This avocado butter melt and pour soap has a creamy white base, a glittery icy blue layer, and a rough textured top that looks like waves crashing on the beach. It’s my take on one of the very first soaps I ever made, though of course I changed the colors.
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Materials & Tools
Soap Base
- Avocado butter melt and pour soap base for the white layer
- Clear melt and pour soap base for the blue layer
- About 19–20 oz total for an 18–20 oz mold
Color & Scent
- Icy blue mica (I used Stardust Blue Ice from a Stardust mica set, also sold individually)
- Bio glitter, in the blue only
- A citrus fragrance oil (I used Yuzu Cybilla)
Tools
- Square silicone soap mold (18–20 oz)
- Soap cutter
- Skewer
- Spray bottle of 91% isopropyl alcohol
- Thermometer
- Pour cups
Fragrance Amount
Use up to 5 ml of fragrance oil per 16 oz (1 lb) of soap base. You can always use less if you like a lighter scent, but don’t go over 5 ml per 16 oz. Split it between the two bases.
How to Make Blue Ice Wave Soap
1. Melt the Bases
Melt the avocado butter base and the clear base separately. The avocado butter base is thick and creamy and starts to form a skin early, around 160°F.
2. Color the Blue
Mix the Blue Ice mica with alcohol and add the bio glitter. Stir it into the clear base. Keep stirring right up until you pour so the glitter doesn’t sink. Add fragrance once each base is cool enough.
3. Pour the White Layer First
Pour the avocado butter base into the mold, saving a little for the top. Clear base is heavier than opaque base, so let the white set up a bit before adding the blue. Otherwise the blue sinks straight down and leaves a trail.
4. Pour the Blue from Up High
Once the white has a skin (mine was around 132°F) and the blue is around 137°F, pour the blue from up high. Pouring from a height pushes the blue into the white in wave-like curls. A few clumps are fine.
5. Make the Crashing Wave Top
Peel the skins off the leftover white soap. Rough up the top of the soap with a skewer, then break the white skins into little pieces and sprinkle them over the top like sea foam.
6. Lock the Top in Place
Remelt the last bit of soap, spray the top with alcohol, and drizzle the soap over the pieces so they stay put. Let the soap set.
7. Unmold and Cut
Unmold the loaf and cut it into bars. The blue curls through the white like ocean waves.
Tips & What I Learned
- Pour the opaque base first. Clear base is heavier and sinks if poured underneath.
- Pour from up high. It creates the wave pattern.
- Keep stirring the glitter. It sinks if the soap sits.
- Use skins for the top. Peeled soap skins make great texture.
- Drizzle to lock it in. A little melted soap keeps the top pieces from falling off.
Troubleshooting
The blue sank to the bottom. The white wasn’t set enough. Wait for a skin before pouring.
The glitter sank. Stir right before pouring and pour the blue cooler.
The top pieces fell off. Spray with alcohol and drizzle a little melted soap over them.
FAQ
What is avocado butter melt and pour soap like?
It’s a thick, creamy opaque base. It felt great and set up nicely.
How do I clean the soap skins off my cups?
Peel them off and save them for tops or embeds, then wash the cups with soap and water.
More Ocean Soap Ideas
- Wave Embed Melt and Pour Soap
- Cloud Wave Swirl Melt and Pour Soap
- Coral Lagoon Melt and Pour Soap
- Blue Ice Melt and Pour Soap with an Impression Mat
- All my melt and pour soap tutorials on YouTube
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