A VERY STRANGE PHENOMENON!!!

[Sibi]

That's a gorgeous color! What did you use for color?

Thanks.

Gosh Hazel, I'm afraid I don't remember, I made that soap a long time ago. I know that it wasn't pop micas so it might have been lab colors cause that's what I was using before. But I'm not sure, sorry.

 

[Hazel]

Thanks for answering and it's okay. I was just really impressed. It's a beautiful soap and I loved the color.

 

[dcornett]

Wow, Sibi that is very odd. I'm with Hazel though that is a very pretty purple.

 

[LauraHoosier]

I just had a similar thing happen in a batch of soap that I used no colorants on but I did use a blend of FOs. I have a hard, thin band of darker, semi-translucent, soap around the rest of the soap that is lighter and feels more oil slick. I'll watch it and get a pic posted up on it if it changes but I'll be interested to see if this is really more a separation of my oils.

 

[soapbuddy]

I bet it's because as soon as air hits it, it starts to oxidize, thus changes color. My Pink Sugar soap starts out yellow with brown edges. It all turns to brown as the soap cures.

 

[dcornett]

Yep, I've seen that. Here's a pic of my sandalwood vanilla, and as you would expect the vanilla is the culprit. LOL but this one sat in log form for a few days so the outter edge had started oxidizing, but the inside was still nice and white.



of course in a week or so the inside had caught up with the outside, and it's a very dark bar of soap now. But there never was any part of it that was oily.

 

[LauraHoosier]

That's -exactly- what I got on 2 batches! Both had sandalwood and amber in them, one had another FO as well but that's how my soap looks to the T.

 

[dcornett]

LOL! Yeah it will end up really dark through and through, but it will be a gradual change, not like the one in my first pic. That one went from pink to pale yellow, then back to pink again...right before my eyes.