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Hi, I’ve been making soap dough and having trouble with the red dough turning orange. I’m using “scarlet” red mica. The first batch (11oz) I used about half tsp and the dough turned a light orange the next day and the second batch also 11oz I used 1 tsp of the red mica and it turned a darker orange but still not red
 
Yes the base color is yellowish. I did put a little of the titanium dioxide for the second one thinking that might help but maybe not enough? I didn’t want it to turn pink
 
ROLIO, from Amazon, 24 pack. The two other colors from the pack, yellow and green worked fine. So I have two orange doughs now. One a little darker than the other. Still need red for embed hearts and flowers

I didn’t know that some makes don’t work as well. I’ll have to try Nurture, thank you
 
That would be very helpful thank you

I just checked out Nuture, what a wonderful site. Opens up a whole new realm. Very appreciative for the suggestion. So far I’m only familiar with Amazon

I’ll check out Mad Micas and Micas and More next
 
ROLIO, from Amazon, 24 pack. The two other colors from the pack, yellow and green worked fine. So I have two orange doughs now. One a little darker than the other. Still need red for embed hearts and flowers
These “micas” from Amazon have absolutely no vetting, nothing. These are made for resins, not cold processed soap. Trial By Fire from Nurture Soap is the best red, second choice is True Red Set by Mad Micas.
 
I'm a beginner soaper. I had the same problem as member Blue Star. My flower embeds turned orange color instead of red. The yellow and red green micas worked fine. I used a set of micas brand "Changtifkeji" I ordered on Amazon, but I realize now these micas are most likely used in resins,, cosmetics., although they claim they work in soap.Thank you for suggesting these red micas and where to get them. I wished I had researched more before ordering a set of 50 different colors! Not all micas are made equal.
 
So I did end buying the “trial by fire” from nurture. Thank you so much for the suggestion. I really like it but as far as not buying from Amazon, sometimes I can’t afford the shipping costs of buying soaping supplies from reputable dealers. I wish I could, but it just gets too expensive for me and most of the time Amazon works out quite well for most of my supplies
 
The problem is with most micas on Amazon (as well as the craft stores) is that even if the label says they are for soap, that means melt-and-pour soap, which has no active lye. The high alkalinity of CP soap (due to the lye) is what causes most of those less expensive micas to behave badly.
 
The problem is with most micas on Amazon (as well as the craft stores) is that even if the label says they are for soap, that means melt-and-pour soap, which has no active lye. The high alkalinity of CP soap (due to the lye) is what causes most of those less expensive micas to behave badly.
Plus their micas and fragrance oils are not vetted. There is no IFRA. There are no recommendations or regulations. Amazon is bad for these items. For oils, butters, molds, etc I think you’re fine buying on Amazon.
 
Plus their micas and fragrance oils are not vetted. There is no IFRA. There are no recommendations or regulations. Amazon is bad for these items. For oils, butters, molds, etc I think you’re fine buying on Amazon.
I think it pays to be careful with butters and oils from Amazon, as well. Too many unscrupulous sellers out there!
 

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