I managed to make some pretty translucent soap without trying. it was at a lighter trace when poured which made part of the difference, I'm sure, as this is my normal recipe. I always love that alabaster look although sometimes the soap bar itself feels slightly different in texture than when it's at a medium trace when poured. 

I tend toward more colorful soap but sometimes I have to come back to wonderful grays and black, which I love, every time, even though I tend to park these colors in the back of my mind for periods of time. It was a gray day and these were taken next tot he window in natural light. I probably should have adjusted the exposure on the pictures but I like how warm the wood feels and the slightly darker look of the whole thing. Not terribly artsy but I don't really care!

So I tried to make a soap that looks kind of like Malachite. Needs some work and some tuning on the colors. Lots of malachite has bullseyes and I wasn't going for that but the more striated kind. I think this is a bit too edgy so if I try again, I will probably manipulate the mold some to smooth out the lines.

I filmed the making of three of the four layer. Well, I filmed all four but I can't seem to process the last layer, but I think three is plenty. The first pour was way too thin and got very blurry. The second pour is what you see in the picture. In the third pour, I lined my colors up in the container perpendicular to the pouring spout rather in parallel to it but I decided to pour it that way anyhow, to see what the difference would be. If you watch, I apologize for my messy soaping ways, tripping over the dustpan and rustling the paper on the floor so much. I'm not very professional.

Thin trace Ribbon Pour, first two layers.

Thin Trace Ribbon pour, layer three