So yesterday I made a small 250g batch divided into 5 soaps and colored with different colorants: wheetgrass, moringa, spirulina, matcha and pandan all 0,6g/50g of oil (which I think is about 2tsp ppo).
I've used wheatgrass and spritulina before so no big surprises there, but moringa, pandan and matcha were new.
The pandan turned out to be more of a juice than a puree. The soap separated after gel and it wasn't concentrated enough to give a good color. I tried to use a bit more in some leftover soap, but obviously that one separated even more (and it lost most of its color anyway) I want to try it as half of my water next time, because the color at trace was stunning and I've seen pretty pandan soap here: https://shopee.ph/Buco-Pandan-Soap-Bars-(vegan-organic)-i.51253087.1565796917
Moringa turned out to be just a bit darker than wheatgrass and speckled. I like it, but I think I still prefer either wheatgrass or spirulina at this point. Though I've got to say I'm totally in love with @Dawni's tumeric moringa soap so I might just have to give it another try.. maybe in the lye water or an infusion.
Matcha seems to need less powder to color soap than the rest of the colorants, I'm glad that one didn't mix in well, because otherwise I'd have all black soap[emoji23] the top has an ok olive green. 1tsp ppo might do the trick, though I've read someone doing a soap with matcha infusion and it looks stunning, so I might try that as well.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/infusionsblog.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/green-tea-soap/amp/
And... Here are the pics!
The spacing of the colorants in the pictures is the following:
Wheatgrass------------------Matcha
------------Moringa------------------
Pandan------------Spirulina---------
First up, the colorants:
Mixed in at trace (notice the leftover batter with lots of pandan in the second cavity from the left at the bottom)
Atfer gel (look at those alien brains!)
And the next morning:
I'll try to update on discoloration over time which was the goal of this experiment
I've used wheatgrass and spritulina before so no big surprises there, but moringa, pandan and matcha were new.
The pandan turned out to be more of a juice than a puree. The soap separated after gel and it wasn't concentrated enough to give a good color. I tried to use a bit more in some leftover soap, but obviously that one separated even more (and it lost most of its color anyway) I want to try it as half of my water next time, because the color at trace was stunning and I've seen pretty pandan soap here: https://shopee.ph/Buco-Pandan-Soap-Bars-(vegan-organic)-i.51253087.1565796917
Moringa turned out to be just a bit darker than wheatgrass and speckled. I like it, but I think I still prefer either wheatgrass or spirulina at this point. Though I've got to say I'm totally in love with @Dawni's tumeric moringa soap so I might just have to give it another try.. maybe in the lye water or an infusion.
Matcha seems to need less powder to color soap than the rest of the colorants, I'm glad that one didn't mix in well, because otherwise I'd have all black soap[emoji23] the top has an ok olive green. 1tsp ppo might do the trick, though I've read someone doing a soap with matcha infusion and it looks stunning, so I might try that as well.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/infusionsblog.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/green-tea-soap/amp/
And... Here are the pics!
The spacing of the colorants in the pictures is the following:
Wheatgrass------------------Matcha
------------Moringa------------------
Pandan------------Spirulina---------
First up, the colorants:
Mixed in at trace (notice the leftover batter with lots of pandan in the second cavity from the left at the bottom)
Atfer gel (look at those alien brains!)
And the next morning:
I'll try to update on discoloration over time which was the goal of this experiment
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You seem to have gotten a lot more color from the moringa than I've ever gotten, regardless of the amount of salt in my soap. But I also haven't tried it as an infusion or in the lye water.... 
