Testing Colors, Part 3 1

Melt & Pour on the left and Cold Process on the right.

Today, I’m going to show you the Yellow Lip Balm Color in Melt & Pour Soap and Cold Process Soap.

Melt & Pour Soap Notes:
I melted some Transparent Melt & Pour soap in a large glass beaker and then added about 8 drops from the Professional size of the Yellow Lip Balm Color to the melted soap. Again, I used an immersion blender at the very beginning of the test. The color never changed and remained looking like a pitcher of orange juice.

Cold Process Soap Notes:
Yellow:
I added 8 drops of the Yellow Lip Balm Color to the oils once they were melted and used an immersion blender to make sure there were no particles of color floating in the oils. At this point, the oils were a yellow orange color, like orange juice, and then I added the lye mixture and used the immersion blender to mix. The color didn’t change at all as I blended the soap or even after I poured it into the mold. Once I cut the soap, I noticed that the soap was a smooth bright yellow color.

8 ounces weight Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
4 ounces weight Coconut Oil
4 ounces weight Olive Oil

2.2 ounces Sodium Hydroxide
6 fluid ounces cool water

Weighing time: 8 minutes
Adding lye to water: 5 seconds, followed by 60 seconds of stirring
Heating of oils time: 2 minutes
Adding color to melted oils: 1 minute
Pouring lye solution into the fat mixture: 5 seconds
Using immersion blender to mix soap solution: 90 seconds
Pour into mold: 10 seconds
Allow soap to rest: 24 hours