My new colorants came today Made some soap PICS ADDED

[Bama]

Yesterday I got my new molds and so tryed a small batch in the small one and it turned out so nice. I tryed to color with some color I got a Michaels and it just wan't deep enough but still pretty. I used a yellow color and Mango Coconut FO.
Today when I got my colors from BB. I just had to do another small batch and try one. I made some pink looking soap and used Pink Sugar FO mixed with Berry Vanilla. I will take pics when I cut it tomorrow.
I love making soap and can't wait to make my next batch.

 

[dcornett]

did you use td in your pink sugar?

 

[newbie]

Bama, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is a lot of vanilla in Pink Sugar and of course in the vanilla FO. Vanilla turns soap brown and with those FO's it will probably be dark brown, unless you used vanilla color stabilizer or a lot of titanium dioxide. It will smell divine, though!!!

 

[Bama]

I will take some pictures later. I had a litte extra batter i poured into a plastic container and it didn't gel and looks pink. Looking in the mold the other looks red right now so I guess i will have to wait and see. I did not use TD. I have never bought any.

 

[dcornett]

Oooo, they will get dark. Over the next couple weeks they will get very dark. But as Newbie said they will smell great. (I love, love pink sugar)

 

[Bama]

I cut it after 24 hrs and here is the pink sugar. I had a little too much red colorant in it. I think I will need to back off big time to get a soft pink. I hope they don't turn darker

Here is the Mango coconut. The Michaels color did not add enough color but it nice and smells really good.

Here is a tray of Goats milk and Chamomille I made two weeks ago

 

[newbie]

Holy cow, that's some pink! I'm not sure what you'll get in the end with the vanilla discoloration, but it doesn't really matter- it's just fun to make it. The chamomile one looks lovely and earthy- nicely done!

 

[dubnica]

I love that pink one! What kind of color did you use for that?

 

[Bama]

I like the color too. It is bright isn't it. I used Flamingo High from BB. I looked at the article someone posted here on BB soap colorants on Lovin Soap and decided to order some and try it out. I used the recipe they used for testing colors except i used one color and instead of mixing 8 oz of water to 10 ml of colorant i mixed 1 ml to 1 oz of water. I used a total of 33 oz of oils for this as I added one ounce of Shea butter for moisterizing.

 

[Bama]

The Chamomille I make is my favorite soap i make. I cooked the Chamomille in OO until crunchy then strain and crush 1 cup of the flowers to add at trace. I use some powdered milk and shea butter at trace also and it is a very good face soap for me. i use Neroli FO and it smells really clean and good.

 

[soapbuddy]

That's some bright pink! I would love to see how this soap does in a couple of weeks.

 

[Bama]

I will let you know. I am interested too since some think it will change color on me. I have never soaped with Pink Sugar FO before and didn't realize it would turn dark like vanilla.

Let me say I love this forum. yall have been so helpful and I have learned so much and the help you give with finding things and websites it awesome. I am going to order some new fragrance tonite and try some more soaps in about a week when the grandchildren go home from Spring Break.

 

[nattynoo]

Awesome pink soap!!!
It looks fantastic.
Hope it doesn't discolour for you.

 

[BakingNana]

Great looking soaps! I don't know why or if other people think this, but for some reason the Pink Sugar from SoapSupplies.net doesn't discolor nearly as badly for me as others do. It still tans a bit, but not the dark dark brown I usually got from Pink Sugar, and get from any vanilla.

Good luck with yours!

 

[dcornett]

Great looking soaps! I don't know why or if other people think this, but for some reason the Pink Sugar from SoapSupplies.net doesn't discolor nearly as badly for me as others do. It still tans a bit, but not the dark dark brown I usually got from Pink Sugar, and get from any vanilla.

Good luck with yours!

I agree. The first pink sugar I tried was from peak and it turned as brown as leather (smelled awesome but got daaarrrk) I read that ss didn't get as dark so I tried it, and I've used it ever since. Although I'm not sure how tan it would turn without the td, but I don't have to use alot, only 1 T and the batch I make uses right at 5 lbs of oil.

 

[Dragonkaz]

Wow ... that red/pink colour is amazing!

 

[Coffeebean]

Pink Sugar FO, left on its own, will turn very very dark brown. I think it's beautiful but not if I truly want pink LOL.

 

[Bama]

If i remember right I got this pink sugar from SaveonScents. So far it is still the same bright pink color

 

[newbie]

Bama, I hope you don't feel like we're raining on your parade! The reason I mentioned the browning early on is that I hate getting all excited about the looks of my soap and then watching it go brown and feeling disappointed. I'd rather know in advance so I can at least understand what will or might happen.

With vanilla fragrances, and some others, it will progressively darken over the course of a few weeks. I've had some FO's turn the soap a beautiful golden color, which I like and then I check my drying racks a week or two later and it looks completely different. And a couple weeks later, it looks different again.Or it looks off-white and then it goes from there. Everyone likes it when the suppliers have information on discoloration because it can make a big difference in color/swirl choices.

Below are four bars that discolored. THe one on the far left is Frankincense and Myrrh, which I didn't expect to discolor so I put a pink and yellow swirl in and tried a Lyn top. Fail! The colors look bad with the brown (and my Lyn top is wimpy). The second from the left is a Vanilla and Musk. That's how dark Vanilla can get! The third from the left (or second from the right) is Copal, ungelled and it looks like I didn't get the fragrance oil completely mixed in, giving it the mottled affect. The one on
the far right is also Copal, same FO, but gelled. I also posted a picture of what the Vanilla and Musk looked like after a couple days- just a light caramel brown at that point, and what the ungelled Copal looked like after a couple days, which is quite different from the end result.

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I hope your pink holds, for sure, but I did want to give you a head's up because I would have wanted one!
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[Bama]

I don't mind a bit. I am just learning and so I don't know what to expect. it looks good now but I will let you know if the color goes dark. I have one bar I did not gel and it is a lighter pink and very pretty right now. I will let them cure for a few weeks and then take pics of them again. I know when I used a certain fragrance oil earlier in soao making my soap turned a tan color and was not close to lite white or cream. I did the same recipe the other day used a different FO and didn't gel and it is white.

I am loving this stuff. Thanks for all the help. it helps me read on here. I have learned so much.