Cucumber/Melon Soap
(Directions for 5-1/2 lb batch)
Once the soap reached a light trace, I took ¼ cup and mixed ½ tsp of copper mica into it. Then I took another ½ cup of the traced soap and mixed 2 tsp of my prepared Hydrated Chromium Oxide into it. To prepare the Hydrated Chromium Oxide, I took 1 tsp of the powder and 2 tsp of my distilled water before I added the lye to it. Now you go to the rest of the soap batch add your FO, make sure to add it at a warm temperature so you don't shock the traced soap, then pour into your mold. Pour the copper colored soap just in a vertical line and the colored Hydrated Chromium Oxide soap in a Horizontal line. Now you just swirl.