Red Mica Turning black?

[Jeagle139]

I recently made a peppermint swirl soap, with Titanium dioxide and true red blend from mad micas Noe however the red is starting to show black splotches through out the red. Please help me identify the culprit

 

[Zing]

Can you please post your recipe with everything including all the additives? It looks great, by the way! Whenever I get an unexpected result, I call it "rustic."

 

[Nakia]

It could be the fragrance oil or a reaction between the red mica and something in your recipe causing the black spots. Sometimes, high pH levels in soap can affect certain colors. Sharing your recipe and additives, as mentioned, might help pinpoint the issue. By the way, your soap looks unique I’d call it a happy accident!

 

[akseattle]

@Jeagle139, I've never used Mad Mica's True Red Blend. But, I looked up its ingrediants which include Iron Oxide (duh). Iron Oxide (by itself) is reddish brown, but to me, more brown than red. Maybe the mica wasn't blended very well and the iron oxide is blurring and bleeding a little and looks blackish?.

I've had a tough time with reds bleeding. I just ran a test a couple days ago with four different reds that I got from WSP (made by MakeYourOwnBuzz.) My test was in Melt &Pour, which I know will not be the same in cold process, but its a start. I want to see if any of these reds bleed or do anything else weird.
In real life, is your soap as "True Red" as the name claims it to be?