Mixing clays to make purple soap

[SweetBubbleTreat]

I have been wondering since I do not have purple Brazilian clay could I possibly mix Cambrian blue clay with rose kaolin clay and get purple if I put it in white soap batter???

 

[Cellador]

I don't see why not

 

[szaza]

You could try mixing a small amount of clay and making it a bit wet to have an idea of the color outcome. I don't have any experience with cambrian blue clay, but I can say from experience that indigo and pink clay do not make purple but brown in soap. But I imagine clays would mix better than plants and clays

 

[Cellador]

Yes, I guess I should have mentioned that clays very rarely provide a vibrant color, and purples are especially difficult in lye soap (you didn't mention which type of soap you would be making). The lye monster tends to make many purples a grayish taupe color, including the Brazilian purple clay.

 

[SweetBubbleTreat]

Ohhhh thank you for the indigo tip. I about used that in my lye water with rose kaolin clay. Glad I didn’t do that one. I’ll stick with my blue clay an rose clay and post pics of outcome when I cut it....I’ll make some tomorrow. Fingers crossed!!!

 

[penelopejane]

If it’s not dark enough you might try adding a tiny, tiny bit of Activated Charcoal.

 

[SweetBubbleTreat]

Ok soooo the clays didn’t work in my lye water and now I have brown soap!!! Ugh so not purple right now. Hopefully it will turn purple when it cures.

and the soap is overheating just a little bit.

 

[melinda48]

View attachment 35696and the soap is overheating just a little bit.

Just spray it with EverClear, cover with Saran Wrap and gently massage the crack away. Leave it covered for a while.

 

[Dawni]

Ok soooo the clays didn’t work in my lye water and now I have brown soap!!! Ugh so not purple right now. Hopefully it will turn purple when it cures.

If anything, it's not a bleh shade of brown, judging by the pic. Excited to see it cut! Hope you are able to remedy the crack

 

[SweetBubbleTreat]

Actually the crack is closing back up on its own. It’s 100% coconut oil with 20% superfat so they usually crack pretty good but close back up on their own....most of the time.

 

[szaza]

Even though it's not purple, I kinda like the color curious how it will look when cut and cured!

 

[Cellador]

I like the color. It looks more pink than brown to me.

 

[user 29721]

For purple color using only clays, I had good result with purple Brazilian Clay + white kaolin clay. 1 tsp each PPO.

 

[SweetBubbleTreat]

Ok here’s the soap!!!! It’s a mauve purple color. I really like it.

 

[szaza]

It's beautiful!