So before Christmas I went to a Chrintrest party (Christmas+Pintrest hehe.) We made soaps, but with our own touch. My friend Megan had this lovely book full of beautiful ladies from the 20's so I snatched that and cut a few of my favorite images out. We used glycerin as the soap base which you can get online or at an arts and craft store. We melted it down and added yummy fragrances, my favorite was the lemon one! Once you pour the fragrance filled liquid glycerin into a mold (we use small square bowls) you can then add whatever you want! Some people used glitter, small objects like beads, etc. or paper like I did. You spray the top with rubbing alcohol (takes out bubbles) once you have added in all your goodies and then set in the freezer. Your soap will be ready when it is hard obviously and you will end up with something like this! This is a pretty inexpensive and fun craft. It is very easy to make something that is uniquely your own! This wasn't meant to be a tutorial but an idea of something that you can do! Comment me if you would like more info on this craft!
(Tip: if you are adding a paper image into your glycerin place the image upside down when you sink it into the liquid, this way, when you remove it from the mold your image is facing the side that was directly against the mold. This makes for a smoother look. Refer to the second image above, you can see that it looks somethat wrinkly, this is because I placed my image face up, versus the top picture where it looks smooth.)
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