I’m going to start a new category on my blog. It is going to be short tips and tricks. Nothing fancy…but very usefull. So for tip number one…

I mention this in the lavender clouds post. This is a great tip for cutting soap with lines of mica, cocoa or oxides in them. Look at the picture below and notice the difference in the two lines.

The soap on the left was cut with the soap loaf on it’s side. This created a smooth sharp line with no drag of the mica. The soap on the right was cut with the log sitting as normal. Just as the soap is sitting. You can see there is a bit of drag of the mica. The line appears blurry and not as crisp as the first. Depending on what type of line you want, you can cut your loaf of soap either on it’s side or sitting as normal.  So if you want a clean line, turn it on its side and slice like this…

Happy soaping!

Amanda