AlchemyandAshes
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My first post! You all are so creative and inspiring...so hopefully one of you can share a little soap wisdom on this~
I am using only natural colorants in my soaps. I've never tried these in M&P, so this was unchartered waters for me. My mission today was to make a 6 lb batch of WATER ALCHEMY soap (my soap business is ALCHEMY AND ASHES). I wanted a layered effect going from sky blue to a blue green. First, I layered my loaf mold with coarse sea salt...then added 1 lb Clear M&P mixed with 1/2 tsp of my essential oils and 1/8 tsp WOAD...second layer was 1 lb Opaque M&P mixed with 1/2 tsp of my essential oils and 1/8 tsp WOAD...third layer was 4 lbs Opaque M&P with the remainder of my essential oils and 1 tsp SPIRULINA. My essential oils (2.5 oz total) were Spearmint, Grapefruit, Ylang Ylang, Rosewood, and Tangerine (nice "watery" scent when blended). The scent is perfect and it masked the "high tide" scent of the Spirulina, which I was worried about. THE PROBLEM IS...ALL THE LAYERS, INCLUDING THE CLEAR/WOAD LAYER, ARE GREEN. The middle layer is slightly blue. It's pretty, but not sure why the Woad didn't stay blue??? I was afraid it might "grey out", but instead, it "greened out". ANY IDEAS??? Was it the EO's possibly? This isn't a problem in CP or HP soaps.
I may need to rename this "SWAMP WATER ALCHEMY" :wink:
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I am using only natural colorants in my soaps. I've never tried these in M&P, so this was unchartered waters for me. My mission today was to make a 6 lb batch of WATER ALCHEMY soap (my soap business is ALCHEMY AND ASHES). I wanted a layered effect going from sky blue to a blue green. First, I layered my loaf mold with coarse sea salt...then added 1 lb Clear M&P mixed with 1/2 tsp of my essential oils and 1/8 tsp WOAD...second layer was 1 lb Opaque M&P mixed with 1/2 tsp of my essential oils and 1/8 tsp WOAD...third layer was 4 lbs Opaque M&P with the remainder of my essential oils and 1 tsp SPIRULINA. My essential oils (2.5 oz total) were Spearmint, Grapefruit, Ylang Ylang, Rosewood, and Tangerine (nice "watery" scent when blended). The scent is perfect and it masked the "high tide" scent of the Spirulina, which I was worried about. THE PROBLEM IS...ALL THE LAYERS, INCLUDING THE CLEAR/WOAD LAYER, ARE GREEN. The middle layer is slightly blue. It's pretty, but not sure why the Woad didn't stay blue??? I was afraid it might "grey out", but instead, it "greened out". ANY IDEAS??? Was it the EO's possibly? This isn't a problem in CP or HP soaps.
I may need to rename this "SWAMP WATER ALCHEMY" :wink:
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