Botanicals

[CTAnton]

I as well have given up on botanicals in soap.Well, maybe I'll give indigo a go.... I'm leaning more and more towards the various colored clays. I remember my soaps with spirulina made before I joined this forum. Not pretty. I've ordered some green zeolite clay that should arrive by the weekend and I'll give that a go.

 

[penelopejane]

I as well have given up on botanicals in soap.Well, maybe I'll give indigo a go.... I'm leaning more and more towards the various colored clays. I remember my soaps with spirulina made before I joined this forum. Not pretty. I've ordered some green zeolite clay that should arrive by the weekend and I'll give that a go.

I've found a huge difference between the beautiful green clay on suppliers websites and the dull dirty green that arrives at my door.

Then after making soap it's either a dull olive or horrible khaki. So disappointing. Adding the right amount of TD to save it is a trial and error nightmare process. But it could just be me.

 

[SunRiseArts]

No, I wanted to put them on the top. Makes such a pretty valentine soap, but no if they will turn black.

 

[Kittish]

No, I wanted to put them on the top. Makes such a pretty valentine soap, but no if they will turn black.

They won't turn black on top, but they will turn into a soggy mess when the soap is used unless they're removed prior to use.

 

[Susie]

I was never attracted to using botanicals in soap, other than coffee grounds once. After that experience, I have decided that the only botanical I would use would be cocoa powder for a line or colorant. Everything else can be skipped.

 

[randycoxclemson]

I use botanicals quite often. Sometimes for color and sometimes as an infused oil for the phytochemicals (and the color). It may or may not be completely changed by the lye, but I can tell a difference, just as I can tell a difference when I add goats milk or oatmeal. I do not, however, like buds of any type because that just makes the soap scratchy and leaves a mess in the bottom of the shower.