"Hiding" fragrances that discolor in multi-color soaps...

[luluzapcat]

Does anyone do that?

I bought some really lovely FOs I couldn't resist, even though they are noted as causing discoloration, such as to tan. I got the idea of perhaps only adding the fragrance to the darker of the colors in a swirled soap. Is there any reason not to do this? Such as...might the discoloration "bleed" into the edges between the colors somehow? Or would a higher concentration of fragrance in an area of the soap threaten to cause skin irritation or something? Maybe if I try this out I will reduce to total fragrance amount to match the proportion of the soap it goes into. I know I'll get a lighter fragrance, but seems low-risk as far as affecting the soap's other properties.

Has anyone tried this? Any thoughts?

 

[artemis]

Yes-- a lot of people only put the discoloring FO in part of their batter, coloring that part brown or black or letting do it's thing. I don't use them much, but I think that some can bleed.

 

[Obsidian]

I've done that with a FO that discolors very dark brown. I separated out some to leave unscented and colored it white. I swirled this into the scented part, it looked nice once it completely discolored.

It did bleed but it wasn't much and took many months.

 

[cmzaha]

I use many discoloring FO's Dragon's Blood being my favorite. I separate out batter for swirls that I do not add fragrance, the remaining batter I pour the full amount of fragrance in. For very dark discoloring fo's I find bright purple, teal's oranges, reds, golds, bright green and blue micas will show up as swirls. You can also use varying amounts of fragrance if you want different levels of darkening. There is really a lot you can do with discoloring fragrance oils.

 

[msunnerstood]

Yep, I do blends that way. the discoloring scent in the dark color and a complimenting scent in the lighter color.

 

[shunt2011]

I do the same as the others. I’ll add the discoloring fragrance to part of the soap and leave the rest unscented and color that portion. My favorite pink sugar and dragons blood are two of them.

 

[luluzapcat]

Thanks everyone! this is great to hear, if slightly dangerous (to my wallet). Now I can go on a real fragrance-sampling spree!

 

[bookreader451]

Does anyone do that?

I bought some really lovely FOs I couldn't resist, even though they are noted as causing discoloration, such as to tan. I got the idea of perhaps only adding the fragrance to the darker of the colors in a swirled soap. Is there any reason not to do this? Such as...might the discoloration "bleed" into the edges between the colors somehow? Or would a higher concentration of fragrance in an area of the soap threaten to cause skin irritation or something? Maybe if I try this out I will reduce to total fragrance amount to match the proportion of the soap it goes into. I know I'll get a lighter fragrance, but seems low-risk as far as affecting the soap's other properties.

Has anyone tried this? Any thoughts?

I am a fan of embrace the brown! I do use micas but sometimes just embracing the brown is cool too. I attached 3 photos of the same batch when I left part if the batter I FO free.

 

[luluzapcat]

@bookreader451 --those are gorgeous! Now I'll be LOOKING for fragrances that discolor to brown! Thanks for sharing those.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Why didn't I think of that, duh lol. Now I can get some vanilla, chocolate and banana FO's.