{"id":8947,"date":"2013-04-07T09:56:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=8947"},"modified":"2021-04-28T13:37:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:37:22","slug":"soap-challenge-2013-week-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/soap-challenge-2013-week-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Challenge 2013 – Week Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow! That elemental swirl was a huge challenge and a huge success for a lot of people this week! You can check out the link-up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are now ready for our Week Three soap challenge: Mica Swirled Tops. The basic technique is to create a mica & oil mixture and drizzle it over the top of your soap, and then swirl it like you would with a contrasting colored soap. The oil will be absorbed into the soap leaving a beautiful mica swirl on top. <\/p>\n

The first place I saw this was on the Shieh Studio Blog. Emily has several photos of her soaps with mica swirls on this post<\/a>. She also posted a video<\/a> recently, so if you need to see how she did it, you can check that out! <\/p>\n

Still need more? Pipestone Soaps also has some fabulous photos of mica swirled tops on their Facebook page<\/a>! I asked Sacha for some tips before making my soap, and she recommended starting with just one metallic color to begin with, so I went with gold.<\/p>\n

Here are the results of my first attempt at this technique:<\/p>\n