Designing Soap Bars: Oval shape with a Spacer and Different Surface Edges By Masterline Molds

 

Here is an Oval Shape with a Spacer and Rounded, Straight and Bevelled Surface Edges.  Company Logo/Artwork may be added to the surface or side of soap bar design.

 

 

Oval Shape with a Spacer and Rounded Surface Edge

 

 

 

 

Oval Shape with a Spacer  and Straight Surface Edge

 

 

 

Oval Shape with a Spacer and Bevelled Surface Edge

 

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Designing Soap Bars: Rectangle Shape with Spacers and Different Surface Edges By Masterline Molds

Here is a Rectangle Shape with a Spacer and different surface edges.  A Company Logo/Artwork may be engraved or raised on the surface or Company Name engraved on side of soap bar shape.

 


Rectangle Shape with a Spacer and Bevelled Surface Edge

 

Rectangle Shape with a Spacer and Rounded Surface Edge

 Rectangle Shape with a Spacer and Straight Surface Edge.



 Company Lettering/Logo/Artwork may be engraved or raised on surface of soap bar or Company Name engraved  in side of soap bar.  The soap bar size would be increased to allow for the Spacer in soap bar for an ounce weight that the soap bar would need.  We, at Masterline Molds are able to create Spacers in the design of the soap bar as we use an Industrial Grade Silicone for the Silicone Production Mold.

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Designing Soap Bars: Circle Shapes with Spacers By Masterline Molds

 

We at Masterline Molds can design a soap bar that has a spacer in the soap bar shape.

 

 

Circle Shape Soap Bar with rounded edges and a spacer in the design.  A Company Logo/Artwork could be engraved or raised on the surface of the soap bar as well.  Below are images of a Circle Shape with spacers and different type of surface edges

 

 

 

Circle Shape Soap Bar with Straight edges and a spacer in the design.

 

 

Circle Shape Soap Bar with Bevelled edge and a spacer in the design. 


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Designing Soap Bars: Oval (Ellipse) and Circle Shapes with Company Logo/Artwork on Surface by Masterline Molds

Here are some images of how Oval and Circle shape dimensions, surface edges, and the way the Company Logo/Artwork is placed on the soap bar surface all create a style for the soap bar.

Left is the Company Logo/Artwork for La Lavande s Soi and Right is the Finished Soap Bar Design

 

 

 Left is Great Karma Company Logo/Artwork and Right is the Finished Soap Bar Design

 

 

 

 

 

Left is Cocoonig Collections SA paper rendering and Right is Finished Soap Bar Design

 

   

 Left is the Benton Clay Company Logo/Artwork and Right is the Finished Shaving Clay Soap Design

 

 

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Designing Soap Bars: Oval (Ellipse) and Circle Shape Surface Edges by Masterline Molds

As with  Rectangle and  Square Shapes; Oval and Circle Shapes have a different profile and style when you decide the surface edge...

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Designing Soap Bars: Oval (Ellipse) and Circle Shapes and Measurements by Masterline Molds

Now that we have gone through the process with Rectangle and Square Shapes, lets look at Oval(known as Ellipse) and Circle Shapes....

 

Using the measurements of a soap bar that is 3.5" long x 2" wide x 1" thick, an oval 3.5" x 2.25" x 1" thick, and 3.5" x 2.5" x 1" thick.  We see that the more we increase the width of the soap bar, the more rounded the oval shape. For a circle the larger the diameter, the more surface there is for the soap bar.  When deciding on an oval or circle shape, knowing how many ounces you would like the soap bar to be really defines the measurements of the soap bar and  how rounded you would like the oval shape to look. 

 

To find the area of an oval we need to multiply Pi (3.14....) by the radius of the length multiplied by the radius of the width.  Let us use 3.5" x 2" x 1" thick as our soap bar dimensions for the oval shape.

3.14... x (3.5 / 2 = 1.75) x (2 / 2 = 1) = Area

3.14... x 1.75 x 1 = 5.49...

