DIY Amethyst Crystal Soap 2 Ways!

Amethyst soaps (and gemstone soaps in general) are mesmerizing and beautiful, but surprisingly easy to make. There are a fair number of steps, but it's a melt and pour soap project (no lye! Hooray!), and one you can do with some easy to acquire supplies and a step by step tutorial, which is here! I made all of the soaps pictured here in one loaf (so, in one sitting), and ended up with so many scraps from shaping and carving the soap block into crystals, I decided to use the scraps to make a soapy crystal-garden of sorts.
So, this DIY is a two-fer! Make some big, beautiful amethyst soaps, and recycle the remainder into equally beautiful smaller soaps, so you can use every last bit of your melt and pour soap base.
✨✨My thoughts on purchasing products. I will give you 3 options below. The first option is what I believe is the least expensive option to get the job done. The second option is what I think is the easiest (i.e. everything from Amazon), and the third option is a list of all of the actual supplies that I used in this project in case there was something you particularly liked (like super sparkles!!).
The links from Amazon are affiliate links, so if you make a purchase through those links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. The links for Brambleberry, Wholesale Supplies Plus and Nurture Soap are not affiliate links.
#1 - Least expensive:
Soap base from Wholesale Supplies Plus www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com... Depending on whether there is a sale, a 2lb container is typically between $6-$9. The real benefit to Wholesale Supplies Plus is free shipping for orders over $25....so I usually try to order all of my heavy soap ingredients from them!
While you are there, you can check out some fragrance for your soap too, they have a really extensive selection. There are some less expensive than this, but this fragrance is closest to the one that I used from Nuture Soap, which is a dupe of Lush's Avobath: www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com.... They also have soap dye in small containers for around $1. Here's the purple one...you can vary the strength of your purple based on how much product you put in: www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com..., so you can make multiple shades of purple.
If you want a soap mold so you don't need to make your own mold from a milk carton or similar, this is a decent small mold: amzn.to/3iMpfn4 Keep in mind that this mold holds over 40oz though, so your 2lb block of soap wouldn't fill the mold completely.
Optional: some grey mica for the base www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com...
Optional: some sparkles to coat the soap shards www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com...
#2 - Easiest one-stop shopping Amazon option:
The Stephenson base that I used is here: amzn.to/2ZRk3Wo
Decent small mold: amzn.to/3iMpfn4
Mica powder soap dye: amzn.to/3iU546W
Liquid (non sparkly) soap dye: amzn.to/3iSYWeT (this is the least expensive pack I could find that included a purple. The actual one I bought was a multi-pack, which is below)
Fragrance: amzn.to/3fiTaRM This is the closest fragrance match to what I used (below) and what I linked (above), but fragrance is always up for interpretation and you can always leave it unscented.
Optional: some grey mica for the base amzn.to/3gISmpu
Optional: some sparkles to coat the soap shards amzn.to/38JTV3B
#3- My exact supplies:
Stephenson base: www.brambleberry.com/shop-by-... The product itself is much less expensive than Amazon, but you'll have to pay for shipping through Brambleberry.
Tall and skinny loaf mold: amzn.to/32bbdWp
Mica powder set for dark scarlet color: amzn.to/3gYbVKP
Lilac mica from Nurture Soap: nurturesoap.com/collections/m...
Super Sparkles from Nurture Soap: nurturesoap.com/products/supe...
Gray mica from Nurture Soap: nurturesoap.com/products/neut...
Fragrance, Awaken from Nurture Soap: nurturesoap.com/products/awak...
Enjoy!
❤, Amanda