Greetings!

[shelley1002]

Hello!

My name is Shelley this is my first post! Glad to have found such an amazing group. I started soaping last summer and have been peeking around the forum for tips and tricks. The photos below are from a batch I made a couple of nights ago.

If you look closely, you may notice that there are some spots of TD and indigo powder in my soaps. I have tried adding the colorants directly to the batter and premixing it with olive oil, but still end up getting little spots of colorants in my soaps. Maybe I am doing it wrong! Guess I need to do a bit more research

If you are reading this, I hope you are doing amazing!


Cheers!

Shelley

 

[lsg]

Welcome to the forum. I use a milk frother to mix my colorants in a little oil before adding to the soap batter.

 

[AliOop]

Welcome! Your soap looks really pretty.

I also use a milk frother for good colorant mixing.

 

[earlene]

Besides a mini-mixer as mentioned above, some colorants take a little longer than others to soak up the oil (or water or glycerin, depending on what you use) than others.

You may find this helpful for mixing colorants:



Here is another method using a palette knife for pre-mixing colorants:

 

[shelley1002]

Thank you so much!! <3

 

[KimW]

Welcome!

Very pretty soaps. I too use some sort of frother for colorant pre-mixing.

 

[shelley1002]

Welcome!

Very pretty soaps. I too use some sort of frother for colorant pre-mixing.

Thank you! I'll have to invest in one of those