5.49... x 1 (thickness) = 5.49... Cubic Inches

 

From the area x the thickness, we know the volume in cubic inches is 5.49... which converted to ounces is 3.04 ounces.  Our 3.5" x 2" x 1" oval shape will have a soap bar that is about 3.04 ounces (remembering that the ingredients we choose for the formula may cause soap bar to weigh more and/or should we be placing anything additional in the formula like an abrasive or an embedded item such as a kids toy). 

 

Say I would like my Oval Soap Bar it look like a more rounded oval like the oval with the area measurements of 3.5" x 2.5" and I would like the soap bar to weigh around 3 ounces. 

3.14... x (3.5 / 2 = 1.75) x ( 2.5 / 2 = 1.25) = Area

3.14... x 1.75 x 1.25 = 6.8...

6.8... x 0.8125 = 5.58.... Cubic Inches

 

When converting the 3.5" x 2.5" x 0.8125" (or 13/16 of an inch) thick oval soap bar that is about 5.58 Cubic Inches to ounces, the soap bar would be about 3.09 ounces.  We could take the ratio aspect of the length and width and size that down should we like the shape and would like the thickness to be around a 1" thickness to have the soap bar weigh about 3.0 ounces.  After we know what ounces and/or measurements we need, we now look at our edges and Company Logo/Artwork design choices and adjust any of the dimensions to get our soap bar with our cubic inches needed to get the ounce weight we would like for the soap bar.

 

 

For a Circle Shape, let us use the 3" diameter x 1" thick for our dimensions.  Pi x radius squared x height or thickness lets us know that a 3" diameter x 1" thick circle shape is about 3.9 ounces or 7.065 Cubic Inches.  Like the Oval Shape, we could decrease the thickness of the soap bar to get the ounces we would like or decrease the ratio aspect of the surface area and/or thickness to get the ounces we would like for the soap bar.

 

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Designing Soap Bars: Company Logo/ Artwork Branding and Visual design By Masterline Molds

Using a rectangle and a square shape, we have shown how shape, edges, corners, weight and measurements form a soap bar design...Let's discuss the Company Logo/Artwork for the soap bar design....

     When designing a soap bar we encourage the use of the Company Name and/or the Company Logo/Artwork on the soap bar.  Branding is the way we recognize products.  Whether it be someone enjoying a bar of soap that they discovered at a friend's place, pushing a cart down a store aisle, strolling around the cosmetics counter, watching TV or Internet accessed shows, browsing E-stores, or shopping the streets in your community for small stores that carry beautiful natural products, we as  consumers need to know who made the product so we can purchase product.

     As consumers, we can take a company name and discover the product information or search the Company Logo/Artwork and discover what company made the soap.  When you have Artwork/Company Logo on the soap bar you are establishing your brand.  The style of the soap bar enhances your Company's brand.  I may have my grandmother's recipe for a soap formula and create my brand style around the concept of an old general store and have my soap bar designed in that style.  My company may be modern or contemporary and I would like my soap bars to show that in the style.  A Company brand could be focussed on a special ingredient that is used in the soap formula.  When a Company is establishing a brand, they are working to expand product information, traffic and use of their products.  Cavity molds work great for control over the weight of the product, consistency in appearance of the soap bar and effective visuals that lets everyone know the Company that placed care in developing their product line. 

     We, at Masterline Molds make suggestions as well on raising or engraving parts of the Company Logo/Artwork or the Company Name on the soap bar surface and content on the soap bar surface.  Here are some Square Shape and Rectangle Shape Soap Bars showing a Company Logo/Artwork and the Finished Soap Bar Design.

Left is the Catleya Botanica Company Logo (packaging label) and the Finished Soap Bar Design

 

 

 

Left is the Anyce Sydney Soap Company Logo and right is the Finished Soap Bar Design

 

 

 

 

Left is The Good Red Earth Soap Company Logo and Right is the Finished Soap Bar Design

 

 

Left is Just Elayne Naturals Company Logo and Right is the Finished Soap Bar Design

 

 

 

Left is Gritts Company Logo and Right is the Finished Soap Bar Design

 

 

Lettering when sized to the soap bar may be small and difficult to read so we will either suggest not having the lettering on the surface or making the lettering larger to read.  

 

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