Carly B
Well-Known Member
Yesterday I made a soap using a jade green mica. In the jar it's a bright, bright green, and I was using a bright green fragrance, so I thought a white soap with a bright green swirl would be pretty.
The swirls came out pretty nice, but for some reason, the bright jade green turned olive drab. It wasn't the fragrance discoloring, I don't think, since the white part of the soap is still bright white (I did not use TD). The soap has lard and tallow in it, so I wouldn't have been surprised if it was a pale green once it hardened, but not olive drab. It looks pretty, I just have other fragrances that would be better suited to that color.
Any ideas? Do colors react with the lye as well?
The swirls came out pretty nice, but for some reason, the bright jade green turned olive drab. It wasn't the fragrance discoloring, I don't think, since the white part of the soap is still bright white (I did not use TD). The soap has lard and tallow in it, so I wouldn't have been surprised if it was a pale green once it hardened, but not olive drab. It looks pretty, I just have other fragrances that would be better suited to that color.
Any ideas? Do colors react with the lye as well?