Name of mica: Cellini Blue
Name of Supplier: Brambleberry
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final Color: lavender
Comments: Used with pearberry fo, which normally gives me a
very slight
discoloration. Used 1/2 tsp for 3 pounds of oil, poured in
PVC tube, which
seems to give a little more discoloration. This is fully
cured.
©2002 Sue Kurowski
Name of mica: Doin' the Mambo
Name of Supplier: Stuff Julie Likes
Type of product used in: CP
Final Color: A nice rosy color
Comments: Used 1/2 tsp in 3 pounds of oil. Scented with
BB's Summer Fling.
The bar pictured here is fully cured.
©2002 Sue Kurowski
Name of mica: Baby Pumpkin
Name of Supplier: ?? Penny?
Type of product used in: CP
Final Color: A soft orange
Comments: This was 1/2 tsp again in a 3 pound of oil
batch. When not
swirling, I put my mica directly into my warm oils before
adding the lye
mixture. This was scented with Poozart's California
Poppy.
©2002 Sue Kurowski
Name of mica: Ruby
Name of Supplier: ?? Penny?
Type of product used in: CPOP
Final Color: A deep magenta
Comments: Used this as a swirl...3/4 tsp to about 1 1/2
cups lightly traced
soap, plus a few drops of liquid red colorant (French).
Swirled in the mold
and CPOP. Scented with Lovespell from Wholesale Supplies.
Credit for this
entire color and fragrance combo really must go to Jennifer
Nehas who I
tried to emulate here.
©2002 Sue Kurowski
Name of mica: 24K Gold
Name of Supplier:?? Penny?
Type of product used in: CP
Final Color: This is a lovely peach/shell color with a
faint hint of
sparkle, which is hard to see here.
Comments: I used about 3/4 of a tsp to a 3 pound batch.
This is scented
with MMS Satsuma. This is probably my favorite soap right
now.
©2002 Sue Kurowski
I don't have pictures to send right now, but will try to do
so when I can.
I'd like to make some additional comments about other micas
I've used:
1. Cellini Blue from BB -- this is probably my favorite
mica to use. I
love the varying effects I get. I have used it in CPHP,
added after cook
and used as a swirl, and it has retained a stunning peacock
blue/green color
in the soap. In addition, I am currently curing a soap in
which I used
about 1/2 tsp in 52 oz of oil, and achieved a beautiful
translucent and pale
violet color.
2. Carribean Coral -- I'm not sure if I got this from Penny
or from Stuff
July Likes. Either way, in the bag it is a dynamic bright
rose color. In
CP soap, it turns the most magnificent and intense shade of
orange. I used
it with BBs Berry Wine, and had to re-name the soap Harvest
Wine. It has
gathered a lot of attention.
Pictures to follow when available on the above two.
Supplier: Pigment Lady/Coloration Station
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Red - truer than red oxide
Comments: Used 1 t. Mica to 1 C. Swirl for a good dark color - this was swirled (along with a blue ox.) in the pot - an 8# batch.
No bleeding or migration after two months.
©2002 Maryanne
Lancaster County Soapworks, Etc.
Deep Purple Mica -
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Mauve
Comments: This color is a lovely purple in MP soap but
turns a dusky rose
in CP
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Light Gold Mica
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Sheen of gold
Comments: This color gives just a sheen and a touch of
shine to CP - it
warms up the tones a bit but isn't a strong gold
color.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
White
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: White
Comments: This color doesn't actually do much in terms of
color but it will
lighten nicely and add a bit of sheen and sophistication to
your final bar.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Green
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Light Green
Comments: This is a nice light green in soap, exactly what
you see in the
jar.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Blue
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Light Teal
Comments: This light blue mica actually goes more of a teal
in your cold process soap.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Cappuccino
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Brown
Comments: This color ends up being a straight brown in CP
soap without much
sheen or shine.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Red/Blue
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Pink
Comments: This color stays very true to what you see in the
bottle. Just a
straight pink color.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Red/Blue Mica and Blue Mica
Violet
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Violet/Light Purple
Comments: This color stays very true to what's in the jar.
It's a nice
light purple color.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Merlot (Crimson) Pearl
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Light crimson
Comments: This is actually a nice blue-backed red/crimson
in soap and stays
very true; just a little lighter than the actual mica in the
jar.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Antique Blue
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Gray Blue
Comments: This color isn't real great in CP. Because of the
lack of light
reflection/refraction, the blue doesn't come out very fully
and the final
color in CP ends up being more of a gray.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Patina Sheen
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Gray Green
Comments: This color isn't real great in CP. Because of the
lack of light
reflection/refraction, the gray doesn't come out very fully
and the final
color in CP ends up being more of a gray.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Coral Mica
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Peach
Comments: This color goes a Peach in CP soap.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Gold Sparkle
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Gold/Yellow
Comments: This color gives more of a warm yellow tone as
the sparkles don't
show up nearly as well in CP as they do in MP; however, it
is a
sophisticated glowing yellow and not as flat as a yellow
oxide
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Copper Sparkle
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Brown/Copper
Comments: This doesn't stay as copper as I'd like it in CP
soap (again, the
lack of light reflection in the CP soap) but it makes a nice
warm brown.
It's excellent as a thick swirl - the copper seems to show
up better there.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Shamrock Green
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Orchard/Pink color
Comments: The color actually turns out to be quite romantic
but doesn't
stay green in CP soap. It takes approximately 24 hours to
develop into the
Orchard color.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Red Mica (Cellini Red)
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Orange/Red
Comments: This color reacts differently depending on how
much you use. You
will start out with a shocking red color and over time, the
color may fade
to more of a coral/peach/orange color.
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Cellini Blue
Supplier: Bramble Berry Inc. www.brambleberry.com
Type of product used in: CP soap
Final color: Deep purple
Comments: This color is fantastic because it goes a nice
purple without
purple lather. It will take a full 24 hours to develop this
fully so don't
despair if all you see is pink at first!
©2002 Anne-Marie Faiola
Cellini and Violet
Cellini after 1 hour