Hi Everyone,
My soap turning reddish brown really bugged me! I decided I needed to know what exactly caused this.
I think I found out!!!
I took a small amount of the same clear base and followed my actions step by step.
Added FO and vanilla stabilizer - premixed & let it sit for awhile after mixing
Added yellow mica
Mixed all this into the base.
Up to this point the color was a beautiful pale yellow!
I added chopped up Calendula petals.
It still looked fine. I kept gently stirring to suspend the petals - still looking good!
Poured in into the molds. Spritz!
As it hardened, it darkened! It's not that reddish brown color of the first day, but it's not as light as yesterday's batch either.
It was fine until it was poured, spritzed & hardened.
I used vanilla stabilizer from the same bottle as the other two batches. The only difference today from yesterday was I added mica & a few more Calendula Petals. Could this color be caused by the Calendula Petals?
What a mystery!
Any ideas
einnoc