Hi everyone! I've been offline for awhile and I'm playing catch up now. I found an old thread about using roses in cp soap, but it didn't address the question of using pureed rose petals in cp soap. This is what you might call a"What I'm planning to do, but please stop me if you think it is soap suicide." type of post. LOL So, it's July and I have a very healthy abundance of wild roses, miniature reds and other large roses. I have already made a small batch of rose water (1 quart) and am planning to make an oil infusion for cp soap. Normally I would use whole rose petals for the hot oil infusion and then strain them out. But after doing some research, I think it might be possible to finely grind up the petals (food processor) with the oil, heat infuse it and use it in my soap recipe without straining it. I would use the rose water for the lye/water, as well as the rose puree infusion for the liquid oils in my recipe. However, the ground roses will likely increase the weight of the oil, which might throw off the lye amount when I run the recipe through the lye calculator. Should I pre-weigh the needed amount of oil for the recipe before adding the roses? And, how will the ground roses affect the colour of the final soap? Given that it is possible to add fresh food puree at a rate of 1 oz per pound of oils, I'm thinking I may be able to pull it off without worrying about rancidity etc. But a horribly discoloured soap would be disappointing, to say the least. Does anyone have any advice or thoughts on using rose petal puree? (my recipe will include some kaolin clay, but I have yet to formulate my final recipe.) Thanks so much!
