This week was yellow week for #SoaptheRainbow. Yellow is one of my favorite colors, it’s so cheery and happy! Love yellow as much as I do? Check out the #SoaptheRainbow Yellow Week Inspiration post for project ideas.
If you haven’t heard of the #SoaptheRainbow series, each week represents a color. Starting tomorrow, we are focusing on green. Share your green photos on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook with the tag #SoaptheRainbow for a chance to win a $10 Bramble Berry gift certificate. In addition, a variety of colorants and fragrance oils are 25% off with the code: RAINSOAP. See the sale items here.
The first yellow project this week was the Sunshine Lotion Tutorial. Made with argan oil and sweet almond oil, the lotion is thick but feels light on the skin. Canary LabColor gives the lotion a light yellow color, while Sunflower Fragrance Oil and Southern Peach Fragrance Oil create a sunny scent. If you’ve never made lotion before and would like to learn the basics, check out this post.
Amanda of Lovin Soap created two beautiful cold process soaps for yellow week. The first was a Natural Calendula and Yellow Brazilian Clay Soap. The Yellow Brazilian Clay gives the bottom layer a beautiful marigold hue. Amanda also created Lemon Verbena Yellow Plop Cold Process Soap, made with layers of Fizzy Lemonade Colorant, Yellow Oxide and Kings Gold Mica. I love how all these colors look together! See both tutorials on Amanda’s blog.
Top row: Natural Calendula and Yellow Brazilian Clay Soap. Bottom row: Lemon Verbena Yellow Plop Cold Process Soap.
Lemon is one of my favorite scents for yellow soap. A few years ago, I created Luscious Lemon Melt and Pour Cupcakes. They were such a hit, I created a cold process version. The Lemon Cold Process Soap Cupcakes feature a cold process soap base, cold process soap frosting, and melt and pour lemon embeds. It’s scented with Lemon Verbena Yankee Type Fragrance Oil for a sweet and tart lemon scent.
While this week focused on yellow, we took a break from the bright and cheery color to test black bath bombs. We tested two versions of bath bombs, one made with activated charcoal and one made with Liquid Black Iron Oxide. Curious about the results? Spoiler alert: they were messy! Click here to see how they behaved in the tub. To avoid the mess in the tub, crafters are using black gel food coloring. If you use this type of colorant, make sure it’s safe for cosmetic use.
This week’s Facebook Photo of the Week is this amazing Here Comes The Sun Soap by Roxane C. The sunshine embed is created with melt and pour, and the soap is scented with Sweet Meyer Lemon Fragrance Oil. I absolutely love the combinations of colors, it looks just like a sunset. Amazing job Roxane!
If you’d like to create your own sun inspired soap, check out the Sahara Sunset Cold Process Soap. When embedding melt and pour soap into cold process, I recommend using an LCP base. LCP stands for “Like Cold Process.” LCP soap has little to no sweating, which makes it perfect for embeds.
This week’s #SoaptheRainbow yellow winners are, top left clockwise: Lemon Poppy Soap by @batheingrace, Plantation Pineapple & Mint Soap by @begreatfulhandmade, The Bee’s Knees Soap by @fierce_and_fancy_soap, Lemon Second Chance Soap by @honusharp
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Darn, I somehow erased my previous , But keep it short and sweet I was wondering if you guys had given any thought to making the bottles plastic. I have dropped and broken two bottles now. One was when I was opening a package and it rolled off the table. Another was when my husband was tidying up my home workstation and he dropped it on our tile because it had Oil on the outside. Just a thought and was curious. I don’t know if it changes the quality or anything about the oils but was wanting to know. I will still be purchasing your products because they are some of the best I have found on the Internet. 🙂
Hi Ursula!
Oh I’m sorry about that! We have found amber glass bottles are the best way to ship fragrances. The oils are light sensitive, so the amber color helps protect them from the sun. Also, undiluted fragrances can eat through plastic. The glass is necessary because it can hold up to the fragrances and will remain intact. 🙂
Read more about undiluted fragrances here: https://soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/tips-and-tricks/undiluted-fragrance-oils-molds/
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry