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Tomato Vine Soap Project

Item No. PS000456
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LEVEL Advanced
TIME 1 hour
YIELD 3 Pounds of Soap
COST
$114.57

Fresh from the garden, this Tomato Vine Cold Process Soap captures the unmistakable scent of sun-warmed greenery and just-picked tomatoes!

The base is a simple green and white drop swirl with piped frosting on top. The design is completed with adorable cherry tomato embeds in shades of red, orange, and yellow. It’s a perfect project for makers who love unique, herbaceous scents and want to bring a little garden magic into their soapmaking.

Instructions

You will need:

Embeds:

  • Small 9 Ball Silicone Mold
  • 2 oz. LCP Clear Melt and Pour Base
  • Yellow Color Block
  • Perfect Red Color Block

Base:

  • 10" Silicone Loaf Mold
  • 14.4 oz Coconut Oil
  • 14.4 oz Olive Oil - Pure
  • 14.4 oz Palm Oil 
  • 4.8 oz Sunflower Oil 
  • 15.5 oz. Distilled Water
  • 6.95 oz Lye
  • 2.5 oz Tomato Vine & Fig Fragrance Oil 
  • Hunter Green Mica 
  • Sodium Lactate

Follow these steps:

MAKE THE EMBEDS

1

Chop 3 ounces of LCP Clear Melt and Pour Soap. Melt in the microwave using 10 second bursts. Separate the soap evenly into three small containers or cups. Add a small shaving of Perfect Red Color Block to one, a small shaving of Yellow Color Block to the second, and one shaving of both red and yellow into the third (this will create your orange color). Stir to combine. Carefully pour the soap into the cavities of the Small 9 Ball Silicone Mold. Let the soap cool and harden for about 20-30 minutes.

2

Remove the embeds from the mold. Set aside until you’re ready to use.

MAKE THE BASE

COLOR PREP: Add 1 tablespoon of Hunter Green to 2 tablespoon of sunflower or sweet almond oil (or any other liquid oil). Use a mini mixer to help get rid of any clumps.

FRAGRANCE PREP: Measure 2.5 ounces of Tomato Vine & Fig Fragrance Oil into a glass container. Set aside.

TOOL PREP: Have a frosting bag nearby to pipe "leaves" in step 9. We used a disposable frosting bag, and cut the tip once the soap had become firm enough in the bag.

SAFETY FIRST: Suit up for safe handling practices. That means goggles, gloves, and long sleeves. Make sure kids, pets, other distractions, and tripping hazards are out of the house or don’t have access to your space. Always make soap in a well-ventilated area.

1

Slowly and carefully add 6.95 ounces of lye to 15.5 ounces of water and gently stir until the lye has fully dissolved and the liquid is clear. Set aside to cool. Optional: Add 2 teaspoons of sodium lactate to help the bars harden more quickly.

2

Combine and melt the blend of oils and heat them in the microwave until the mixture is completely clear. Stir to mix up all the oils. Once the lye water and the oils have cooled to 100-120° F or below (and are ideally within 10 degrees of each other), add the lye water to the oils and stick blend until thin trace.

3

Split off about 16 ounces of soap into a separate container for your frosting and add 1 tsp of dispersed Hunter Green Mica. Set aside for later. Then, split off one-third of the remaining soap and whisk in 1 tsp of titanium dioxide. Add the rest of the dispersed green mica to the remaining soap. Whisk thoroughly. 

4

Add the measured fragrance oil into the three containers of soap proportionally - it's okay to eyeball it. Whisk in throughly. If the batter is still extremely thin, pulse quickly with the stick blender to thicken trace. Your frosting soap especially needs to be at a thicker trace.

5

Pour a small amount of the white soap into the mold – just enough to cover the bottom. Then alternate pouring small amounts of the green and white base soap into the mold at various heights. That helps the soap drop to different areas of the mold rather than sitting on top and creating layers. Don’t worry about being too precise when you’re pouring.

6

 

7

Once the mold is full, tap on the counter to get rid of bubbles. Check the texture of the frosting soap. It needs to be a thick trace to hold its shape once piped. 

8

Once both the base and the frosting have thickened, scoop the frosting soap into your prepped piping bag. Pipe rows of frosting vertically across the top of the soap, slowly building more height by piping rows on top of rows. Once you're happy with the look, place 8-9 “tomato” embeds gently down the middle of the loaf. 

9

Spray with 99% isopropyl alcohol to avoid soda ash. Allow the soap to harden for 3-4 days before unmolding. Unmold, cut into bars, and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.Enjoy!

