Hi, I'm Alina Tytarenko from Dobre mylo. Thanks for joining me on today's episode. I'm going to show you how to make these adorable domino soaps using melt and pour soap.
[music] These adorable soaps are scented with a very masculine, clean fragrance called Tobacco and Bay Leaf from BrambleBerry.com. For our base, I'm going to use a combination of Goat's Milk Melt and Pour and Honey Melt and Pour. Boiling these two bases together gives me the beautiful, natural color of ivory that dominoes used to be made out of. [music] We won't need to add any color because the combination of the Goat's Milk and the Honey Melt and Pour produce a beautiful color on their own. But to create our black dots, I'm going to use Black Oxide.
First, disperse your Black Oxide, use 1/8th teaspoon by volume, and 1 tablespoon of rubbing alcohol or isopropyl alcohol. Mix this in well, using either a spoon, or if you really want to get it super mixed in with no clumps, use a mini mixer. This will give us the perfect black.
Set your colorant to the side and now chop up 5 ounces of Honey Melt and Pour and 5 ounces of Goat's Milk Melt and Pour. Add your 5 ounces of Honey Melt and Pour and your 5 ounces of Goat's Milk Melt and Pour into a heat-safe container and melt it in the microwave on 20 or 30 second bursts. Check every 20 or 30 seconds and stir in between bursts until your soap is fully melted.
Add .1 ounce, so 1/10th ounce, of the Tobacco and Bay Leaf Fragrance Oil and give it a good stir. You want to make sure all of that fragrance oil is fully incorporated in. If it's not, it can pit and pock mark your mold, ruining it.
Pour your melted soap base into the bottom of a Guest Square Tray Mold. Finish it off with a few bursts of rubbing alcohol to get rid of any excess bubbles that have formed. Let your soap harden up for at least 1 to 3 hours until it's fully solid.
Take a straw, notice I'm using a slightly larger straw than your typical straw. This is about 1/2 centimeter in diameter, but you could use a traditional straw. Just push it down into your soap base and then kind of turn it while pushing it down. Pull the straw directly out. Notice a little bit of the soap comes with it.
That's okay. And there's a good looking cut out there. Repeat that again and again in a domino pattern. Remember that two squares make one domino, so be thinking of your pattern while you're making your holes. This one didn't really come out all that well. I'm just going to use this Clean Up Tool, you can get these from BrambleBerry.com, to make that a little more circular.
That looks better. Now that all the dots are made, it's time to start pouring. Now I learned by trial and error and figured out that if I just pour the black soap now, the black soap just sort of seeps underneath that ivory layer. So, we're going to create a seal. Melt 1 ounce of the Honey Melt and Pour Soap in the microwave. This does not take long to melt, just about 20 to 30 seconds.
Be careful, you could easily boil that soap in the microwave. Spray rubbing alcohol liberally all over your first layer. There we go and then use a dropper to just from a seal, a very small seal, in each of the dots. You'll have most of your 1 ounce of melted melt and pour left after this. There we go, all filled up.
Now we're ready to make our black soap. For the dots, melt 6 ounces of Honey Melt and Pour Soap in the microwave. Remember cut those up into small little bits before you melt them. Melt on 20 to 30 second bursts.
Once your soap is fully melted add 1/2 teaspoon of the dispersed Black Oxide. You can see if it's dark enough by putting a little bit of something that's white colored in there. Is that opaque enough?
If not you can add up to 1/4 teaspoon more of your dispersed Black Oxide. Don't add much more than this because if you add too much of the Black Oxide, it will lather black or gray in the shower. Temperature is important. Monitor your temperature and make sure it's around 125F to maximum 130F degrees.
If it's much warmer than that, it will melt your first layer. Once your soap is at the right temperature, add fragrance. add .2 ounces of fragrance oil to your black soap. Spray alcohol on that layer. Spray it liberally, allow that second layer to harden.
Now melt 6 ounces of Honey Melt and Pour and 6 ounces of Goat's Milk Melt and Pour in the microwave on 20 to 30 second bursts. Stir in between bursts to make sure that the soap is melting evenly. Just like with the second layer, make sure that your temperature for this third layer is between 125F and 130F. You don't want to accidentally melt that second layer.
Add the rest of the fragrance to this layer. Stir, stir, stir. Remember we don't want any fragrance oil that's not fully incorporated in. Spray alcohol on that second layer.
Spray it liberally. It will help those layers stick together. Now gently pour down the sides of the mold. For your final finishing touch, spay with alcohol and allow the soap to harden for 2 to 3 hours before you attempt to pop it out. Finishing and cutting the soap is easy. Pull gently away from the sides of the mold.
Notice the airlock is breaking. Don't force your soap. If it's not ready to come out, wait for another half an hour to 45 minutes.
Gently push down on the top, and there we go. Take a non-serrated knife and gently and firmly just start cutting in the areas where there are cut lines. That's the nice thing about this mold, you don't have to freehand anything.
Remember the dominoes are one-two squares so be thinking of your design while you're cutting. This mold yields eight total dominoes. Once you've got it all cut up, your eight bars of domino soap are ready to be wrapped.
