Teach Soap

I have been trying to perfect loaf soap with embeds. I am using colored soap chips from my other soaps that didn't work. My mold holds almost 3 lbs of main soap and I am melting it all in the same container. I pour my bottom layer, wait for it to set a little and then do layer of embeds. Then I have to wait for the soap to cool down so I can pour the next layer. The temp is above 130 but my soap begins to set up and becomes the consistency of glue. When I take the soap out of the mold to cut, it separates. I do the alcohol but it doesn't stick together.
I don't know if its because I am waiting so long between layers to pour the next layer or not. Should I try to melt all the soap in three different containers so they are all ready to pour when I need them? My soap is so cute and smells so good, I almost cried when the bottom came off and a layer from the top. Please help if you can.

Whose base and what type and color chips are you using?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Using Brambleberry LCP White.

LCP base does set up faster. How are you melting it? I would put your embeds in the fridge so they are cold. That way you can put them in while the soap is a little warmer. I prefer a Presto pot to melt my MP base.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

you can also use a double boiler and a temp gun... making sure that MP is 120 to 125 degrees with y9our temp gun. though the freezer embed idea I will have to try too. I dont use the LCP base so it may differ .

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