Watermelon Soaps
Cute, functional, summertime soaps!
What You Will Need:
- Clear Glycerine Melt & Pour Soap Base
- White Glycerine (or other opaque) Melt & Pour Soap Base
- Oval Soap Mold (or soap mold of your choice)
- Watermelon Fragrance Oil
- Allura Red Liquid Colorant
- Apple Green Pop! Mica
- Poppy Seeds
- Microwave Safe Measuring Cup
- Thermometer
1. Cut your Clear Glycerine Soap Base into chunks and melt in the microwave in 30-second increments until fully melted. Add Allura Red Liquid Colorant (using liquid instead of powdered dye helps maintain clarity of the clear glycerine) and Watermelon Fragrance Oil as desired.
Tip: We used about 20-25 drops of Allura Red Liquid Colorant per pound of soap base to achieve such a bright, vibrant red color.
2. Allow the soap base to cool to approximately 125 degrees Fahrenheit while stirring occasionally. At this temperature, stir in poppy seeds until they are evenly dispersed and quickly pour the soap into the mold to about 3/4 full. The poppy seeds add to the visual "watermelon" look, and also give gentle exfoliation.
3. In order to keep the poppy seeds suspended in the soap, you may wish you accelerate the cooling process by either placing a fan in front of the mold or placing the mold in a cookie sheet full of cold water before you pour the soap. Once the soap is 
somewhat firm, you can move the mold to the refrigerator to finish cooling.
4. Once the soaps are completely cool, score the tops of the soaps with a fork to aid in adhesion between layers.
5. Prepare your White Glycerine Soap Base in the microwave and add Watermelon Fragrance Oil and Apple Green Pop! Mica as desired. Pour to the tops of each mold and allow to cool completely before attempting to remove the soaps from the mold. 
6. To remove the soaps from the mold, press down firmly on the mold with your thumbs until the soap begins to release. If you have difficulty removing the soaps, try placing them in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes and then try again.
These are beautiful cannot wait to start making these.And so easy too.
Just a thought... Could you possibly have a plain white layer as your second, and mix two different-colour greens together on the third, to add to the visual effect of watermelon-ness?
Wow, awesome. I tried making soap once, but my results were nowhere near as cool as these. I second adding a thing plain white layer to mirror true watermelon.
vvery easy to follow and imformative thank's so much.
Simple steps, easy to follow. Good article.
I think one of my sons has to make soap later this year at school, as his cousin made soap last year when in the same grade, so this is a perfect page to refer back to. Thanks.
you should also mist alcohol onto the first soap's surface RIGHT before pouring the second layer- it helps bond the two layers together.
Any ideas on something I could substitute for poppy seeds? I'm allergic
Nice tutorial :)
Gosh these are gorgeous. I love the poppy seeds!
This looks really pretty!
I have a question, though. I've read before that letting one layer completely cool before adding the next will result in poor adhesion and lead to separation later. I know if it's too warm, it'll just run together, but I was under the impression it should be solid yet warm, not cool.
Also, I read somewhere that mixing white base and clear base results in poor adhesion. The proposed solution was to add something, such as powdered milk, to the clear base to make it white first, and then go from there.
Any suggestions or comments?
i love the smell of a really watermelon this is idea pretty neat you just put seeds make really ones in it and make green rim around it white on bottom.
In order to get good adhesion, spray the first layer (the one that is set) with rubbing alcohol before pouring the 2nd layer. Also, make sure the temp of the 2nd layer is about 120F when you pour. I haven't heard anything about the 2 different bases not adhering but I would suggest using the same manufacturer for the 2 bases. Personally, I'm not fond of the overly "white" layer with the clear. I plan to make this soap this spring but I think I will make the green layer using mostly clear soap and adding just a bit of the white to add some opaqueness to the layer.