A question of color: strawberry

[John Harris]

At the request of one of my soap testers (a holdover from the 60's hippie generation), I will next be making some strawberry scented soap. (I'm placing it in this sub-forum because eventually there will be pictures.)

I am wondering about the color. Obviously it will involve some red. Should I make the whole slab red? Or should I do an ITP swirl with a white base and a red accent? A pink base and red accents?

And for you out-of-the-box thinkers, maybe something else?

And, as usual, thanks for any suggestions!

 

[ResolvableOwl]

Tomato purée for the whole batter. Split it up for ITP: 60% stays plain red, 30% get some pink/magenta + a tad of white, and throw some poppy seeds into the last 10% (or sprinkle them on the top).
ETA: Can't find the very soap I was originally looking for (gosh, SMF folks are TOO MUCH into tomato ), that I remembered had a vibrant strawberry-like colour. But this one comes reasonably close.

(/uj It's naïve to reply to such threads so quickly. Whatever happens, it'll take at least two days anyway until we get to see something in the end. You get off with the work, we are left with mere impatience. That's not fair.)

 

[MellonFriend]

I like the pink-white-red color scheme, but I'd go mostly pink, a bit less or even amounts white, and red as the accent. That sounds nice and retro strawberry smoothy to me.

 

[Obsidian]

I'd do a white base with pink, red and a teeny bit of green with a in the pot swirl.
I never have liked soap that tries to mimic the look of food

 

[glendam]

I would not do a whole soap red personally, because in my hard water area, I worry about red soap scum (I do use EDTA). I would try a structured/uniform way to add red though, because random swirls can quickly produce meat soap.
Which fragrance are you using? I used strawberry kiwi recently and like most Strawberry fragrances, it moves quickly, so that might affect your design.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Soap Queen's Strawberry & Cream CP

 

[Ugeauxgirl]

I usually end up with meat soap whenever I try a pink & white swirl or red & white swirl. I avoid those color combinations, or add a third color to break it up.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Here's one I did recently with white, pink and red FYI. be aware of meat soap as stated by @Ugeauxgirl . I narrowly avoided it in this batch by doing the hanger swirl.

@ResolvableOwl I'm sorry to be so blatantly flaunting my glycerin rivers at such a difficult time for you .

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Tomato purée for the whole batter.

FWIW: I went through a "Tomato Soap" phase a long time ago. Tomato is said to be very good for the complexion. And it was, from that stand point. Unfortunately, the soap was more brown than strawberry/red. Interestingly, to get a tomato scent, I mixed an herbal FO with a strawberry FO.

 

[TheGecko]

Red side of pink with a thin layer of green on top

 

[Zing]

Step away from the red colorant! Meat alert! Meat alert! I don't know why red is so tricky and so easy to end up looking like meat. Be careful, man! I do like the poppy seeds idea!

 

[MellonFriend]

Ooooh Meat soap. I didn't even think of that....

In that case I'm voting pink, red, and a dash green.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

I rediscovered said tomato thread: Tomato and basil
Not quite as fire-extinguisher red as I had it in mind, but lovely in any case (and little chance to mix it up with messy roadkill).

Should you decide to go for green-in-red, then let's hope neither of your colourants bleeds.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I rediscovered said tomato thread: Tomato and basil

Impressive! "Used a double concentrate tomato purée for all water content."

 

[cerelife]

I've been meaning to make a strawberry soap forever using Ione's soap for inspiration. I love her color combination and swirls!

 

[KiwiMoose]

I've been meaning to make a strawberry soap forever using Ione's soap for inspiration. I love her color combination and swirls!

Love her stuff.

 

[Obsidian]

Avoid the meat look by using more white, just a tiny bit of red/pink and don't over swirl