Sunday, September 30, 2012

Saponification Sunday...Help Wanted




I have the blues this week.

I really love blue soap, but I'm in a bit of a rut. Having a hard time finding the all natural colorants I prefer (as I snack on a a Hostess "Scary Cake" which is filled with many scary ingredients), I find myself returning over and over again to my two blue standbys: Indigo and Woad Powder.

Indigo powder comes from the ground up leaves of the Indigo plant  which originates in Southeast Asia. Woad is a plant native to the Mediterranean Area and a relative to the Brassica family of veggies like broccoli and cabbage. The plant is know for its neon yellow flowers. The leaves are harvested in their first year for use as a colorant.

I love them both for the deep, earthy blues that will pop up in your soap, the shades varying with the type of oil you use and the concentration of powder of course. Colors will range from light blue to deep purple-red. Both mix well with oils and I usually mix all my oils together first then pull up about 2 Tablespoon to mix with 1/2 to 1 Teaspoon of colorants . This concentration will easily color four pounds of soap.

Indigo Plant Image
To get the two shades, in the bar I made above, I just mixed up my soap (oils plus lye) poured off 2 cups and mixed in 1/2 Tbs of the oil/Indigo mix. Mixed. Then to the remaining soap I added the rest of the oil/indigo mix to get a deeper blue.

I poured a small amount (from on high) into my pot of lighter colored soap and poured half of that into my long  4 pound  mold. Then poured a bit more of the darker blue soap into the lighter blue soap and swirled it around in the pot as I poured it in a swirly motion into my mold which would explain the swirls of soap splashed all over my kitchen cabinets.

I have read about some individuals who actually have a separate office/building/room for their soap making but what would be the fun in THAT?

But still my problem for the blues remains. What other natural colorants are out there to color my soaps blue? Send your suggestions right here on my blog in the comment section or feel free to email me at opies99@gmail.com. Many thanks.

Scent? Well I used Ylang Ylang essentail oil don't Yknow Yknow.

88 comments:

  1. I've never used either woad or indigo or any other natural blue colorant, so I'm really no help to you at all. But I'm writing this comment anyway, just to say that your swirly blue soap is beautiful and I am remiss for not experimenting with natural blues!

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  2. I am only good for a poor attempt of comedic relief on this one.

    Smurf manure?

    Otherwise, the only mineral I can think of is cobalt.

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  3. I have died eggs blue using red cabbage but I'm not sure how it would work with soap. The same goes with elderberries- I know they can be used to dye wool.
    Good luck.
    Judy

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  4. I use Indigo Donna, and get a really great blue, but only with very clear oils. If I use any olive oil and all, it turns greeny. xoxoxo Jen

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  5. Shame that you would only poison your customers if you used mineral blues from copper and cobalt, and it's a shame that I don't know any other vegetable pigments for blue. Many lapidary workers and jewellers here are unaware that if they work with malachite (green) and breathe in the dust or saturate their skin, they get copper poisoning very quickly. When I spill red wine on a white shirt, it turns into a nice blue which seems to be very well fixed immediately! How about grape-skins?

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  6. The indigo gave you two beautiful shades of blue, Donna! I tend to use oxides, so I haven't played much with natural colorants - I'm not much help there. I love your swirls, though!

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  7. Amy, how can soaps as beautiful as yours be "remiss"? Never

    Doug. The GK's will love this! Your humor by the way , always welcome.

    Full freezer. I think I will try both of those. The cool think about being married is you always have someone to give the ugly soaps whne they don't turn out. Ugly cleans as well as pretty. Yes you may quote me.

    Jen. That makes perfect sense! Now very anxious to try a batch without olice oil. Many thanks!

    Tom. My mother always said "life is like a box of shame" No wait. She never did. Thinking about spilling some red wine in my soap though.

    Jenny, thank you much. Oxides intrique me. Not sure why I only use natural colorants. I'm no purist in the rest of my life for sure,

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  8. I can't think of any other natural blues other than woad and indigo. I've only used indigo so far and find it very lovely. I sometimes get a purply-blue (yes, that is a word) from alkanet root powder. But that will very depending on the makeup of the oils/butters.

    ~Robin
    Kinky Witch Soap

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  9. Hello,
    My name is Maya and I discovered your blog recently.
    I am writing from Japan and may have an answer to your question.
    Here in Japan, in addition to indigo, they use a natural mineral powder called Lapis Lazuri (I am not sure my spelling is correct though)
    The colorant used us the ground up semi-precious stone of the same name.
    Yet, if you consider only herbal colorants for your soaps, this may not be an option for you.
    I have not used Lapis lazuri powder yet but my fellow soapers in Japan get beautiful blues with it.
    I am planning to get it at some point so if you are interested, just let me know. I can get it for your and send it. No big deal as I often do so for my soaping friemds.

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