{"id":6399,"date":"2011-06-29T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T18:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=6399"},"modified":"2017-09-25T09:58:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:58:57","slug":"lily-of-the-valley-soap-thin-line-of-mica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/lily-of-the-valley-soap-thin-line-of-mica\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily of the Valley Soap – Thin Line of Mica"},"content":{"rendered":"

I promised one of my friends that I would make more Lily of the Valley soap, and I figured it was a good recipe to try out a new-to-me technique. I made the thin dark line of cocoa powder in the Sunset Swirls soap<\/a> using a flour sifter, but then I read this article<\/a> by Nizzy about making thin lines of mica using pantyhose as the sifter over the jar.<\/p>\n

Since floral fragrances tend to set up rather quickly, I made the bottom layer the largest, and added yellow mica and the fragrance to this layer:<\/p>\n

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Bottom layer of soap in the mold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I dug to the back of my sock drawer for an old pair of cream-colored nylons. They must be 10 years old! I didn’t even bother to cut them off – just rubberbanded them to my jar of green mica and went to work. A few light taps with my fingers on the back of the jar gave a nice light puff of mica over the yellow layer of soap:<\/p>\n

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Tapping a line of mica over the yellow layer of soap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I hope I got enough of the green mica on there. I didn’t want to add so much that the layers would separate.<\/p>\n

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Finished layer of green mica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I wiped the edges of the freezer paper before adding the final “frosting” of white, unscented soap over the top. I textured it just a bit, but didn’t add any glitter. (I’m still a bit gun-shy after the discoloration issues<\/a> I had before.) The spatula got a bit of green mica on it, so I must have dug down a little too deep when I was trying to get the white soap filled in around the edges. Otherwise, I think it worked pretty well!<\/p>\n

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White textured soap on top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Can’t wait to cut it tomorrow! Photos will be coming soon…<\/p>\n

Update: Click here<\/a> to see the final reveal!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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