Teach Soap

Hello,
Can someone give me tips on how to add color to soaps in certain areas? For example if I'm making a flower soap and I want to color the petals a different color, how would I go about doing that without the color running into the rest of the soap? Once again I'm fairly new and I would like to get more creative in my soap making. I have seen the lovely soaps through this website and forum and want to give it a try.
Thanks a lot for any help offered.

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Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
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Wait til a thin skin forms on the layer, spritz with alcohol, then carefully pour the next layer. Using micas from BrambleBerry also help with no bleeding.

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Irena
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Do you mean the colors bleeding into one another, or pouring colors in specific areas of the soap mold?

For the former, you need to use non-bleeding/migrating colors. As soapbuddy stated, micas are great. For the latter, it depends on the type of mold you are using. If it has well defined designs, you can try using droppers. You could also use soap paints with a brush to color specific sections.

Not sure if that helps...

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Rachel
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Thanks. Both responses definitely helped.

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Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
~Proverb