 

Tutorial credits

Photographer: Hannah Wong

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Tomato Vine Soap Project

  • LEVEL Advanced
  • TIME 1 hour
  • YIELD 3 Pounds of Soap

The base is a simple green and white drop swirl with piped frosting on top. The design is completed with adorable cherry tomato embeds in shades of red, orange, and yellow. It’s a perfect project for makers who love unique, herbaceous scents and want to bring a little garden magic into their soapmaking.

You will need:

Embeds:

  • Small 9 Ball Silicone Mold
  • 2 oz. LCP Clear Melt and Pour Base
  • Yellow Color Block
  • Perfect Red Color Block

Base:

  • 10" Silicone Loaf Mold
  • 14.4 oz Coconut Oil
  • 14.4 oz Olive Oil - Pure
  • 14.4 oz Palm Oil 
  • 4.8 oz Sunflower Oil 
  • 15.5 oz. Distilled Water
  • 6.95 oz Lye
  • 2.5 oz Tomato Vine & Fig Fragrance Oil 
  • Hunter Green Mica 
  • Sodium Lactate

Follow these steps:

MAKE THE EMBEDS

1

Chop 3 ounces of LCP Clear Melt and Pour Soap. Melt in the microwave using 10 second bursts. Separate the soap evenly into three small containers or cups. Add a small shaving of Perfect Red Color Block to one, a small shaving of Yellow Color Block to the second, and one shaving of both red and yellow into the third (this will create your orange color). Stir to combine. Carefully pour the soap into the cavities of the Small 9 Ball Silicone Mold. Let the soap cool and harden for about 20-30 minutes.

2

Remove the embeds from the mold. Set aside until you’re ready to use.

MAKE THE BASE

COLOR PREP: Add 1 tablespoon of Hunter Green to 2 tablespoon of sunflower or sweet almond oil (or any other liquid oil). Use a mini mixer to help get rid of any clumps.

FRAGRANCE PREP: Measure 2.5 ounces of Tomato Vine & Fig Fragrance Oil into a glass container. Set aside.

TOOL PREP: Have a frosting bag nearby to pipe "leaves" in step 9. We used a disposable frosting bag, and cut the tip once the soap had become firm enough in the bag.

SAFETY FIRST: Suit up for safe handling practices. That means goggles, gloves, and long sleeves. Make sure kids, pets, other distractions, and tripping hazards are out of the house or don’t have access to your space. Always make soap in a well-ventilated area.

1

Slowly and carefully add 6.95 ounces of lye to 15.5 ounces of water and gently stir until the lye has fully dissolved and the liquid is clear. Set aside to cool. Optional: Add 2 teaspoons of sodium lactate to help the bars harden more quickly.

2

Combine and melt the blend of oils and heat them in the microwave until the mixture is completely clear. Stir to mix up all the oils. Once the lye water and the oils have cooled to 100-120° F or below (and are ideally within 10 degrees of each other), add the lye water to the oils and stick blend until thin trace.

3

Split off about 16 ounces of soap into a separate container for your frosting and add 1 tsp of dispersed Hunter Green Mica. Set aside for later. Then, split off one-third of the remaining soap and whisk in 1 tsp of titanium dioxide. Add the rest of the dispersed green mica to the remaining soap. Whisk thoroughly. 

4

Add the measured fragrance oil into the three containers of soap proportionally - it's okay to eyeball it. Whisk in throughly. If the batter is still extremely thin, pulse quickly with the stick blender to thicken trace. Your frosting soap especially needs to be at a thicker trace.

5

Pour a small amount of the white soap into the mold – just enough to cover the bottom. Then alternate pouring small amounts of the green and white base soap into the mold at various heights. That helps the soap drop to different areas of the mold rather than sitting on top and creating layers. Don’t worry about being too precise when you’re pouring.

6

 

7

Once the mold is full, tap on the counter to get rid of bubbles. Check the texture of the frosting soap. It needs to be a thick trace to hold its shape once piped. 

8

Once both the base and the frosting have thickened, scoop the frosting soap into your prepped piping bag. Pipe rows of frosting vertically across the top of the soap, slowly building more height by piping rows on top of rows. Once you're happy with the look, place 8-9 “tomato” embeds gently down the middle of the loaf. 

9

Spray with 99% isopropyl alcohol to avoid soda ash. Allow the soap to harden for 3-4 days before unmolding. Unmold, cut into bars, and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.Enjoy!

 

Tutorial credits

Photographer: Hannah Wong