Has anyone been able to make blue soap?

[foresthome]

I have a customer that wants a mint scented blue soap for their guest cabins. The cabins are at the foot of the Sapphire Mountain Range, across the valley from me, and the area below the cabins is covered with mint fields. They want the soap labeled as Sapphire Soap. I have tried 4 different blues and not one has cured as blue. I have gotten rich purple to dark pink once a sort of teal which I may try to reproduce. I have used blue lab color, blue oxide, blue pigment, and a combo of blue and green pigment. I would love to know if someone has gotten a true blue, and what they used.

 

[busybee]

I have used an ultramarine blue which looks like a good blue to me. Will post a photo when I get home if it is of any help.

 

[Rosiegirl]

2nd the UM blue.

 

[newbie]

Look at the blue in the Happy Hour collection at The Conservatorie or the rainbow hues at Bitter Creek or some of the blues they list at TKB. All stay true in cp soap. Blue ultramarine will give you a darker blue than these, but it can also color your bubbles or drip a little blue. Micas tend to do this less than the UMs.

http://theconservatorie.com/blue-kamika ... prqsau40i1

http://cart.candlesupply.com/product.ph ... 559&page=1

http://www.tkbtrading.com/item.php?item ... gory_id=27

http://www.tkbtrading.com/item.php?item ... gory_id=27

 

[Soapy Gurl]

I would have suggested maybe trying Lab color, but since you already did that. Does your recipe have a high amount of colored oils? That could be throwing you off. I am trying to remember seeing a blue soap in all my Etsy looking, but it isnt clicking. I will take a look and see what I find.

 

[newbie]

Here sia soap made by mkbaber using blue UM. It's definitely possible to get blue soap!

http://soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28308

 

[Jerry S]

Blues that I've used

I think I used combination of 2 colorants with these bars…I got them fron TKB..
One is Ultra Marine Blue, a Glycerin Ultramarine, these are Pigments – Stable and non- Bleeding which I used on the swirls with the sculpted tops

The other Blue was a Dye… Teal Blue – Bleeding and will Morph…I used this on the sculpted top bars which had no swirl and were a solid color. I could have made them darker but wanted to keep them a "soft blue". As they cured they got a darker blue without fading...

Hope this helps
Jerry

 

[Sunny]

I've made blue with pop mica.

 

[bluenote]

I'm surprised no one has suggested indigo to you yet.

To my amateur knowledge there seems to be two types -
the green powder may be a little problematic
and seems to take some serious sleight to its use.

The blue crystallized processed indigo powder seems to work great -
the pictures I've seen of soap made with it look absolutely wonderful.
Doesn't take much either, from reports.
I know I've seen it for sale on soap-making-resource.

I have made soap with ratan jot just last night, and right now its more blue than the purple I was expecting so that MAY be another alternative.

The best indigo picture I've seen is
http://www.thedishforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160819&view=findpost&p=2857122.
I've spent quite a few hours in the past week or so looking into blues and that was the best picture of what could be accomplished.

Here's a thread here with a little bit of info as well


http://www.soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25416&sid=1f08d9efb8774340680a3eed1a418399.

There's one more thread *somewhere* that details the problems between green powder and blue powder and has examples of the soaps made with both but Im afraid I cannot find it atm, sorry.

Good luck with your blues!

EDIT: I should add that I also have a batch of soap made at the same time yesterday with green indigo powder, and while it did at various times produce blue stained cloths in previous experiments, the soap came out green rather than blue. I haven't figured out the exact process that needs to be used for the green powder, so I advice buying the blue processed powder instead unless you like to experiment

 

[mavalia]

I used the neon blue colourant from TKB to make this soap:

 

[xyxoxy]

I got a really nice blue recently by mixing indigo powder and ultramarine blue. I plan to shred it into another uncolored batch.

 

[green soap]

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[Dragonkaz]

My favourite blues are made using blue ultramarine and blueberry pop mica.

 

[IrishLass]

Ditto with everyone who recommended Ultramarine Blue. It's my 'go-to' blue of choice. I can get all kinds of shades with it from pastel blue, to cornflower blue, to teal blue, to deep sapphire blue, and even to green with a little bit of help from either titanium dioxide, activated charcoal, chromium hydroxide green, ultramarine green, or just the natural color of my base oils. It's very strong and it will bleed if you use too much (a little goes a long way), but I've played with it long enough to know how much to add to my batches so that my soaps don't bleed.


IrishLass

 

[judymoody]

Another fan of UM blue. It is very versatile and economical to use. I have enough to last me the rest of my soaping life!

I am now inspired to try blending indigo and alkanet to see what happens!

 

[green soap]

I recently blended indigo and alkanet, for a light greyish lavender. You might have better luck, as my oils contribute some color. I feel I would have done better using more indigo.

I got a deep midnight blue with just indigo, and also a very dark, inky purple with what I thought was a small amount of alkanet infusion. Both of them go a long way.

 

[foresthome]

Some beautiful blue soaps. Thanks for the pictures.
I have tried
Crafter's Choice Blue Ultramarine Powder - I got Fuschia
Crafter's Choice Liquid Dye Ocean Blue - I got Purple
New Directions Aromatics Lab Color Brilliant Blue - I got dark violet
I will post pictures tonight.
I have some lab colors for CP soaps in my shopping basket at Brambleberry. Has anyone used their blue?

 

[ericllucas]

I've made soap that was very sad looking, way past just feeling blue (snicker)

 

[newbie]

I have used BB royal blue. I used it mixed with one of the reds to get a purple and all by itself. It stays blue and in fact darkened up a bit over a couple days. The lab colors do bleed so be aware of that if you are planning a swirl.

 

[IrishLass]

I've made soap that was very sad looking, way past just feeling blue (snicker)

I can relate.

IrishLass