Lion Of Judah
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Did a soap two days ago and only now putting it up .... it had to grow on me a bit 
. i did a orange hibiscus tea steeped with hibiscus flowers , got a nice rich dark red color which i added one table spoon of brown sugar and froze. now i was trying to retain as much of that red color , so you do know how my heart sink when i added my lye crystals to my frozen hibiscus tea ... the reaction that the lye had to the color was one of the most amazing things i have ever seen.. as it hit the ice it turn the red ice to a grass green color and then instantly to a dark dark almost dark chocolate color and by the time i was finish adding the crystals and stirring it had a purplish tinge to the brown color. thought that would be the extent of the excitement but i was working with kokum butter , which once melted was full of bubbles that formed a frothy foamy top, i was tempted to spoon it off or strain it off but seeing it is the first time using it i figured i would go with is as is { thinking about learning the hard way } . the overall process seemed to trace fast, almost like it wanted to seize on me , or curdle but was not sure of it was that or the FO & EO that i used that may have almost caused it to seize .
anyway here are a couple pics of my Hibiscus Soap :
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you will be able to see a thin line around the sides , rosey color, well that is what i had ended up with in my lye mixture , but it did not hold through , it lighten up to another color.....science of saponification / gotta love it
. i did a orange hibiscus tea steeped with hibiscus flowers , got a nice rich dark red color which i added one table spoon of brown sugar and froze. now i was trying to retain as much of that red color , so you do know how my heart sink when i added my lye crystals to my frozen hibiscus tea ... the reaction that the lye had to the color was one of the most amazing things i have ever seen.. as it hit the ice it turn the red ice to a grass green color and then instantly to a dark dark almost dark chocolate color and by the time i was finish adding the crystals and stirring it had a purplish tinge to the brown color. thought that would be the extent of the excitement but i was working with kokum butter , which once melted was full of bubbles that formed a frothy foamy top, i was tempted to spoon it off or strain it off but seeing it is the first time using it i figured i would go with is as is { thinking about learning the hard way } . the overall process seemed to trace fast, almost like it wanted to seize on me , or curdle but was not sure of it was that or the FO & EO that i used that may have almost caused it to seize .anyway here are a couple pics of my Hibiscus Soap :
you will be able to see a thin line around the sides , rosey color, well that is what i had ended up with in my lye mixture , but it did not hold through , it lighten up to another color.....science of saponification / gotta love it
