Cucumber in Soap

[dibbles]

We are still getting cucumbers from the garden, and I pureed and strained some today. I have some lovely juice chilling in the refrigerator that I plan to use in soap. Something new to try. One question for those of you that have used cucumber is what can I expect as far as color change? Trying to figure out a plan. Oh, and one more question - did it speed things up or pretty much act normally? I'm planning to do a double batch, and I can make it in two parts (one with cucumber and one without) if that would be a helpful thing to do.

 

[Obsidian]

It didn't speed up trace at all, seemed to behave normally. Can't help with color, I used a little green mica in mine. If it does discolor at all, it probably would be minor as my soap is quite light colored.

 

[lsg]

I have replaced part of the water with pureed cucumber without any problem. It colors the soap a light green which fades with time.

 

[dibbles]

Thank you both. I knew the green wouldn't last, but was hoping it wasn't going to end up being brown.

 

[SoapAddict415]

It's been awhile since I made a cucumber soap but from what I remember, I mixed my lye with half of the water and added the other half in cucumber puree to my oils. I pureed some of the skin so I had little green bits in my soap. There was no acceleration or anything & the green specks didn't turn brown.

 

[soap1daze]

Adding a bit of chromium green oxide, green mica or even french green clay can add some color for you. I did this long ago as puree into oils and included the green skin which with time will turn tanish.

 

[dibbles]

I've made the soap. No problems with the added cucumber. The FO though. Moved so fast I was lucky to get it in the mold. So it's not at all what I envisioned, but does smell good. Everyone who asks for soap will have to take a bar of this along with what they want.