Soap would be a bit boring if it was always the same color, but fortunately there are many ways that you can add colorful designs to your homemade soaps. First, you will need to start with a plain white base of 30% coconut oil, 5% castor oil and 65% lard. This mixture will make a nice base that lathers easily and conditions as well.

To make your own tri-color block of soap with a nice triangular design you should first make 1/3 of your base recipe, ready to pour into your standard soap mold. Then when the base has traced you can add the colorant of your choice. Next prop your mold at an angle so that when you pour your base into it, it will fill only one corner of the mold instead of its entire bottom.

It is not important how you prop up your mold, you could place of few books under on side of it, pieces of wood, anything that's handy really, but you might want to ensure that the lower side of the mold rests against a wall or something heavy that will prevent it from slipping when you pour in your base mixture.

Once you are happy with your mold you can pour your soap mixture down the side of it that still rests on the table. Fill the corner with soap, but not quite to the top of the mold. Don't get carried away.

Next, place a towel over your mold and leave it covered up until the soap has finished its saponification process and has cooled down. You will then have a triangular block of soap that will sit off to the side of your bar and give it a nice design.

Now you need to mix the remaining 2/3 of your plain white base recipe, and separate it into two equal amounts. Once this is done you can color them with two different colors of your choice.

Remove your prop from underneath the mold and place it, level, on the table (this is after the soap in the corner has set, remember) and pour in one the soaps you have just colored. Be careful not to splash it onto your triangle block.

Okay were 2/3 of the way there now. Do you know what comes next? Yes, you've guessed it, the remaining third. Pour it into the mold as well, straight on top.

Finally, you will need to cover the mold again and leave your soap to set for around twenty-four hours. Then all that is left for you to do is remove your soap from the mold and you will find that your finished product is a nice, tri-colored block of soap with a triangle on one side.

Lovely!