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Fire vibe soap: recipe, tricks and links to technical videos

I have mixed two techniques in order to obtain different patterns , one on the inside of the soap bar and one on the top. Here you have the links to the original videos showing the techniques: 1)  Tilted tiger stripe swirl 2) Multi-mica Taiwan swirl Since  I run out of castor oil,  I had to modify the recipe shown in video 1) as follows  😅 Recipe (slow moving trace): Olive oil (pomace)  70% Coconut oil  22.25% Palm oil (organic)  7.75% Note that the palm oil I buy from  The Soap Kitchen   'carries Organic Certification and comes from Columbia. It is not produced on land that has been taken from the Rain Forests, nor are there any Orangutangs made homeless. Our suppliers do use 'ethical' methods in their production (we have actually visited the site). Our Columbian suppliers are members of the RSPO (Round Table for Sustainable Production of   PalmOil).' Scent:   O range  EO ...

Colours, fragrances and suppliers

Colours You have liquid dyes , solid pre-colored pellets  and blocks , as well as p owders.  You can also use crayons or go for the natural shade of the wax. For example, beeswax is yellow and soy wax has an opaque white color that I adore! Be careful: crayons are not professional products!  Smell You can use essential oils or fragrance oils . Let's see the main differences ... Essential oils Natural Therapeutic/healing properties More expensive than fragrance oils More volatile (they last less) Fragrances are limited Fragrance oil Synthetic (that doesn't mean they are bad) No healing properties Affordable prices for good quantities The smell lasts longer because they are not volatile Virtually unlimited fragrances They MIGHT contain added chemicals and be environmental hazardous Suppliers I fell in love with this online supplier the first time I visited the website. They are specialized in candle-making products (they have plent...