Adding fruit

[Suzanne]

I want to add some blackberries to my soap. I plan to split the mixture at trace and add some puree balckberry to 1/8 of the mixture then layer this over the top of the other mixture in the mould.

Will it work? Anyone tried it?

 

[rubyslippers]

I'd much rather eat the blackberries

 

[Northland Naturals]

i use a puree of fruit and vegetable glycerin in my soaps and it works out great for color, look, and texture!

 

[sbp]

Hi Suzanne--
I use several different vegetables and fruits in my soaps....you are correct to puree it--that way there are not 'chunks' that can easily spoil.
I discount from the water the weight of my fruit /veggie. Adding pureed fruit/veggie to just 1/8 of your raw soap may cause that part of the soap to take a much longer time to set up, because of the extra water.
Good luck with it!
Susan

 

[honor435]

whats the benefit of adding food to soap?

 

[Suzanne]

Hi Suzanne--
I use several different vegetables and fruits in my soaps....you are correct to puree it--that way there are not 'chunks' that can easily spoil.
I discount from the water the weight of my fruit /veggie. Adding pureed fruit/veggie to just 1/8 of your raw soap may cause that part of the soap to take a much longer time to set up, because of the extra water.
Good luck with it!
Susan

Thanks for that advice. I wasn't going to discount it but what you said makes sense.

 

[Suzanne]

whats the benefit of adding food to soap?

I wanted to add the blackberries mainly for the seeds to make a scrub effect on the top layer of the soap.

It's best to puree soap so you don't end up with moldy chunks. But if you puree blackberries you will grind the seeds as well so I don't know what to suggest.

And sadly, in my limited experience, fruits go brown. (tomatoes and carrots stay kinda orange).

 

[Northland Naturals]

whats the benefit of adding food to soap?

what's the benefit of adding EO's, micas, or anything else to soap? why not just make unscented, cream colored soap? for me, look, color, and texture. and sometimes its just fun.

 

[honor435]

for me its, scent and color. I just wondered if their was a benefit, ah for fun!

 

[Jerry S]

Food products for color....

I as well like to add some color and scent to my soap when I make it. Mostly just for fun...Since I don’t sell my soap it’s hard for me to justify buying the all the different scents and colorings I like from the soap vendors since all that stuff adds up pretty fast, plus the shipping these days is pretty pricey.
I’ve used some of the cheaper scents I can buy at Michaels and stores like that and have used some food products for color but only a little.
Who has some good tips for using food products for Color?
Jerry S

 

[sbp]

There could be a debate about what properties of the fruit or veggie actually make it thru the saponification process.....and I don't claim that they do....but I 'believe' that fruit and veggies add something to the soap--mainly in the areas of texture and sometimes color (the scent never makes it thru, in my experience). Cucumber soap is a lovely soap, and I have read that it lends an astringent quality to soap.... avacado seems to make a soap 'creamier'. I use wine in a soap that I make for a winery/vineyard, and customers rave about it

This link has been posted before, but gives great info about natural colorants for soap
http://www.mullerslanefarm.com/soapcolors.html

 

[carebear]

whats the benefit of adding food to soap?

what's the benefit of adding EO's, micas, or anything else to soap? why not just make unscented, cream colored soap? for me, look, color, and texture. and sometimes its just fun.

it was a valid question. and your reasons are valid too.

sometimes people are looking for a skin care benefit, or a change to lather, or something else not necessarily as obvious as color.

 

[Raksava*]

newb here-

wouldnt adding puree'd fruit or veg make soap spoil super fast?

also, would putting said fruit or veg through a dehydrator to basically take out any water content be advantageous? make it spoil less fast?

 

[LotusFlowerSoap]

I'm no chemistry expert, but I've used pureed carrots and cucumbers in my soaps and I think (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), that once it goes through saponification and meets the lye monster, they're basically in a state that they won't spoil as quickly as you might think. Now, I will say that I made my first cuke soap only about 6 months ago, so I can't speak to what happens after a super-long time, but I definitely have no rancidity, DOS, or anything esle undesirable in that soap. In fact, it's one of my favorites to use!

 

[Raksava*]

well that is very good to know, thanks for the info!

 

[Northland Naturals]

whats the benefit of adding food to soap?

what's the benefit of adding EO's, micas, or anything else to soap? why not just make unscented, cream colored soap? for me, look, color, and texture. and sometimes its just fun.

it was a valid question. and your reasons are valid too.

sometimes people are looking for a skin care benefit, or a change to lather, or something else not necessarily as obvious as color.

fair enough! i got a little snarky, my apologies.

 

[carebear]

ha ha I'm the queen of snark.