This month’s Great Cakes Soap Challenge involved learning a new technique called the Cosmic Wave. My entry soap is from my third attempt at this challenge. With each batch, I learned a lot about what I was doing wrong and how I might improve. From the consistency of the soap to how much soap I poured at once and how fast, all the little technical details really mattered if a cosmic wave was to be achieved. It was so satisfying when I finally created some cosmic waves in my last batch. The creator of the Cosmic Wave and our instructor for this challenge was Tatsiana Serko of Creative Soaps by Steso. Tatsiana is so talented and makes the most amazing and beautiful soaps. Keep reading if you’d like to learn a little more about my attempts at Tatsiana’s Cosmic Wave technique. I also created a video. :)
COLORS
For my contrasting colors, I used indigo root powder infused olive oil to create a dark blue soap and paprika infused olive oil to create an orange soap. The indigo root powder oil infusion was created using organic indigo root powder and is extremely dark (doesn’t require much to get a dark blue).
Dark blue – 1/2 teaspoon indigo root olive oil infusion per cup of soap
Orange – 2 teaspoons paprika olive oil infusion per cup of soap
RECIPE
Olive Oil – 42%
Coconut Oil – 25%
Sunflower Oil (High Oleic) – 10%
Sustainable Organic Palm Oil – 15%
Sweet Almond Oil – 8%
ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND
Lavender – 4 parts
Rosemary – 2 parts
Peppermint – 1 part
TECHNIQUE
Besides a fluid recipe, the keys to this technique for me were getting as close to the surface as possible, not filling my measuring cup too high (which I kept doing anyway), and pouring slowly. I really wanted to make one more attempt (and I probably will at some point) using a shorter and wider measuring cup to pour the soap into the mold. The cups I had were all a bit tall and caused me to pour a little too high at times.
VIDEO
I made a video documenting my process. I apologize for the awful lighting and color in parts of the video. I’m still working on improving that. :)
Thank you so much for reading my post!
Kápia Méra 
Lovely work. How do you keep your work space so tidy? You captured the cosmic wave!
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Thank you, Dawn! When I’m making a video, I work extra hard to keep my work space clean. Usually though, it looks as if a tornado went across my table. :)
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This is fantastic, Holly! Congratulations on cracking the cosmic wave code!! This was not as easy as it first appeared. Love the contrasting colors you achieved!
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Thank you so much, Amy! :)
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Nice work Holly! I love the soft feathery look of your Cosmic waves. The colors are great! :)
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Thank you!
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Lovely as always… Your soaps have such a delicate, elegant look! I love them!!
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Thank you so much, Helene. :)
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Holly:
Beautiful soaps!
I love your videos – thank you so much for making them!
Sly
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Thank you, Sly! And thank you for watching my videos. :)
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This is just beautiful. I can see you using this again.
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Thank you! :)
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Holly, I am so blown away by the delicate, wispy waves you achieved! Your soap turned out absolutely stunning!
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Thank you so much, Debi!
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I love that you used natural colorants in this gorgeous soap. I was also so impressed with your video! Thanks so much for sharing your process.
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Thank you, Teressa!
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Thanks so much for such a comprehensive and descriptive post! Your swirl is perfect! 💜
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Thank you!
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Holly, your soaps look exquisite! I love the wispy waves and delicate colours that you’ve achieved. Thank you for sharing your video too!
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Thank you!
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Beautiful colors! Well done!
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Thank you, Lisa!
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Nice. Never apologize for your talent. It all looked perfect.
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And yet another amazing looking soap! Just beautiful! I just discovered your site/ blog and am so glad I did! I also very much appreciate you using natural products (at least the ones I have looked at so far here). Very grateful again that you are sharing the recipe as well!
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