Did not contain discoloring oils for the green half
of the soap, water was used to mix the lye with.
Method:
HP
Amount:
1 tablespoon per pound of oils
When added:
Marbled in after cook
Comments:
Makes a lovely lavender color with a brownish hue,
the pic below shows the powder next to the resulting soap. It is quite
scratchy though so I suggest you use less then 1 T per pound of oils or
use it for marbling/swirling only. (Found
at the eastern store, sold for use it in desserts and pies)
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.
Azulene
Soaper:
Birdlegs
Recipe:
The only oil used that could have possibly
discolored the soap was olive but it behaved. I've used avocado oil with
azulene and the soap turned out an ocean green.
Method:
DWCP
Amount:
0.5 teaspoon per pound
When added:
At
trace
Comments:
Azulene is is an
extract of German (Blue) Chamomile. This soap did gel as all my soaps do. It doesn't stain or
even "bubble blue." It makes a very "cooling" bar of soap. Azulene is a
bit expensive, though, and, up until recently, unavailable in the US.
