Bleeding soap

[Norden]

I've only been making soap for a few months but in the ones I used colorants in it's been bleeding pretty bad.
I used cocoa power and I used a liquid colorant from NG.
What would you suggest to use to color our soaps?

Thank you in advanced.

 

[Norden]

Sorry I meant bleeding as in when you wash your hands in the sink there is tons of color in the sink from the soap.

 

[Susie]

How much of each colorant did you use to what size batch?

 

[neeners]

you probably added too much. pictures of the soap, process and recipe?

 

[Norden]

60oz lard
6 oz coconut oil

It's the drops so we just add until it's the color we want, same with the cocoa powder.

 

[Norden]

Cp

 

[Norden]

The first picture is a rebatch and it bleeds also. I grated the pieces and remelted them and added water. No extra colorant but the fragrance does make it brown.

 

[neeners]

I don't know about nature's garden, but I would think you're putting too much. do you know how much cocoa powder you put? I usually put 1tsp ppo, and mine doesn't bleed. I've used coffee as the water which makes a really brown soap, and that doesn't bleed that badly either.

 

[Obsidian]

Dark or bright colors seem to always color the lather, regardless of what colorants I've used. It used to bother me but its something I learned to accept and now I could care less.

 

[Saponista]

I find mica better as a colourant, seems to cause less colour bleed, however if you put lots in you are always going to get a certain amount of bleed.

 

[Norden]

I bet it's the fragrance with the rebatched soap.
I put probably 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder, maybe more. I think I will have to try the micas because it just bleeds so much.
Do any natural colorants give a good blue, green or red?

 

[neeners]

if you do a search on the forum, there have been plenty of natural colourants discussions.

 

[Norden]

Thank you. I will definitely do that :]