{"id":6667,"date":"2011-08-14T14:17:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T20:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2017-09-25T10:01:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:01:25","slug":"testing-new-micas-and-really-pretty-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/testing-new-micas-and-really-pretty-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing New Micas….and Really Pretty Soap!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the successful faux funnel pour soap<\/a> that my younger daughter and I made, I was itching to make more. Only we used up most of my micas making that soap, so I had to order more. I had received those micas second-hand from another soapmaker, but couldn’t find them online no matter how hard I tried. So I did a few more searches and found a company that sells a lot of micas, but they’ve never been tested with soap. I ordered their minimum amount in a variety of colors – with the Cranberry Yuzu fragrance in mind.<\/p>\n

Here we have same song, second verse. That is, same soap recipe, same method, different colors and fragrance, and different daughter!<\/p>\n

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My older daughter getting ready to help with the faux funnel pour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I chose to test the bubblegum pink, ruby rose, ruby red, and peach sunset micas. They actually went together quite well!<\/p>\n

\"Mid-pour<\/a>
Mid-pour – this is the photo I shared on the Great Cakes Soapworks facebook page!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here it is, all poured and ready for bed:<\/p>\n

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It was starting to set up by the time we were finished!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few hours later, I peeked at it while it was in the gel phase. I noticed that the orange was almost neon and the lighter, bubblegum pink seemed sort of greyish. I realized the next morning that what I was actually seeing was some yellow seepage on top of the soap. Not much though, so I just wiped it with a paper towel and skimmed the top part of the soap off. I smelled it, but it didn’t have any odor, so it wasn’t fragrance oil. It had to have been regular oils out of the soap. Not sure why. The only thing I did differently was to pre-mix the micas with water instead of oil. I also noticed that the soap was a bit stickier out of the mold. Next time I will subtract some of the oils out of the recipe to mix with the micas.<\/p>\n

Ok, getting ready to slice it up! We’re excited now!!<\/p>\n

\"What<\/a>
What will they look like?? What’s inside?? Oh, the suspense!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It would appear that these micas are good to use in soap! Last time, with the old micas we used a teaspoon and a half for each 10-ounce part of soap. This time, I decided to try and back that down to just one teaspoon to see how it would perform, and the color is just as vibrant:<\/p>\n

\"Cranberry<\/a>
Cranberry Yuzu Soap by Great Cakes Soapworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We only have 7 of these soaps, which obviously isn’t going to be enough. So now that I know the micas work, I will make a bigger batch. It probably won’t be a faux funnel design – maybe some great swirls instead!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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