Adding fruit slices to soap

by Anonymous

Hi,im very new to this and have just ordered a decent looking home made soap kit from ebay,i wish to make my gf a surprise soap containing her favourite fruits,,which are Peaches & Raspberrys.

How best could i go about adding these to the soap i will make? I have in mind a see through soap,with maybe a slice of fresh cut peach on one side of the slice,with a few whole raspberrys on the other.

Ive read maybe use freeze dried ones? any help would be appreciated.

Answer:

It sounds like a lovely idea but unfortunately isn't one that I would recommend trying to make.

Fresh fruit slices will turn into moldy mushy messes in no time. I believe even freeze dried ones will do the same.

It sounds like you are wanting to make a melt and pour soap. You could use small fruit shaped molds to make pretend "fresh fruit slices" and then embed those into a transparent melt and pour soap base.

This would give the impression you are going for without the moldy mess.

The fact that you went to that much trouble to make a handmade soap for your girlfriend would make her very happy and I am sure she wouldn't mind that the fruit wasn't real.

Cathy