Rainbow Soap

What you will need:
30 ounces of Soap Crafters Clear Glycerin Melt & Pour Soap
6 color Soap Crafters Color Tabs
Suggested colors are True Red, Lemon, Grass Green, Crystal Blue and Violet
Witch Hazel in a spritzer bottle
1/3 oz of Soap Crafters Fragrance
Small bread pan (7-1/2"long x 2-1/2" deep x 3-1/2" wide) approximately, but having straight sides.
A microwave & microwave safe bowl
A chopstick or spoon to stir
Put 5 ounces of soap in a bowl with a small sliver of a color tab. Microwave it for 30 seconds. Stir with a chop stick. Keep putting it back into the microwave until melted for about 5 seconds, being careful not to let it boil or overheat. Don't stir too vigorously because you will create foam. If color isn't dark enough, add a little more slice of a color tab.

When melted, add about 1/6th of the fragrance. Stir. Pour into the CLEAN bread pan. Remove any foam or bubbles which have formed. Put into freezer for 5 minutes or less. The top of the soap will be firm. Give the top of the soap a light spritz with Witch Hazel.

Melt your next color.
When melted and stirred evenly, set aside for a couple of minutes. A light 'skin' will form on the top of the soap. Stir in your fragrance and then pour on top of the previous layer. Put into the freezer for 5 minutes or less, until the top of the soap is a bit firm. Mist top of soap with Witch hazel.

Continue these steps until all of your colors are used. Remember to let the 'next layer's melted soap' sit until a skin forms before pouring it, otherwise the soap will be too hot and will melt the previous layers.

When the colors are all used, put the mold into the freezer for 20 minutes or so, up to an hour. The soap loaf will fall right out of the bread pan. Let it get to room temperature and slice 4 bars.


Added notes:
When we made this bar of soap, we used many fragrances, one to match each color. This method adds a scent rainbow too! :)

This recipe used just a few shreds of each color tab package to make these colors. Use less if you'd like a lighter, more tinted colored soap. Use more if you want a deeper color. It doesn't come thru well in the photograph, but this soap is still very translucent. You can still see right through it, even though it is colored.