{"id":8928,"date":"2013-03-31T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T16:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2021-01-04T12:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T18:21:03","slug":"soap-challenge-2013-week-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/soap-challenge-2013-week-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Challenge 2013 – Week Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you haven’t had a chance to see the Tiger Stripe soaps from last week’s challenge, you are in for a treat! Go to the bottom of this post<\/a>. The response has been absolutely phenomenal!! The goal of the challenges is to push ourselves to the next level of soapmaking – whatever that level may be, so please don’t feel intimidated to share your work! The link-up will remain open all week. We are all here together to encourage each other to do great things!<\/p>\n

This week we will tackle the Elemental Swirl. This technique was first posted on the Otion Soap blog<\/a> and another soapmaker suggested that I try the technique when I was asking for inspiration on my Facebook page<\/a>! <\/p>\n

\"Caribbean<\/a>
Caribbean Diva Soap by Great Cakes Soapworks, made with the elemental swirl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s basically two in-the-pot swirls divided by a pencil line. You will need to divide your soap into eight equal parts – 3 colored parts with similar tones + 1 uncolored part for each layer. Sounds complicated, but it’s not so bad, I promise! Just take one step at a time, and be sure you have plenty of mixing bowls! <\/p>\n

Here are my instructions:<\/p>\n