My first black colored soap

[SoapAddict415]

I've been wanting to make a black soap simply because I usually use light colors. This is black cherry scented. I'm not sure what the swirling grooves in the black soap near the top of the bar are. The flash of my camera is highlighting them. Hopefully they'll fade as it cures. I used a pink and a darker red for the swirls in a ITP swirl but the darker color seems to have gotten lost. I used that same color for the mica drizzle on the top. Although it's not what I envisioned, I like it. I was afraid that I'd used too much activated charcoal but I just tested a sample piece and my suds are white! [emoji1] I'm very pleased.

 

[cmzaha]

Beautiful, I love the colors. My charcoals always have various levels of gray bubbles, but they have never stained.

 

[shunt2011]

Beautiful! Like Carolyn, my charcoal soaps get some grey bubbles. It has never stained anything though.

 

[SaltedFig]

Oh those are gorgeous!

... "I'm not sure what the swirling grooves in the black soap near the top of the bar are."
You have some crackle (rivers) happening

Fine charcoal powder is able to move around with the soap as it is forming (in the same way titanium dioxide does).

If you want to stop crackle from developing (I like it, but it's nice to know how to avoid it), use less water and/or gel and cool quickly.

 

[SoapAddict415]

Oh those are gorgeous!

... "I'm not sure what the swirling grooves in the black soap near the top of the bar are."
You have some crackle (rivers) happening

Fine charcoal powder is able to move around with the soap as it is forming (in the same way titanium dioxide does).

If you want to stop crackle from developing (I like it, but it's nice to know how to avoid it), use less water and/or gel and cool quickly.

So that's what that is! Thank you Saltedfig [emoji16]! It kinda looks like TD glycerin rivers but I didn't know that that could happen with AC too.
Thanks for the compliments everyone [emoji1]!

 

[dibbles]

Very pretty. I like the colors you used, and I think the swirly bits in the black just add to the design. A little mysterious looking

 

[Misschief]

Arianna, it's gorgeous! I love everything about it!

 

[Dawni]

I'm with @Misschief, I love everything! I like black in general but your other colors make a nice combo.. Very classy looking

Black soap is in my to do list; I've only gotten grey, or just speckles hehe

 

[Cellador]

I am in love with these soaps! Simply gorgeous!

 

[lsg]

The colors really pop against that background.

 

[MKLonestar]

I love it It! I think the crackles really fit in well with it, even if they weren't intentionally added to the soap. The color choices are great and really stand out against the black.

 

[Magic7M]

Your soaps are stunning. I love, love them. I wish I could smell the black cherry fragrance. I think even the fragrance name suits the soap. I would change nothing. Perfect as it is IMHO.

 

[earlene]

They are beautiful!

 

[Kelly Frizzell]

Wow, those are great, how do you get the black? Do you just add activated charcoal to get the black colour or is there a dye added as well?

 

[KimT2au]

Absolutely gorgeous.

 

[JillK]

I love the colors. They are beautiful.

 

[Candybee]

Really nice! My AC soap came out grey. Wish I could get that nice black shade you have.

 

[scard]

Ooh so cool!

 

[Zing]

These are drop dead gorgeous! Well done. Can you share how much activated charcoal you used in proportion to your oils? Thanks,

 

[madison]

Beautiful soap!