Teach Soap

I am only new to soap (less than 2 weeks playing) but I made this mango scented bar of soap and i needed to colour it orang and had to mix red and yellow as i forgot to purchase an orange colour.

Didnt notice until the soap was unmoulded but specles of colour that didnt mix sort of sunk to the bottom (or top when the soap is unmoulded). Why did this happen? Did I not mix it enough? Heres a pic so you can see what i mean.



thanks

What type of colors did you use?

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Irena
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they just say liquid soap colour - dont have a brand name or anything on them, bought them on ebay.

Can you strain them through a cheesecloth or maybe a coffee filter?

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hmmm i probably could, if i have this problem again i will try that, thanks

I get those specks, too, on occasion and I've been doing M&P soap for 5 years. I use both micas and liquid (soap-specific/soap safe) colorants. I've noticed it mostly with the liquid colorants.

I've even gotten similar specks with CP soaps - but not often.

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HEAVENLY SCENT SOAPS

Could any one help me with a couple of questions? Firstly I have just started making soap, and when I left the soap on the sink it leaves a stain is this normal ?I put about 10 drops of liquid color in plus some fragrance oil. Secondly I wanted to make a 100 gram bar of soap and put 100 grams of soap base in a double boiler when I weighed it after I only got about 80 grams in the mould is this normal to lose this amount.? Sorry for using the metric system as I am from the U.K. thanks in advance for your help.
Johno

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.