That whole point of this post was my excitement over some of out latest batches. We have been experimenting with natural pigments lately, as well as in general moving away from fragrance oils to essential oils.
The first is one of our old stand by fragrance combinations from the very beginning, its called Summer's Bounty, my aunt named it and she totally hit the nail on the head. Its fruity and a little floral-a blend of raspberry, cranberry, and apricot freesia fragrance oils. For a colorant we used some REALLY old saffron, and the vegetable oils add to the mellow yellow color.
The second batch is a new fragrance oil, picked especially for my aunt for her birthday this year, its a plumeria fragrance oil. Normally, I don't care much for floral scents, but this one is very nice. I spilled some on my shirt and enjoyed the bit of perfume for the day. It's colored with alkanet root. We were thinking this might be a light purple or pink with a white swirl. It came out a really dark, almost licorice, colored purple. I didn't think I liked it at first, but the color is growing on me, it really matches the scent. Our swirling efforts have improved greatly, but I would have liked to see just a hint more white, maybe next time. Here is what it looked like before we cut it up to cure.
And here is the final product
Now, we just have to wait for them to cure so we can take them for a test drive. Everyone has about a dozen different bars of soap in their shower, right?
Yes... I've got about a dozen test bars in my shower... by the kitchen sink... in the guest bathroom... Your experiments look great! I am also a big fan of natural colour and scent. xo Jen
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