Blending can really transform a fragrance oil. If you want to try something new or if you’re not loving a certain scent, just search your collection and start experimenting. If you need help getting started, check out this post on blending fragrance oils and this one on blending essential oils.

Find blends for the Seascape Collection fragrance oils below. You’ll love the fresh combinations you can create with Pacific Pearl, Coastal Rain, Sea Salt, and Midnight Waters.

Pacific Pearl Fragrance Oil
This scent has notes of lemon zest, white currant, leafy greens, misty rain accord, amber, musk, fresh hay, casaba melon, and green flower stems. The earthy green notes pair really well with floral and citrus scents.

• 1 part Pacific Pearl Fragrance Oil, 1 part Sparkling Snowdrop Fragrance Oil, 1 part Coastal Rain Fragrance Oil
• 3 parts Pacific Pearl Fragrance Oil, 1 part Sea Salt Fragrance Oil
• 2 parts Pacific Pearl Fragrance Oil, 1 part Blushing Orchid Fragrance Oil

Coastal Rain Fragrance Oil
This scent is hard to beat – it has notes of ocean mist, Argentina lemon, white tea, mimosa, algae, sea salt, lotus, lily, cedarwood, and musk. It’s fresh and slightly sweet, so you can blend it with almost anything. We love it paired with fresh linen and tea scents.

• 1 part Coastal Rain Fragrance Oil, 1 part Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil
• 1 part Coastal Rain Fragrance Oil, 2 parts Crisp Cotton Fragrance Oil
• 1 part Coastal Rain Fragrance Oil, 1 part Bergamot Black Tea Fragrance Oil

Sea Salt Fragrance Oil
The notes in this scent include black seaweed accord, cucumber water, Galia melon, green lily blossoms, dewy rose, and white tea leaves. It’s definitely an interesting fragrance. We mixed it with mint and citrus oils to brighten the blend and enhance the cucumber notes.

• 1 part Sea Salt Fragrance Oil, 4 parts Yuzu Cybilla Fragrance Oil, 1/2 part peppermint essential oil, 2nd distill
• 1 part Sea Salt Fragrance Oil, 2 parts Neroli and Shea Blossom Fragrance Oil
• 1 part Sea Salt Fragrance Oil, 1 part Jade Fragrance Oil

Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil
If you love deep and complex scents, pick this one up. The notes include bergamot, orange, sparkling cassis, deep sea water, hyacinth, blue lilies, lemon zest, patchouli, and seaweed. We mixed it with sweeter scents to enhance the orange and cassis notes.

• 1 part Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil, 1 part Moonstone Fragrance Oil
• 1 part Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil, 2 parts Raspberry Jam Fragrance Oil
• 2 parts Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil, 1 part Sultry Black Jasmine Fragrance Oil

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If you love crafting with melt and pour and you want a challenge, this Seascape Soap is for you. This project involves layering and swirling various shades of white, blue, and green soap to create a beautiful sea-inspired bar. It’s scented with Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil, which is a complex and sultry blend of bergamot, sea water, and patchouli.

The key to this project is a good understanding of how melt and pour soap behaves at different temperatures. The hotter it is, the thinner it is. As it cools, it becomes thicker and more viscous. When swirling soap around 135 degrees F, the colors are more likely to completely blend and the swirl becomes more muddled. If the soap is too cool, you end up with large clumps and layers of soap.

We found a good swirling temperature is between 120-130 degrees F. It’s also helpful to use both clear and white soap in your swirl – this keeps the various colors of clear soap distinct. Sometimes it also works well to pour a hotter batch of soap into a cooler one, and vice versa.

This post has more tips for how to swirl melt and pour soap, but the key is truly practice and patience. Using fresh melt and pour also helps, as it’s less likely to scorch and stays fluid longer. Also, don’t forget to have a spray bottle of 99% isopropyl alcohol handy. Spray before every pour to help the layers adhere, and spray after each pour to get rid of bubbles.

