On the Curing Rack: Watermelon Soap
I got inspired to make a Watermelon soap right after I heard Heather Robinson-Campbell of Diva Body Products talking on Facebook about making hers. Let me just say that I have never been so excited to cut a batch of soap – ever. This Watermelon soap has been the most fun to make, and the suspense was just about to kill me. You see, it has taken three days to get it all done.
Day One: I made some black soap to chunk up into the seeds, and also made a layer of rind. First, I made a small batch of what I thought was going to be black soap (I had never made a pure black soap before, except for a swirl – you can guess where this is going). Then for the rind, I mixed up a small batch of light green soap, divided it and colored half darker green, and poured strips of alternating colors in the bottom of my log mold. Then I took my bamboo skewer and skwiggled it back and forth across the darker green stripes.
Day Two, AM: I opened up the mold with the “black” soap inside, and it was a medium gray. Definitely not dark enough to pass as watermelon seeds! So my girls claimed this gray-colored, watermelon scented soap as their own. I quickly made up another batch of black soap – definitely darker this time, and also decided to do a layer of white rind over the green. I melted the oils & butters for the main pink part of the soap, and got the water ready in the refrigerator.
Day Two, PM: Six hours after making the black soap, I chunked it up, and started making the pink soap. I stirred in the “seeds” right before the pink soap was ready to pour into the mold. After pouring, I covered the top of the soap with plastic wrap and wrapped it in towels to set overnight.
Day Three, right after lunch: It was finally time to cut the soap!!!! I found the perfect background for the picture in the scrapbook papers at my local Michael’s. By the way, the fragrance is right on. It reminds me a little bit of watermelon gum, only better!
Watermelon Soap
Whatcha think? I am going to let this soap cure for a full three weeks. It will be available Monday, June 30th at Greatcakessoapworks.com.
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June 10th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I have to try it! It looks AMAZING!
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June 10th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Oh those look amazing Amy! Love the rind!
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June 10th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
This looks great!
I’m sitting on my hands just waiting until we get moved to put in an order. I can’t wait to try your soaps! We have so many skin problems in our house – I can’t touch commercial soap.
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June 10th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
love it! My all time favorite. sooo cute.
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June 11th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Thanks for the compliments, ladies! It truly was the most fun to make!
June 11th, 2009 at 9:34 am
That looks awesome! Can’t wait to try it!
June 11th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Just wanted to say thanks for the great post ! Found your blog on Google and I’m happy I did. I’ll be reading you on a regular basis ! Thanks again
June 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Love it!!
June 15th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I love the watermelon idea – you’re so creative!!
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June 15th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Very creative, yum yum! The patience and tenacity it took to make this so wonderful and then to find the perfect paper so we could enjoy it in style is awesome. I love it!
June 27th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I love this! I’ve actually been thinking of how to make my own Watermelon soap…I’m going to a Watermelon Festival in a few weeks and was going to attempt to make some bars out of melt and pour…Lord help me…I never used that stuff! I’m creative in CP…but not with that
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August 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I liked the look of this soap so much, I featured it in one of my Sunday Spotlight’s here http://bonniebathblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunday-spotlight-fruity-summer-soaps.html
Would you be willing to do a guest blog tutorial on this soap for my blog?
September 14th, 2009 at 8:46 am
how do I get some of the watermellon soap already made? It would be a perfect gift for someone.
September 14th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Debbie – The soap was available when I first made it, but it has sold out. I do not plan to make more until next summer – please check back!