Tree" by Candleshack as this beautiful pine fragrance really evokes memories of the pine forests that I ventures through while away.
If you wish to recreate our soap, the following recipe is what we used and will fill a 5lb loaf mould (there will be some soap leftover, which can be decanted into another mould to avoid wastage).
Layer 1 (bottom layer with trees silhouette):
Sodium Hydroxide 109g
Water 160g (use more water for a soap that doesn't trace so quickly, up to 218g)
Olive Oil 340g
Castor Oil 57g
Sweet Almond Oil 99g
Coconut Oil 184g
Shea Butter 75g
Cocoa Butter 38g
Activated Charcoal Powder 8g
Fragrance Oil (Christmas Tree by Candleshack) 20g
Layer 2 (swirled top layer in 3 colours):
Sodium Hydroxide 163.5g
Water 240g (use more water for a soap that doesn't trace so quickly, up to 327g)
Olive Oil 510g
Castor Oil 85.5g
Sweet Almond Oil 148.5g
Coconut Oil 276g
Shea Butter 112.5g
Cocoa Butter 57g
Once you have the soap at a light trace, split into 3 portions, one containing 50% of the batter and two each containing 25% of the batter.
Then add:
To the 50% portion:
Starry Night Mica (Resin8) 6g
Purple Passion Mica (Soaposh) 2g
Activated Charcoal Powder 1g
Fragrance Oil (Christmas Tree by Candleshack) 15g
To the first 25% portion:
Pistachio Mica (Soaposh) 3g
Fragrance Oil (Christmas Tree by Candleshack) 7.5g
To the second 25% portion:
Lime Mica (Soaposh) 3g
Fragrance Oil (Christmas Tree by Candleshack) 7.5g
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