Making glow in the dark soap

[peace-love-and-suds]

I was trying to figure out the difference between glow in the dark powder and the glow in the dark glycerin. I'm sure there are other methods also (which I wouldn't mind if someone wanted to share them with me). But I want my soaps to be as natural as possible within the concept of the idea, so any advice? Can I add these additives to any recipe, or does it take only with certain oils, etc?

 

[peace-love-and-suds]

Does anyone have any knowledge on this?

 

[carebear]

sorry

 

[Bubbly Buddha]

Never heard of either of these. :?:

 

[carebear]

I do believe that there is a powder that can be added to melt and pour (aka glycerin) soaps.

http://www.goplanetearth.com/additives_soap.html

 

[peace-love-and-suds]

I'm familiar with their site, just wanted to know how to do it I guess. Nobody has made this before? I want to do it in CP recipe, not MP

 

[carebear]

Ah, well that would have been some good info and saved me the trouble of googling it to try to help you.

The instructions on the site are "Add 1 teaspoon of glow powder to one pound of melt and pour soap base. " So I don't know that it's appropriate for CP.

Let us know how it works for you.

 

[Soapsugoii]

Yea, this sounds sooooo coooll! Let us know if it works Too bad I didn't know of this a couple months ago. Glow in the dark Halloween soap would be awesome.

 

[Fragola]

I have known a similar product (not cosmetic grade and not for soap). If I remember correctly, it was water-mixable. I wouldn't expect much of a glow from merely 1tsp ppo, especially for opaque soap.

To my knowledge it's a metallic salt, and I wouldn't expect it to be damaged by lye.

Also, the sun or an ultraviolet lamp enhances the glow (even after the lamp is turned off).

Of course, yours could be a completely different beast, just that from the internet research I did a long time ago, it seems to me that they all belong to the same happy luminous family:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence

What would be really cool is glowing bubbles, but my hopes are quite low

 

[peace-love-and-suds]

I probably will experiment with it in transparent soap first. I'll post when I get the results.

 

[Hazel]

I know TKB's Nite Glow powder works great in clear MP. I've done some soaps with it and the glow lasts for about 15 minutes before it starts to fade.

I thought about trying it in CP but never got around to it.

 

[peace-love-and-suds]

oh cool So you just throw it in at trace? And at what ratio per pound?

 

[Fragola]

With any powder, I try to mix it with oil or water and see if it looks smooth enough.

I was curious to try the powder I mentioned above for soap, and it happened to mix very nicely with a little oil, added at trace (a basic CP recipe).

I did add a lot of it, and it seems to behave like other powders (i.e. clay). If you add too much, the soap will feel chalky/scratchy and doesn't lather.

Btw, if I don't rinse my hands, some glow is visible.

 

[jcandleattic]

I probably will experiment with it in transparent soap first. I'll post when I get the results.

I've never tried it in CP before, but have done it in a lot of my MP soaps. It will and does cloud clear M&P(Mine is the powder form) So I always do it in my white m&p base.

I'm not sure if it would work in CP or not. I've never tried it.
hth

 

[Fragola]

It was probably me who suggested that transparent soap could possibly yield better results.

My theory was that the opaque soap will block a large part of the glow. Only a theory, of course - but something I noticed may support it: the gelled version of my experiment seems noticeably more luminous than the non-gelled.

I expected aswell that the powder will cloud the soap (which I forgot to mention), just that my suggestions were aimed towards the goal of maximizing the glow.

 

[jcandleattic]

It was probably me who suggested that transparent soap could possibly yield better results.

My theory was that the opaque soap will block a large part of the glow. Only a theory, of course - but something I noticed may support it: the gelled version of my experiment seems noticeably more luminous than the non-gelled.

I expected aswell that the powder will cloud the soap (which I forgot to mention), just that my suggestions were aimed towards the goal of maximizing the glow.

That could be. Like I said, I've not used it in clear M&P, but mine glow fabulously using the white base. It's like having a bright nightlight in the bathroom when I have that soap in the dish.

 

[peace-love-and-suds]

So I can't seem to find any glow powder that would be safe to use in soap. TKB is non cosmetics grade. When selling soap, that could get somebody in trouble. I tried to get in touch with readysetglow.com but they will not answer me. Does anyone know of a cosmetics grade glow powder?

 

[Hazel]

TKB's can be used in soap. It can't be used in makeup and should never be used near the eyes. I've used it in soap.

 

[peace-love-and-suds]

I'm sure it can...and I probably will experiment with it. But I'm looking for a glow powder/substance that CAN be used on the face. A cosmetic grade

 

[Hazel]

So I can't seem to find any glow powder that would be safe to use in soap. When selling soap, that could get somebody in trouble. I tried to get in touch with readysetglow.com but they will not answer me. Does anyone know of a cosmetics grade glow powder?

I based my reply on your references to soap. I didn't realize you meant you wanted it for makeup. Also, the subject header says "Making glow in the dark soap" so I made the assumption you wanted it for soapmaking.