How to Create Designs in Your Melt and Pour Soap

Incorporate beautiful colours and patterns into your soap with these top tips

Our Melt and Pour Soap assessments provide cosmetic creators with endless possibilities for creating beautiful, high-quality soap designs. 

With the right techniques and creativity, makers can make visually stunning soaps that are irresistible to customers. Here are some essential tips to achieve this.

Choose a High-Quality Base

Start with a premium melt and pour soap base to ensure your final product has a smooth finish and a good lather. For example, options like Crystal Clear SLS Free and Shea bases provide different textures and benefits so it’s best to try them to find out which you prefer.

Use Vibrant Colours

Colour and patterns are essential to create beautiful soap designs. Blend colours well to avoid streaks, layer colours to create stunning visual effects or use a pokey stick to create swirls and flowers etc. Remember to use soap-safe colourants such as micas, dyes and pigments. 

Master Your Moulds

Take a look at our website to view our range of over 450 high-quality LDP moulds that are versatile and easy to use. Pour layers of soap at different stages of setting to create intricate patterns and layers. For swirls, pour different coloured soaps simultaneously and swirl with a pokey stick.

Embed Designs

Embedding small soap shapes will create an interesting, unique look once the bar has been cut. To achieve this design, pour a thin layer of soap base, place the embeds, and then pour another layer over them. This technique is perfect for embedding flowers, shapes, or themed decorations.

Clean and Polish

After unmoulding and chopping your final product into individual bars, clean the edges of the soap with a knife for a polished look. You could also gently buff the surface with a cloth to remove fingerprints and enhance shine.