Saswede
Well-Known Member
I had a brainwave (??!) to make a really special soap, so bought some gold leaf more than a year ago now - but I still haven't plucked up the courage to use the gold in some soap. My idea was to make some inserts, and partially cover them with the gold leaf, so that when you slice the soap you could see a "gold lining" around part of the insert ..... But I didn't have enough confidence in the idea to try it yet!
My concern is that even if you just get the gold leaf on your finger, it sticks to you and kind of "melts" into the skin .... so I'm not at all sure that you'd be able to see that there is gold in the soap. But as we edge towards Christmas, I'm starting to think about the idea again, so thought I'd raise the question here - has anyone ever used gold (or silver) leaf in soap? And if so, did it "melt" / disappear into the soap?
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My concern is that even if you just get the gold leaf on your finger, it sticks to you and kind of "melts" into the skin .... so I'm not at all sure that you'd be able to see that there is gold in the soap. But as we edge towards Christmas, I'm starting to think about the idea again, so thought I'd raise the question here - has anyone ever used gold (or silver) leaf in soap? And if so, did it "melt" / disappear into the soap?
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