How to Make Ombre Soap

Use your book to prop the moulds up so they are sat an an angle. You can wedge them between another book or a chopping board to keep them in place.

You are going to be pouring into the moulds like this so make sure they are secure.

Cut your soap into slices and then into small cubes to help speed up the melting process.

Put in a bowl in the microwave to melt down or on the hob until the soap has completely liquified.

Pour 1/3 of your mixture into a mixing cup and add a few drops of you chosen colour (this will be your darkest shade).

Mix until you have created your desired tone and leave to cool before pouring into the moulds (keep the liquid moving by mixing it every few minutes so it doesn’t set).

It's really important to cool the soap down before pouring as boiling soap will cause the mould to melt.

Going back to your melted soap, pour half of what's remaining into a cup and mix your next colour (this should be lighter than the one just poured, but darker than the natural colour of the soap).

Once cooled, pour over the darker colour with the mould still propped up at an angle. Leave for around 20 minutes to set.

Place the soap mould flat on the side.

Using just the melted soap now (no drops of colour) add the last layer into the mould (adding the mixture until you fill the whole mould).

Leave to set in the mould before removing to reveal a beautiful ombre design.