2
heaping tablespoons to approx. 2-3 cups of soap.
When added:
Thin
trace.
Comments:
It's
beautiful, don't you think? Doesn't discolor lather.
Alkanet
infusion
Soaper:
Miss Mori
Recipe:
Used
30% alkanet infused olive oil. The remaining oils in the recipe were
non-discoloring.
Method:
Soap
on left didn't gel (CP uninsulated), soap on right was forced to gel
(CPOP/ITMHP).
Amount:
Used
30% by weight alkanet infused olive oil. To infuse the oil: 2T. alkanet
root in 16oz olive oil. Left olive oil in cool dark place for 5 weeks,
shaking periodically.
When added:
Olive
oil added with other oils.
Comments:
Used
1tsp ppo sodium lactate. Doesn't appear to have altered the color.
Alkanet
powder
Soaper:
Bathsheba
and Flowerhead
Recipe:
Very white, 60% lard soap
Method:
CP
Amount:
Scant
1/8 tsp. per 3 oz. of traced soap
When added:
After
trace.
Comments:
Not
gelled
Coffee
Soaper:
Darlene ("Flash")
Recipe:
I use pomace olive oil but it does not seem to discolor.
The soap on the right in picture is the same recipe but without
colorant or scent.
Method:
CP
Amount:
0.4 oz in 32 oz of oils (1 Tbs. ppo)
When added:
Added fresh coffee grounds to lye solution approx. 2 minutes
before adding lye solution to oils.
Other:
Gray greenish. Used Folgers French Roast coffee grounds. Ground finer in a
coffee mill. Waited for lye to cool (didn’t take temps but was probably
~105’F). Added coffee grounds to lye solution a few minutes before
adding (grounds & all) to oils. It smelled like fresh brewed coffee
instead of burnt coffee. Proceeded as usual. Insulated with towels for
gel. Picture taken 9 days after soaping.