What You Need:
10″ Silicone Loaf Mold
32 oz. Clear Melt & Pour Soap Base
20 oz. White Melt & Pour Soap Base
0.8 oz. Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil
0.8 oz. Vanilla Color Stabilizer
1 Tbsp. Walnut Shells
Caribbean Blue Color Block
Ultramarine Blue Color Block
Hydrated Chrome Green Color Block
Brown Oxide Color Block
99% Isopropyl Alcohol in a Spray Bottle

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ONE: Chop 20 ounces of White Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place them into a heat-safe container and melt in the microwave using 20-30 second bursts. Stir between each burst.

TWO: Add 0.3 ounces of Midnight Fragrance Oil and 0.3 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer. Stir to fully mix. Pour half of the soap into a separate container (it’s okay to eyeball it).

THREE: Set one container of white soap aside. To the other container of white soap, add 1 tablespoon of walnut shells and mix until there are no clumps. Add a small shaving of the Brown Oxide Color Block and stir. If the color block isn’t melting, place the soap in the microwave using 5 second bursts until it does.

FOUR: Wait for the brown soap to cool to about 120-125 degrees F. If the soap is too hot, the walnut shells may sink to the bottom. Pour the soap into the mold and spritz with alcohol to get rid of bubbles.

FIVE: Wait for the soap to cool and form a thick skin on top. Use a spoon to press the soap in random shapes. You want to make peaks and divots – like the bottom of the ocean floor. There is no right or wrong way to do it, so have fun with it. Once you’re happy with the bottom layer, set the mold aside.

SIX: Chop 32 ounces of Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place 16 ounces of the chopped soap base into one container with a small chunks of the Caribbean Blue Color Block. Place 8 ounces of soap base into another container with small chunks of the Hydrated Chrome Green Color Block. Place the remaining 8 ounces of soap base into another container with small chunks of the Ultramarine Blue Color Block.

SEVEN: Melt all three containers of soap in the microwave using 20-30 second bursts, stirring between each one. You can melt all three containers at the same time if your microwave is large enough, just make sure to keep an eye on the smaller containers so they don’t get too hot and scorch.

EIGHT: Once all the soap is melted, add 0.3 ounces of Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil and 0.3 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer to Caribbean Blue colored soap. Then add 0.1 ounces of Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil and 0.1 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer to the other two containers of soap colored with Hydrated Chrome Green and Ultramarine Blue. Mix in the fragrance thoroughly into each container of soap.

NINE: Remelt the container of white soap that was set aside using 10-15 second bursts. Now it’s time to swirl and layer. The three colors you’ll be working with first are the Ultramarine Blue soap, Caribbean Blue soap, and the white soap. All of those colors should be about 120-125 degrees F.

TEN: Spritz the bottom layer of soap with 99% isopropyl alcohol and pour a bit of the Ultramarine Blue Soap into the mold. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol after every pour to get rid of bubbles as necessary. Then pour a little bit of white soap into the blue soap, all the way down the mold.
TIP: Notice how the white soap “spreads” into the blue. The hotter the soap, the more it will spread and combine. You want the colors to stay separate, but still flow when poured into each other. If the colors are totally combining, allow the soap to cool a little bit. 

ELEVEN: Allow the soap to cool in the mold, but only slightly. For this project you don’t need to wait for each layer to cool completely. Because each pour is so small, it will cool rather quickly. Wait for the soap to form a light to medium skin, spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and pour a small amount of the Caribbean Blue soap, followed by small pours of the white and Ultramarine Blue soap. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of bubbles as necessary.

TWELVE: Allow the soap to cool in the mold for about 1-2 minutes. The amount of time it needs to cool will vary depending on how hot the soap was when poured. It doesn’t need to be cooled completely or have a thick skin. Allowing the soap to cool slightly helps suspend the layers and keep colors from swirling together too much and becoming muddled. If necessary, place any of the soap into the microwave for 5-10 second bursts if they have become too thick to pour.

Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and continue to pour small amounts of the white soap, Caribbean Blue and the rest of the Ultramarine Blue soap. You should still have about 2/3 of the Caribbean Blue soap left.

TIP: Squeezing the soap mold helps you determine the temperature. Below, you can see it has a thin layer when squeezed, but it’s still strong enough to be squeezed without melted soap oozing out. This is a great time to pour more soap on top.

THIRTEEN: Allow these pours to cool slightly, spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and begin pouring small amounts of the Hydrated Chrome Green soap, white soap, and Caribbean Blue soap into the mold. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of bubbles as necessary.

FOURTEEN: Continue pouring layers of the white, Hydrated Chrome Green, and Caribbean Blue soap until all of the Hydrated Chrome Green soap is in the mold. You should still have a little bit of Caribbean Blue soap and white soap left.

FIFTEEN: Allow these pours to cool slightly, spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and begin pouring the last of the white and Caribbean Blue soap into the mold. Save any last bits of white for the very top.

Our final white soap was a little bit on the thick side, and we ended up with some big glops of soap on top, but that’s okay. If it’s still somewhat fluid, you can use a Clean Up Tool (or knife, spoon, chopstick, etc.) and push and swirl the melt and pour to break up any big clumps.

SIXTEEN: Allow the soap to fully harden and cool in the mold for at least 4-5 hours, preferably overnight. We find when we try to cut into melt and pour soap that’s slightly warm, the layers are more likely to separate. Once it’s cool, remove from the mold and cut into bars. Wrap the bars in plastic wrap to prevent glycerin dew. Enjoy.

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Seascape Melt & Pour Soap Tutorial

Course Melt and Pour Soap

Cook Time 2 hours hours

Total Time 2 hours hours

Servings 3 pounds of soap

Author Soap Queen

Ingredients

• 10 ″ Silicone Loaf Mold
• 32 oz. Clear Melt & Pour Soap Base
• 20 oz. White Melt & Pour Soap Base
• 0.8 oz. Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil
• 0.8 oz. Vanilla Color Stabilizer
• 1 Tbsp. Walnut Shells
• Caribbean Blue Color Block
• Ultramarine Blue Color Block
• Hydrated Chrome Green Color Block
• Brown Oxide Color Block
• 99 % Isopropyl Alcohol in a Spray Bottle

