The 'I wanna be PINK!' soap

[Guest]

Here is my second attempt at using yellow dock root powder. My first attempt was dubbed 'stigmata soap' and that's hiding out in a box somewhere, ashamed of itself.

This time I infused my 26oz olive oil with 2 tsp of YDP for a whole week and then strained it with a cheese cloth. Infusing oil is my latest thing, will post more on that. I'm quite disappointed with the lack of pink and I'm thinking maybe I should have doubled the amount of YDP. What do you think?

 

[heartsong]

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imho, i think this is lovely!

as crazy as i'm about the color pink, i love the natural pink ones best.

the pics in the photo gallery with yellow dock were fabulous!

i went and bought some "red zinger" tea by celestial teas and plan to try this with a rose & vanilla f/o blend.

someone here ( sorry, can't remember!) posted some WONDERFUL pics in the photo gallery using this tea and it turned out lovely.

there is not natural food stores within 50 miles of the house that carries yellow dock. i was wondering if you made it as a tea infusion for your lye water, if this could make the color stronger?

anyway, nice soap!

 

[Guest]

Good idea with the tea infusion idea. I've never added a natural colouring to the lye solution before so I'll give it a go at some point.

Oh and I tried the Celestial Seasonings tea and had no luck, only tried it the once and it just turned the soap a beige colour which is nice but not it's not exactly shocking pink.

 

[Godiva]

I think it looks nice as a pale pink. Do you have to infuse powders, or can they be added as they are?

 

[Guest]

I think the soap looks great anyway , would it turn more pink as it dries ? I haven't tried yellowdock yet.

Kitn

 

[AshleyR]

I keep seeing you all working with this yellow dock powder to get pink! Have you tried using french pink clay? It is sooooooo much easier to get a nice natural pink with that!

 

[Guest]

I think it looks nice as a pale pink. Do you have to infuse powders, or can they be added as they are?

The first time I tried YDP, I just added it straight to the base oil which resulted in speckles.

I doubt it'll pinken up but I can hope a lot and it might happen. As for the french pink clay, I have thought about trying it but after reading up on it, the 'free' silica which might cause kaolinosis is what puts me off. I'm not going to rule it out totally though

 

[kwahlne]

that's hiding out in a box somewhere, ashamed of itself.

That is so funny!

 

[Godiva]

The first time I tried YDP, I just added it straight to the base oil which resulted in speckles.

I think speckles sound nice. I'll have to try that

 

[heartsong]

Good idea with the tea infusion idea. I've never added a natural colouring to the lye solution before so I'll give it a go at some point.

Oh and I tried the Celestial Seasonings tea and had no luck, only tried it the once and it just turned the soap a beige colour which is nice but not it's not exactly shocking pink.

just for curiosity, how many tea bags did you use?

i left sit overnight 6 tea bags for 25 oz of water, and it is DARK! i'll be soaping it tomorrow.

 

[rubato456]

that's about what i got when i used yellow dock powder. they look good! i do love the natural look too....what do you think about stamping them.....i think they would look awesome w/ a soap stamp......maybe a dragonfly or whatever suits you....

i did track down some actual yellow dock root (dried & whole instead of the preground powder) and one of these days i'm going to grind that and give it a shot. i think surf girl ground her own....maybe thats the trick

 

[Guest]

6 Tea bags? :shock: maybe you're onto something. I used 1, steeped over a few days in the fridge. The amount of water used was about 11 fl oz.

I do like the colour of this soap but I kind of had my heart set on surf_girl's shade of pink. I agree, a stamp would be awesome and I shall be looking into those.

The YDP I bought off ebay was in little crunchy bits and I ground them down myself. Crunchy bits is the best word I can use to describe them...not exactly easy to grind using a kitchen knife.

 

[vivcarm]

I tried 2 bags in 200mls water with the lemon zinger- brown brown brown! I was hoping for that lovely pink I think Lemon zinger must be different than lemon berry!

 

[heartsong]

I tried 2 bags in 200mls water with the lemon zinger- brown brown brown! I was hoping for that lovely pink I think Lemon zinger must be different than lemon berry!

i am using the "red zinger" tea. it is a very "dark cherry" color.

 

[Guest]

I bought two boxes of that tea, lemon zinger and red zinger. Heartsong, did it turn your soap red?

 

[heartsong]

I bought two boxes of that tea, lemon zinger and red zinger. Heartsong, did it turn your soap red?

i will know tomorrow-i don't know how it happened, but i somehow got sidetracked into cleaning the oven and fridge-which left such a mess that i'm now mopping the floors.

by the time i'm done, i'll have to soap after dinner or tomorrow morning!

 

[Guest]

ooo it'll be interesting to see what 6 tea bags does

 

[donniej]

I wonder if tomato juice would help give you the desired color?

 

[heartsong]

x

decided to go ahead and soap.

once i poured my lye into the tea it changed from dark red to dark green, to a very alarming shade of carmel-yellow! :shock:

but as the lye mixture is settling i can see at the very bottom of the glass a dark red color.

i just went back to peek at it and 75% is dark red again with a layer of carmel yellow on top.

as it keeps cooling, it's changing back to the original dark red.

:shock: nothing like a kitchen-science project to keep you on your toes!

will soap as soon as lye cools. will report back on progress. keep your fingers crossed!

 

[Lil Outlaws]

Monet, that was me that did the Red Zinger (I called it Lemon Berry Zinger).. mine is magenta/fuschia...

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/forum/vi ... ght=zinger