Soap Getting Ver Dark

[Hermanam]

I made a soap loaf scented with a mocha coffee fragrance, which I understand contains vanilla and darkens soap.

I added about 1 tsp cappuccino mica to 4 lbs of soap batter, along with the FO. In hindsight, I should have skipped the mica altogether because I think the FO would have darkened it enough. The cut bars are getting VERY dark.

I have had issues in the past with dark colors bleeding in the shower, so watching these cut bars turn soooo dark is concerning me. If the darkness is from the FO, will it still bleed as if it were all from colorant?

Hope thus makes sense...thanks for the info.

Ann

 

[Relle]

Soap that discolours with the FO won't bleed like it would from dark colours.

 

[kharmon320]

I have had brown/yellow lather from some Pink Sugar bars that were extremely dark, but the color doesn't stick to a washcloth, washes out.

 

[lsg]

I second the first two, I don't think it will bleed.:razz:

 

[VanessaP]

Same thing. I made a beer soap with a high sugar content and used a kentucky bourbon fragrance. I didn't freeze the beer and made it as HP. With the burned sugar content, the soap lathered light brown but didn't stain any washcloths.

 

[Moody Glenn]

I agree with everyone - it should not bleed. I made a coffee soap with a FO (I can't think of its name) that made a very dark brown to almost black soap. It also had a vanilla percentage within it. I chopped a bar in half a day or two later and tried it with a white washcloth and it slightly discolored but washed off with no stain. A couple months later I tried it again and there was no bleeding or discoloration. Just lots of white lather. A good long cure can solve some problems.