decorating soap with sugar

[simplymcghie]

I have this amazing sugar doodle fragrance that I have an idea for making soap with but the idea involves sprinkling a little granulated sugar and cinnamon over the top for that whole sugar coodke cookie effect. Is this something that can be done?

 

[judymoody]

It will melt as soon as any water hits it and it might attract bugs or vermin in the interim.

How about using glitter or mica instead? MMS now has a line of colored glitter that is soap safe.

 

[IrishLass]

What judymoody said. Also, if there's any degree of humidity in the air, it'll get gross and sticky. I would use soap/body-safe glitter or mica instead. I have a mica called Diamond Dust mica from Oregon Trails that lends a nice sugary sheen on my soaps.

IrishLass

 

[simplymcghie]

I was afraid of that. . . Well would just a sprinkling of cinnamon effect it in any adverse way? I would love to use glitter but I don't have any at the moment and don't want to order anything yet.

 

[dagmar88]

You could try coarse sea salt colored with food coloring...

 

[judymoody]

I was afraid of that. . . Well would just a sprinkling of cinnamon effect it in any adverse way? I would love to use glitter but I don't have any at the moment and don't want to order anything yet.

I used cinnamon to top a recent kitchen coffee soap and so far, so good! Here's a pic:

 

[simplymcghie]

I was afraid of that. . . Well would just a sprinkling of cinnamon effect it in any adverse way? I would love to use glitter but I don't have any at the moment and don't want to order anything yet.

I used cinnamon to top a recent kitchen coffee soap and so far, so good! Here's a pic:

Thanks! That is actually the look I was going for too!

 

[khermsen]

Yummy! Looks good enough to eat.

 

[Soapy Gurl]

I have used cinnamon several times to top bars, it works great. I have also used cocoa powder. I have seen the sugar done on soaps on Etsy and was going to ask on here what people thought. It looked really nice. But I see that it might be impractical.

 

[khermsen]

I have used epsom salts on soap, both M&P and CP to give a sugar effect.

 

[paillo]

hah -- when i was starting out i had the brilliant idea to make a black and orange halloween soap and decorate it with candy corn. oooh, very bad idea. it looked really cool for about a week, until the candy corn started to melt, making a sticky, ooey gooey and totally ruinous mess. i had to trash it

course sea salt crystals on top look like rock sugar and will hold up just fine...

 

[my2scents]

I always sprinkle the tops of my soaps with a coarse organic cane sugar or Sugar in the raw I do Cinnamon too. It looks delish & I've never had an issue of any kind.
I just did a Fresh snow (Bramble berry) soap & I did it with a pearl blue mica & white swirl & I topped with very sparkly sugar crystals for making sugar cookies Its BEAUTIOUS! I don't like to use glitter mica because alot of people don't want glitter everywhere & I know once you go Glitter you never go back! you & anyone who uses your soap with be haunted by the glitter fairy FOREVER!!!!
I do mist with Alcohol before sprinkling the sugar & I do CPOP. so it really doesn't have a chance to get gooey or sticky & it never melts because its not hot enough.

 

[DMCC]

I've also used sugar on the tops of my CP and CPOP soaps without any problems. I mostly use regular, white, cane sugar and it's held up just perfectly. I've never used an alcohol spritz on the top of my soap, but now I know that it works well with sugar. I just intermittently sprinkle the sugar on top after it's firmed up a bit. I did a CPOP with sugar for the first time this past week and it turned out fabulous. I was concerned that the sugar might melt, but it didn't.

I hadn't planned on CPOP with the sugar on top, but the FO I used reversed trace and thinned out my soap. I was scared it wasn't going to firm up so I popped it in the oven and all turned out well!

 

[busymakinsoap!]

I always sprinkle the tops of my soaps with a coarse organic cane sugar or Sugar in the raw I do Cinnamon too. It looks delish & I've never had an issue of any kind.
I just did a Fresh snow (Bramble berry) soap & I did it with a pearl blue mica & white swirl & I topped with very sparkly sugar crystals for making sugar cookies Its BEAUTIOUS! I don't like to use glitter mica because alot of people don't want glitter everywhere & I know once you go Glitter you never go back! you & anyone who uses your soap with be haunted by the glitter fairy FOREVER!!!!
I do mist with Alcohol before sprinkling the sugar & I do CPOP. so it really doesn't have a chance to get gooey or sticky & it never melts because its not hot enough.

Thats good to know - I make cupcakes, and I love glitter, but I have seen the coloured sugar on cake websites and I have wanted to try it.
I've used a lot of cake decorations without any probs - the little shiny balls (can't remember the name hehe) and the icing flowers etc, my only concern is how long the colour will hold up, but so far so good.

 

[JackiK]

I've found that using sugar on top of freshly-made CP soap tends to melt, either immediately or down the road. I have, however, used it on Nizzy's whipped soap recipe and it lasts beautifully. Since the soap is cold, there's no melting. I've had cupcakes sitting for at least a couple of months with no sugar issues.