Why is my soap speckled?

[Guest guest]

Can anyone help me with my latest soap question. I did my 11th batch of

cp soap and used olive, coconut, palm, sunflower and almond in the base.

I used sweet cakes china rain which is supposed to turn soap purple. I

used a little less china rain than I was supposed to and also added 1

part lavender breeze to 4 parts china rain. My question is in the

colouring. I heard that china rain turned cp soap purple but I was

worried it would be a dull purple as I read that can happen on a list.

So I added a tiny amount (.45 cc) of FD & C blue # l to the batch to try

and add more purple. (FD & C blue makes cp soap purple). I used the dyes

instead of pigments as I bought samples of both (dye and pigments) and

wanted to try and see what colour the dye would make my soap.

Anyway, I added the FC & C blue #1 to 4 oz of slightly warm castor oil (to

super fat) and mixed the dye in the oil to try and dissolve. Then I

added it to my traced soap. All looked fine and when I poured into my

mold it was a nice even cream colour. I knew it would change colour but

when I unmolded it today it was lavender colour with dark purple

speckles. Does anyone know why it speckled?? The soap looks GREAT but I

did not plan this and I am wondering how to control this in the future

in case I do or do not want this again. Was it mixing the dye in the

castor that did it or do dyes do this?

Any thoughts???

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From the desk of Augie and

Bella Latte Farms

augie@...

[Guest guest]

Woa! Cool!! I love the sound of that soap!

I'm sorry, I don't have a clue as to why it did that (mixing problems,

maybe?). It's the only thing I can think of.

But it sounds so neat, I'd only worry about replicating it! =o)

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