Instructions

• Chop 20 ounces of White Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place them into a heat-safe container and melt in the microwave using 20-30 second bursts. Stir between each burst.
• Add 0.3 ounces of Midnight Fragrance Oil and 0.3 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer. Stir to fully mix. Pour half of the soap into a separate container (it’s okay to eyeball it).
• Set one container of white soap aside. To the other container of white soap, add 1 tablespoon of walnut shells and mix until there are no clumps. Add a small shaving of the Brown Oxide Color Block and stir. If the color block isn’t melting, place the soap in the microwave using 5 second bursts until it does.
• Wait for the brown soap to cool to about 120-125 degrees F. If the soap is too hot, the walnut shells may sink to the bottom. Pour the soap into the mold and spritz with alcohol to get rid of bubbles.
• Wait for the soap to cool and form a thick skin on top. Use a spoon to press the soap in random shapes. You want to make peaks and divots – like the bottom of the ocean floor. There is no right or wrong way to do it, so have fun with it. Once you’re happy with the bottom layer, set the mold aside.
• Chop 32 ounces of Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place 16 ounces of the chopped soap base into one container with a small chunks of the Caribbean Blue Color Block. Place 8 ounces of soap base into another container with small chunks of the Hydrated Chrome Green Color Block. Place the remaining 8 ounces of soap base into another container with small chunks of the Ultramarine Blue Color Block.
• Melt all three containers of soap in the microwave using 20-30 second bursts, stirring between each one. You can melt all three containers at the same time if your microwave is large enough, just make sure to keep an eye on the smaller containers so they don’t get too hot and scorch.
• Once all the soap is melted, add 0.3 ounces of Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil and 0.3 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer to Caribbean Blue colored soap. Then add 0.1 ounces of Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil and 0.1 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer to the other two containers of soap colored with Hydrated Chrome Green and Ultramarine Blue. Mix in the fragrance thoroughly into each container of soap.
• Remelt the container of white soap that was set aside using 10-15 second bursts. Now it’s time to swirl and layer. The three colors you’ll be working with first are the Ultramarine Blue soap, Caribbean Blue soap, and the white soap. All of those colors should be about 120-125 degrees F.
• Spritz the bottom layer of soap with 99% isopropyl alcohol and pour a bit of the Ultramarine Blue Soap into the mold. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol after every pour to get rid of bubbles as necessary. Then pour a little bit of white soap into the blue soap, all the way down the mold. TIP: Notice how the white soap “spreads” into the blue. The hotter the soap, the more it will spread and combine. You want the colors to stay separate, but still flow when poured into each other. If the colors are totally combining, allow the soap to cool a little bit.
• Allow the soap to cool in the mold, but only slightly. For this project you don’t need to wait for each layer to cool completely. Because each pour is so small, it will cool rather quickly. Wait for the soap to form a light to medium skin, spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and pour a small amount of the Caribbean Blue soap, followed by small pours of the white and Ultramarine Blue soap. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of bubbles as necessary.
• Allow the soap to cool in the mold for about 1-2 minutes. The amount of time it needs to cool will vary depending on how hot the soap was when poured. It doesn’t need to be cooled completely or have a thick skin. Allowing the soap to cool slightly helps suspend the layers and keep colors from swirling together too much and becoming muddled. If necessary, place any of the soap into the microwave for 5-10 second bursts if they have become too thick to pour. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and continue to pour small amounts of the white soap, Caribbean Blue and the rest of the Ultramarine Blue soap. You should still have about 2/3 of the Caribbean Blue soap left. TIP: Squeezing the soap mold helps you determine the temperature. Below, you can see it has a thin layer when squeezed, but it’s still strong enough to be squeezed without melted soap oozing out. This is a great time to pour more soap on top.
• Allow these pours to cool slightly, spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and begin pouring small amounts of the Hydrated Chrome Green soap, white soap, and Caribbean Blue soap into the mold. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of bubbles as necessary.
• Continue pouring layers of the white, Hydrated Chrome Green, and Caribbean Blue soap until all of the Hydrated Chrome Green soap is in the mold. You should still have a little bit of Caribbean Blue soap and white soap left.
• Allow these pours to cool slightly, spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and begin pouring the last of the white and Caribbean Blue soap into the mold. Save any last bits of white for the very top. Our final white soap was a little bit on the thick side, and we ended up with some big glops of soap on top, but that’s okay. If it’s still somewhat fluid, you can use a Clean Up Tool (or knife, spoon, chopstick, etc.) and push and swirl the melt and pour to break up any big clumps.
• Allow the soap to fully harden and cool in the mold for at least 4-5 hours, preferably overnight. We find when we try to cut into melt and pour soap that’s slightly warm, the layers are more likely to separate. Once it’s cool, remove from the mold and cut into bars. Wrap the bars in plastic wrap to prevent glycerin dew. Enjoy.

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This melt and pour soap is easy to make and brings a bit of the sea into your home. The wool sea sponges are quite soft and help promote a dense lather. The deep color comes from jagua blue extract, a natural colorant.

Jagua blue extract is a unique ingredient. It comes from the Genipa americana tree, which is native to tropical forests in North and South America. It’s very pigmented and a little goes a long way. To use in melt and pour, we like to mix it with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of clumps and then add that directly to the melted soap.

These soaps are scented with Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil. It’s a deep and complex scent with notes of bergamot, deep sea water, and patchouli. It does discolor to a light tan, so this recipe uses Vanilla Color Stabilizer. Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil, jagua blue extract, and sea sponges are part of the new Seascape Collection – explore all the products here.

