Confetti Soap Making using Soap Scraps

It is inevitable to have some leftover material in soap-making, especially when you are a beginner practicing the basics. But those soap scraps could still be put to good use as Holly from Kápia Méra teaches how to reuse them as the main ingredient for a new block of soap.

Holly says that she was inspired by the look of confetti falling and piling up on the floor. Watch her tutorial to learn how to convert your scraps into confetti bits.

Process.

• Making the confetti
• Adding the EO & kaolin clay to the oils
• Adding the lye
• Adding the confetti & pouring the soap
• Unmolding & cutting the soap
• Smoothing the soap & trimming

Blending the soap scraps into confetti-sized bits.

Ingredients used.

• Olive Oil (45%)
• Coconut Oil (25%)
• Sunflower Oil (10%)
• Shea Butter (10%)
• Cocoa Butter (5%)
• Castor Oil (5%)
• Lard (Optional, to replace sunflower oil, shea butter, and cocoa butter)
• Superfat (6%)
• Sodium Hydroxide - use a soap calculator to calculate the amount
• Lye Solution (33%) (Water = 2 x sodium hydroxide)
• Peppermint Essential Oil (2% of total oils in recipe)
• White Kaolin Clay  (2 teaspoons per 500g of oils in recipe)

Tools.

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• Food Processor 
• Waring 7” Quik Stik Immersion Blender
• Scale
• Silicone spatula 
• Silicone spoons
• Small silicone spoons (8.5”)
• Pink mixing bowl 
• Stainless pot with handle
• Plastic 4-cup measuring cup 
• 3 LB loaf mold (10” x 3.5”)
• Vegetable peeler for trimming soap
• Soap cutter
• Walnut Photo Board
• Gloves
• Eye protection

Time to celebrate with your own confetti! *DON’T EAT*

What others are saying.

“Beautiful!!  I have been saving little scrap soap shreds and watching this made me even more excited for when I have enough to make a project with them :)”

- Luxology Naturals Bath Bomb TV