>>I've never managed to keep my lavender purple, but now that I know it's possible I might give it another try...<<
From what I have observed, natural methods include adding colored petals/buds late in the soapmaking process, or coating them with something to help preserve the color. Glycerine seems easier than lye soaps -- I've seen whole flowers preserved in bars of glycerine.
>> I did a cinnamon soap with a nice deep colour once. It made me nicely deeply coloured. Brownface being a bad idea, I washed it back off... <<
Oh dear. One of the biggest challenges in soapmaking is to get a soap which is colored in the bar, but only foams white so that it doesn't stain.
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Re: Hmm...
Date: 2016-11-28 10:17 am (UTC)From what I have observed, natural methods include adding colored petals/buds late in the soapmaking process, or coating them with something to help preserve the color. Glycerine seems easier than lye soaps -- I've seen whole flowers preserved in bars of glycerine.
>> I did a cinnamon soap with a nice deep colour once. It made me nicely deeply coloured. Brownface being a bad idea, I washed it back off... <<
Oh dear. One of the biggest challenges in soapmaking is to get a soap which is colored in the bar, but only foams white so that it doesn't stain.