Wrap in shrink wrap or saran wrap and they're ready to use right away or give away or sell. Until next time, thanks for joining me here. Happy soaping.
Today we're finally reviewing the Pro Gaming Grip Elite Bundle by Satisfye. (techo music) Welcome to It Came From A Box this is Sergio A.M. and awhile back Satisffye sent us prototype of this grip which we checked out right before they launched on Kickstarter. Fast forward to today 18 hundred people raised over 67 thousand dollars to help make the Pro Grip a reality. The final production version is now rolling out to backers and Satisfye sent over their elite bundle for us to review which includes a custom new case specifically made for the Pro Grip. But that's not all because we're also giving away three of them, more on that in the end but first let's take a look at everything inside. Lets start with the grip which you can tell is big , but works well with different hand sizes.
I have huge hands and I love it. My wife's hands are about half the size of mine and she can still use it, but my six year old can't really reach the buttons so it may not be kid friendly. Right away you can see and feel that it's well constructed.
it's very tough and rigid, not at all flimsy, and its made of a hard TPU except for the back of the grips, which are made of a non-slip rubberized TPU. Now looks can definitely be deceiving because this large grip weighs in right under five ounces, so it's actually very light. Now attaching the switch is easy, it's designed to perfectly fit so all you have to do is just slide it in and vice versa to remove. Inside each grip you'll noticed a small rubber piece right in the middle and that creates a bit of friction to keep the console from wiggling around so it stays nice and secure within.
Then over to the bottom we have these hooks which hold the switch in place but can also be used as a stand so you can display your switch in this kinda cool unique way. For those wondering, no you cannot remove the joy cons to play in table-top mode because the grip is designed exclusively for hand held mode. Alright so in hand it feels very comfortable. Way better than the joycons because it keeps your hands, your wrists in a natural 35 degree angle and the rubber TPU in the back truly gives you a non-slip secure grip. And unlike other grips out there this one is A symmetrical and designed to combat the cramped position of the right joy cons analog stick. SO instead of using it with your thumb in these weird positions that hurt over time, the Pro Grip adds additional space so your thumb can land in a natural position.
This enhances the ergonomics so you can play longer and help reduce fatigue. Overall I think this grip nails everything that I've ever wanted in a grip. It feel amazing in hand and it gives you the ability to play longer.
So due to its large size the Pro Gaming Grip obviously won't fit in most carrying cases, so if you plan on taking it on-the-go this is why you'll want the elite bundle that includes the Pro Case that's custom made to fit the grip. Before the grip Satisfye made the switch case. Very well designed, constructed, they know what they're doing so you can trust them with this one. Similar to that case, the exterior is made of a soft textured leather that feels great in hand. We have a long and easy-to-hold rubber grip at the top and getting inside is a breeze with these smooth action zippers.
Inside right down the middle we have two flaps. Each has 10 game pockets so in total they can hold 20 games. On the back of the top flap we have a zipper compartment which is great for all those store specific cards you always forget to use, as well as secrets or other paper-like things. And the bottom flap is lined with soft microfiber to protect the console's screen. Then at the top we have a zippered compartment that can hold all types of accessories such as: cables, adapters, or extra joy cons.
But it's not roomy enough for something like a joy con grip or pro controller. Finally at the bottom we have a custom molded slot to fit the grips A symmetrical design along with a Velcro strap to keep it in place. But there's more, under that we have a large slot for a battery bank.
We're using the one by GuliKit but you can use small or larger ones as well and this elastic strap will keep it securely in place. Now included with the elite bundle is a very nice, low profile, braided, 2.4 amp, USBA to USBC cable. And unlike the official cable this one works specifically with the height of the grip , either standing or in the case so you can charge on-the-go.
Very awesome feature. Overall a fantastic case, well designed with great materials that suits this grip perfectly. Now the last thing are these tiny things and these are thumb pads. We mentioned thumb pads before, they come in all shapes, sizes and materials. And personally we do find that they can enhance the use of the analog sticks.
You get four. They're con caved with the Satisfye logo in the middle and they have these little ridges on the sides which helps keep your finger in place. So a nice little addition that can help improve the analog sticks while also protecting them. So if you're someone who's experienced any fatigue while playing the switch like we have, or if your looking to enhance the ergonomics to get a better grip on the console, you owe it to yourself to check out the Satisfye Pro Gaming Grip. We love it here which is why we spoke with them and they agreed to send out three elite bundles for a giveaway.
To enter, first subscribe, it helps us grow so we can continue to make videos like these and hopefully one day do this full time. Second, comment below and let us know why you need the Pro Gaming Grip with the hashtag Satisfye. Three weeks later, we'll choose and announce the winners on Twitter but there's a catch.
Winners will receive the elite bundles around mid October, after Satisfye completes all of their Kickstarter orders because it's only fair. Alright so you heard why we love it, let us know what you think in the comments below. Also, now that we have our hands on some of the most popular Nntendo switch grips out there, we'll be doing a massive comparison of all of them.
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