Carrot in Fishermen's soap??

[Bukawww]

Not the anise variety, but the 100% CO soap...I make a soap I call Grease Monkey for mechanics but thought I'd add some carrot puree for color.

Will this ruin the cleansing properties at all? I still want to be able to market it as 'lathering in salt water' but worried the carrot will do something silly and take that away

 

[Soaplady22]

Nope - it should be fine!!

I used 4 oz for a 3# batch for color.

 

[Bukawww]

Oh super! Adding it now - it smells so good! I put Litsea Cubeba, Sweet Orange x 10, and Spearmint EOs along with some poppyseeds and the carrot.

The color RAWKS and totally matches the smellies :wink:

 

[tlm884]

You can also find coconut oil with beta-carotene added to it. Its used for popcorn popping (it adds color and flavour). You could use 10% of popcorn coconut oil to your regular CO for the same color.

 

[ToniD]

If you advertise it as lathering in salt water, it sounds, at least to me, that you are advocating washing hands in the water source in which they are fishing. I believe the standard advice is to be at least 200 ft from a water source when using soap, to keep from compromising the water. In which case, most people would have access to non-salt water.

But anyway, I add carrot to soaps and I think it adds to the lather because of the natural sugars in the carrot. BTW--makes it easier to overheat. But makes a lovely soap.