{"id":6013,"date":"2011-04-14T18:16:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T00:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=6013"},"modified":"2017-09-10T10:56:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T16:56:28","slug":"cherry-soap-oops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/cherry-soap-oops\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Soap Oops"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had this great idea for a cherry soap using a sample of Black Cherry fragrance from FNWL, and some Cherry Garcia fragrance from Southern Soapers (which is sold out now). I really love the Black Cherry one the best, but I only had 0.15 ounces. The oil is completely clear and the fragrance is positively mouthwatering, however FNWL says that it can discolor to light tan or brown. The Cherry Garcia oil is actually dark brown in color – you don’t see that very often! The scent is also very good – just doesn’t WOW me like the Black Cherry. I figured the dark brown oil would have to discolor the soap, but ironically Southern Soapers claims it is nondiscoloring! I pulled out a couple cups of soap before adding the fragrance anyway so I could color them cherry red and white. So far, so good.<\/p>\n

After reading the post by Ruth of Sirona Springs<\/a> about how gelling the soap can affect the outcome of the color, also I decided that preventing gel might help keep the soap color lighter, so I put the soap in the refrigerator. I didn’t get a chance to cut it for several days, and it was still somewhat sticky even after waiting that long.<\/p>\n

I did have one problem, however. At the last minute I decided that the cherry red soap colors weren’t going to be red enough, so I added some powdered red 40 to the glycerin base that was already loaded with red oxide and red talc dye. It didn’t have enough time for the powders to get saturated:<\/p>\n

\"Cherry<\/a>
Cherry Soap with Bleeding Dye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I guess this counts as a test batch. Good thing it was a small one! I’ll let it cure out and see how much it will discolor, or if the bottom will stay a nice creamy white before I attempt this one again. And I will<\/em> make it again. It smells pretty fabulous!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had this great idea for a cherry soap using a sample of Black Cherry fragrance from FNWL, and some Cherry Garcia fragrance from Southern Soapers (which is sold out now). I really love the Black Cherry one the best, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[573],"class_list":["post-6013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botched-batches","tag-cherry-soap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t