Let's talk TD again...

[jblaney]

Newbie - Who is Sonya? Her soap is fantastic! I would have given her credit, but I could not tell where the pic came from. I found it on Pinterest and sometimes I can't find the source. I wonder if she will tell me how she made that fantastic color? It haunts me in my dreams...

Not_alley - I don't want to take your beautiful mica, but can you tell me if it looks like that plum color?

 

[not_ally]

J, it's not quite that sort of interesting in-between purple and amethyst color in the soap, the delicacy of it does not carry through with intensity b/c it is not that saturated, but it is nice. I really would be happy to give you some so that you can test it and tell me what you think, that is the fun part of having soapy friends.

 

[not_ally]

I am kind of surprised about how much difference there is b/w TD/s. I have tried a number of them, and I have not found one that combines everything I am looking for. My favorite so far is Carolyn's suggestion, the powdered OS from ss.net, but I do pine for the whiteness of Nurture's (but that one seems to lead to more mottling for me.)

 

[Sonya-m]

Newbie - Who is Sonya? Her soap is fantastic! I would have given her credit, but I could not tell where the pic came from. I found it on Pinterest and sometimes I can't find the source. I wonder if she will tell me how she made that fantastic color? It haunts me in my dreams...



Not_alley - I don't want to take your beautiful mica, but can you tell me if it looks like that plum color?

I'll hunt out my notes tonight and let you know what I used but I know it was 3 different micas

 

[Sonya-m]

My notes say I used: pink, purple and a little bright blue to get my deep purple

 

[jblaney]

Thank you Sonya! I love the color you got and your soap looks so beautiful! I've had many failed attempts at that color. I have tried using pink and purple and blue and purple, but never all three. That must be the magic ticket! Great job!

 

[Sonya-m]

You're welcome - I hope you get the colour you want

 

[jblaney]

This original post was about my soap being soft and I thought it had something to do with my TD usage in oil. I can now say it was my lye for sure. I used the container up that I suspected over the weekend and all the soap from that will not harden. It may have gotten moisture in it, although it looked fine. I just ordered from a different company to be safe.

I really should have tossed it, but I thought I made a mistake on the previous batch and the lye was fine. So annoying...:-x

 

[not_ally]

It is *so* annoying when the lye goes wrong. There is just no way to figure it out w/o making more (at least a couple of batches if there is that much lye left), and then you are just stuck with crappy batches that are no fun to look at/cut/use, or do anything else with. I don't even want to try rebatching, b/c I have no idea what I am actually working with w/r/t the lye.