SOAP CHALLENGE: MAKING THE PEACOCK SWIRL - Cold Process Soap

The Peacock Swirl is a marbling technique that's been featured in several of the Soap Challenges from a few years ago. For this design, I based the color palette of "arctic glacier" with bright blue, teal, white and black using a couple of my favorite micas from Nurture Soap - Klein Blue and Caribbean Blue. The fragrance oil, Frosted Fir, was from Brambleberry. One of the most critical parts of creating this pattern is finding the right soap recipe (see below) and well behaved fragrance oil that allows a long slow light trace. After blending to emulsion, I had stirred each of the colorants for at least 15 minutes until the right trace was formed to allow me to pour in thin lines without the colors bleeding into each other. Another pointer is to not spoon any additional batter into the mold not the surface as you need to have each of the colored batters forming distinct lines to create the final peacock design. Because of the dark, contrasting colors, I was also sure to spray 99% isopropyl alcohol on the surface during CPOP to reduce/prevent soda ash from forming. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. Jeff Avant Soap Colorants: Klein Blue (Nurture Soap): https://nurturesoap.com/products/klein-blue-mica?_pos=1&_sid=e0c00bbb2&_ss=r&aff=443 Caribbean Blue (Nurture Soap): https://nurturesoap.com/products/caribbean-blue-mica?_pos=1&_sid=f88f57f78&_ss=r&aff=443 Equipment I Use for Soap Making: Acrylic Sheets: https://amzn.to/3cV6s8e 500 ml Measuring Cups: https://amzn.to/2RmJdLR Whisks: https://amzn.to/3uT3gzV Beveler: https://amzn.to/3dhXzWl Freezer Paper: https://amzn.to/3sKiZkm 99% Isopropyl Alcohol: https://amzn.to/3r59iv4 (prevents soda ash) Ceramic Dishes: https://amzn.to/3twKP3B (for mixing colorants) Palette Knife: https://amzn.to/3wNlpkJ Measuring Pitcher: https://amzn.to/3txTiU4 Funnel Pitcher: https://amzn.to/38VG8sl Stick Mixer: https://amzn.to/3f0WSSR Glass Rod Stirrer: https://amzn.to/3bYjT6U (for creating swirls) Soap Rack: https://amzn.to/3tiN8HE Soap Recipe Used for This Design: Coconut Oil 30% Grapeseed Oil 25% Lard, 25% Shea Butter 12% Sweet Almond Oil 8% Water as a % of Oil Weight 27% Super Fat 5% Subscribe for more soap making tutorials: Avant Soap; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ni3hWELuthRgGWs-0Jcgg?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.instagram.com/avantsoap/ www.avantsoap.com