Lavender soap came out brown
It's been a while since I last made soap so I bought a bunch of essential oils and decided to make a batch of lavender soap first.
I had read online that boiling red onion skins and using that water for lye would give a purple bar, but sadly it didn't work out that way.
The loaf came out with this brownish colour, but I'm not *too* mad about it. Lavender buds turn brown in soap as well, so I guess it sort of suits the lavender scent. At least it's an earthy, natural colour. I'm personally not a fan of very bright and colourful soaps.
By the look of it, it's not gone entirely through gel phase. I let both the lye and the fats cool too much because I was drinking coffee. 😅
On the brighter side, making the lye was fun. It changed colour 4 times. The second I threw in the NaOH, it turned yellow, then orange, then red, I think it even turned green at some point. Eventually it settled in a red-ish brown, which already had me sceptical about it turning purple.
Next up is a sweet orange, pine and star anise soap with 3 different earthy tones, all from natural colorants. I hope it turns out well, but I fear the worst. 😄 Will post when it's done!
Edit: I also should have added more lavender buds. I threw in a tablespoon, but they're hardly visible.