How to make natural cold process soap with activated charcoal powder and a hot pink mica top

As far as soap making goes, this is actually a really quick and easy design, but it just looks so darn impressive! Activated Charcoal powder is often used in cosmetics for it's ability to bind with toxins and draw impurities away from the skin. We are using it today both for those benefits, but also just for how very pretty it looks!
We are creating a simple, loaf of soap which will be coloured dark black using the charcoal powder and scented using Lavender and Rose Geranium essential oils - because, you know, they give it kind of a "spa" feel! We are topping the soap with an incredibly striking, hot pink mica coating - don't worry, it's just for aesthetics, most of it will wash off the first time you use the soap!
Our soaps are all palm oil free and this one is vegan friendly too.
The ingredients we used for this soap are as follows:
Water 220g
Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) 109g
Olive Oil 340g
Coconut Oil 184g
Shea Butter 75g
Cocoa Butter 36g
Castor Oil 57g
Sweet Almond Oil 99g
Lavender Essential Oil 15g
Rose Geranium Essential Oil 15g
Activated Charcoal Powder 1 tbsp
Hot Pink Mica dispersed with rubbing alcohol on a 1:2 ratio
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