red wine soap???

[Genny]

I've done this before too, and like a previous poster said, my lye water turned a teal color and the soap came out tan. Why did this happen? I don't understand how people are getting the red from the wine in CP when mine turns teal once it touches lye every time.

I don't know much about wine, but maybe it's the constituents of the wine that you're using? I used a local made wine once and I got a lovely reddish purple.

 

[lisamaliga]

Wine soap is so much fun to make. I initially began making it back around 2001-2 when I was looking for a natural colorant for M&P. I've learned through trial and error that some wines turn purple in M&P and others turn [or stay] burgundy.

Cabernet turned purple:

Merlot remained burgundy:

NOTE: I did enhance the colors a little with a dash of burgundy mica.