Click here for Day One of this tutorial.
Part Two
1. Cut the soap slices into six to eight pieces. Cut the sides off of a few pieces to ensure proper spacing between the citrus slices.
2. Cutting the tips off of each slice helps with a realistic look.
3. Before laying down the citrus slices in the soap, arrange them on the table first to make sure you don’t have any last minute chopping and slicing to do.
4. Spray the top layer of the clear soap with rubbing alcohol to help surface adhesion. Place each soap citrus slice gently and carefully. A level table is essential. The alcohol makes the soap slippery and an uneven table will cause the citrus slices to slide and drive you slightly crazy trying to place the slices evenly.
5. Prepare your white soap base. Melt approximately 8 ounces in the microwave. Stir until it is 120-130 degrees or until it is no longer steaming. Steaming soap melts delicate embedded pieces, like your citrus slices. Fragrance the white soap.
6. Spray your embedded soap slices with rubbing alcohol. Pour the white soap, use a dropper or PJ’s cool soap injector to fill in the white soap.
7 . Wait four to six hours for soap to fully harden before popping the soap out of your mold.
HAHAHAHA!!! And people think I’m nuts. hahahaha OMG, look at all the work and attention to detail that this citrus slice (not even the finished soap) involves. You’re all just as crazy as I am. People, the stuff goes down the drain — what are we doing? haha gotta love it soaping insanity.
Never in a million years would I have guessed this was how fellow soapers were creating those beautiful citrus slices. I’m beyond impressed and bow to any soaper who loves the craft enough to go to such efforts for that final effect.
Brava!