What You Need:
6 Bar Oval Silicone Mold
29 oz. Clear Melt & Pour Soap Base
2 Wool Sea Sponges
Jagua Blue Extract
0.6 oz. Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil
0.6 oz. Vanilla Color Stabilizer
99% Isopropyl Alcohol in a Spray Bottle

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SEA SPONGE PREP: Cut the wool sea sponges into about 3-4 pieces. We cut them into 3 pieces, but you can make them smaller or larger if you want.

ONE: Chop 29 ounces of Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place them into a heat-safe container and melt in the microwave using 30-60 second bursts. Stir between each burst.

TWO: While the soap is melting, mix together 1/16th teaspoon of jagua blue extract and 2 teaspoons of 99% isopropyl alcohol. Mixing the jagua blue extract with alcohol helps prevent clumps.

THREE: Once the soap is melted, pour all of the dispersed jagua blue extract into the soap and stir until completely incorporated.

FOUR: Add 0.6 ounces of Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil and 0.6 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer. Mix together.

FIVE: Fill each cavity of the mold about 80% full. Spritz the top with alcohol to help get rid of bubbles. Allow this layer of soap to harden and cool for about 15-20 minutes. The soap needs to build a strong enough skin to support the sea sponge.

SIX: Once the soap has slightly hardened and formed a strong skin on top, reheat the remaining soap using 15 second bursts. Spritz all the cavities with 99% isopropyl alcohol to help the layers stick together.

SEVEN: Fill the cavity with melted soap. Once full, place the sea sponges into the soap. Spritz the soap with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of any bubbles. Continue for each cavity.

EIGHT: Allow the soap to fully cool and harden for several hours or up to overnight. Once fully cool, remove the soap from the mold and enjoy. To prevent glycerin dew, wrap the soaps in plastic wrap and store in a cool, dry place.

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Sea Sponge Melt & Pour Soap DIY

These sea-inspired melt and pour bars have amazing lather.

Course Melt and Pour Soap

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 6 soaps

Author Soap Queen

Ingredients

• 6 Bar Oval Silicone Mold
• 29 oz. Clear Melt & Pour Soap Base
• 2 Wool Sea Sponges
• Jagua Blue Extract
• 0.6 oz. Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil
• 0.6 oz. Vanilla Color Stabilizer
• 99 % Isopropyl Alcohol in a Spray Bottle

Instructions

SEA SPONGE PREP: Cut the wool sea sponges into about 3-4 pieces. We cut them into 3 pieces, but you can make them smaller or larger if you want.

• Chop 29 ounces of Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place them into a heat-safe container and melt in the microwave using 30-60 second bursts. Stir between each burst.
• While the soap is melting, mix together 1/16th teaspoon of jagua blue extract and 2 teaspoons of 99% isopropyl alcohol. Mixing the jagua blue extract with alcohol helps prevent clumps.
• Once the soap is melted, pour all of the dispersed jagua blue extract into the soap and stir until completely incorporated.
• Add 0.6 ounces of Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil and 0.6 ounces of Vanilla Color Stabilizer. Mix together.
• Fill each cavity of the mold about 80% full. Spritz the top with alcohol to help get rid of bubbles. Allow this layer of soap to harden and cool for about 15-20 minutes. The soap needs to build a strong enough skin to support the sea sponge.
• Once the soap has slightly hardened and formed a strong skin on top, reheat the remaining soap using 15 second bursts. Spritz all the cavities with 99% isopropyl alcohol to help the layers stick together.
• Fill the cavity with melted soap. Once full, place the sea sponges into the soap. Spritz the soap with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of any bubbles. Continue for each cavity.
• Allow the soap to fully cool and harden for several hours or up to overnight. Once fully cool, remove the soap from the mold and enjoy. To prevent glycerin dew, wrap the soaps in plastic wrap and store in a cool, dry place.

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