Creating a gold sparkly color with mica

[Sanguine]

Hii!
Visiting the tkb trading webshop just made me dream about soap in beautiful colors!
So I bought a whole lot of mica's and there kit for mineral make up (the import costs in my country is just ridiculous!)
A while ago I saw a beautifull black soap with a golden swirl. Sadly I didnt keep the picture...
Looking at many soaps with mica, it seems like the mica doesnt keep its glittery sheen.
Is there a way to still have this effect? Like using a gold mica and adding gold glitter to it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Genny]

If you're talking about in the soap, the glitter doesn't keep much of it's glitteriness. On top it works fine.

Some micas do just fine and still have the sparkle to them. A lot of it is just testing and experimenting to see which ones do well.

 

[dcornett]

As Genny suggested you'll only be able to get a gold sparkle if you put it on top...which works great in a slab mold. It also helps if you mix the mica with oil instead of soap base. Here's a link to a thread were agriffin gets awesome results, and tells how she does it: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23055&hilit=gold+mica hope this helps!

 

[ucmj22]

I was actually considering using 23k gold leaf in a super secret soap project.

 

[Soap Techniques]

Here's a link to a thread were agriffin gets awesome results, and tells how she does it: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23055&hilit=gold+mica hope this helps!

Thanks for the link!

 

[Hazel]

A while ago I saw a beautifull black soap with a golden swirl. Sadly I didnt keep the picture...!

That does sound familiar.



@dcornett

Thanks for the link! I completely forgot about agriffin's post.

 

[Lynnz]

Oh I just got the 24 ct gold mica in my latest bramble berry order and think I just may have to give the oil mica topping a go