Recent content by cgray

individual molds I am using individual molds for my soaps, 3 molds in a square and the ash gets on the bottom and after I remove it from my insulated box, the white ash will start to creep into the rest of the bar. I am using the cp process and was wondering how to prevent the ash in...

I am trying to use some pretty soap molds but many of my soaps end up with a lot of white on the bottom of the molds and creep into the whole bar. I don't have a problem when I use my rectangular wooden soap mold that holds 15 bars but when I use the molds that only hold 3 bars, they end up...

lavender soap mold with red sandalwood http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... lwoyk0.jpg

lavender soap mold with rattanjot http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2185 ... jotrr4.jpg This should take you to my picture of my lavender soap mold. I used rattenjot to make it that color.

lavender soap in molds I am going to try to send a couple pictures of my trial of lavender soaps with rattenjot and red sandalwood. The darker one is with rattenjot and the pinker one is with red sandalwood. I am having problems with some white powder stuff on the bottoms of the soap but it...

lavender Thanks for getting back to me. I only want to use natural colors too. I wasn't too happy with alkanet root. I have been looking online for natural colors that work in cp soap. I saw red sandalwood might work. I am ordering some to try it out. Maybe that will turn out well?? I...

I have been quite disappointed in all the natural colorants I have used to try to get a lavender color in my cp soap. I have tried alkanet root (too dark or too gray) and rattenjot (too dark or blue). Has anyone ever been able to get a lavender color with a natural product in cp soap and if...