honey added at trace

[Guest]

Is it just me or does honey turn your soap to a brownish-red too? I add it at light trace & make sure the I soap at under 100 degrees....One of my batches looked like tomato juice until it hardened...then brown again? Am I doing this wrong? (1 tablespoon per lb of oil)

 

[Bukawww]

That sounds odd...I add my honey to the lye water though...it dissolves and does turn the batch a darker beige (I also prefer honey pockets but I gather most do not). Never red though.

Did you have milk in there too?

 

[soapbuddy]

How much honey to how much raw soap? I would dissolve your honey in a little bit of water first and discount that water from your water amount that's used to dissolve the lye.

 

[carebear]

My milk and honey (note the milk!) soaps have gone orange-ish. I think it's a combination of scorching the milk (I'm very impatient) and the added honey. I think it looks lovely, though, and smells like graham crackers (tho that scent fades).

 

[judymoody]

I add my honey to my cooled off lye water (it then heats again). It turns bright orange but then once my lye to my oils it turns to a creamy tan.

 

[Lindy]

I add my honey at trace and my soaps are a nice light beige.... did you use a fragrance?

 

[Godiva]

I did a honey, oats and goats milk powder once and it was a darker tan color. but don't know if it was the honey or the goats milk or a combo of both. haven't seen red though.