A color for Sandalwood

[John Harris]

I'm going to be making a batch of Sandalwood soap in the very near future. I'm thinking about doing a ITP swirl. What would be a good color(s) to compliment Sandalwood?

As an aside ... This morning, I tried a bar of Sandalwood that I made 2.5 years ago (snow-white color). Back when I made it, it volcanoed. I stick blended it into submission and forced it into individual molds. Anyway, this morning, it was simply glorious! A wonderful, strong scent, hard as a rock, and lots of lather.

But, back to the question, good colors for Sandalwood?

 

[lsg]

You could use a pinkish beige or just plain beige color.

 

[MellonFriend]

Sandalwood makes me think of a rust orange color. Maybe that as your base and then a bright yellow and a duller blue as accent colors? Like this:

Looks like some foreign country's flag.

 

[Tara_H]

My sandalwood soap is a pinkish beige with copper mica lines in an alternating wall pour. I like it a lot

 

[Bubble Agent]

I did a Sandalwood/Frankincese & orange soap 2 weeks ago, it was just a test as I have never used those oils together before. It is still curing but I pulled out a piece. I kept it very simple, with in-the-pot swirl of uncolored batter and 1 ts of Lustrous brown mica from Nurture. A great, medium warm brown. I love it. I could have used more but I wasn`t after a very dark brown, just some gentle colorings on this one. Some sprinkles of Shimmer gold mica, also from Nurture, in a small part of the bar, just to give it a bit more "glam".

I have a very white batter normally (no titanium dioxide, but lots of lard) and the frankincense and orange discolored my batter slightly, made it more beige/yellow.
But I think it kind of worked with the scent anyway. Which is yummy!

edit: I should mention I used essential oils, not fragrance oils. The orange was a 10-fold one, yumm, and the sandalwood was just 1 ml (but it is peeking through just fine)

 

[soapmaker]

My sandalwood accelerates so there is no time for anything! Just get it in the mold, the last of the batter goes in like hot process, so it is a solid tan with a rustic looking top. It is soothing sandalwood from WSP. Love the scent but hard to work with.

 

[maryloucb]

I would do something in the orange/rust/brown palette. Turmeric or cocoa powder. Or both!

 

[Cat&Oak]

I used Nurture mocha brown and liked how it came out in my sandalwood musk soap

 

[AliOop]

I recently did a Sandalwood with a reddish-bronze mica.

 

[Marsi]

natural i would choose any in the fawn/beige/brown/copper/bronze/gold palette
synthetic ... purple

 

[Trinbago27]

Definitely a “desert sunset” type color…orange with reds and browns and hints of gold.

 

[Angela Jensen]

Beautiful soaps you’ve made! I did a patchouli sandalwood blend 7 weeks ago, using red kaolin, a bit of rhassoul and the third part was plain, uncolored soap. One of my favorites, ever!

 

[Zing]

cocoa or turmeric or paprika.