This soap was inspired by a conversation I had with one of my friends on Facebook. It started with “hey, how have you been?” and somehow ended up with “You should think of a soap that is black and pink…idk what it would smell like, but i think it will be kinda cool.”

I thought it sounded like a great idea myself, so I picked a nice, feminine fragrance that I thought smelled “pink” and went to work. I used my regular recipe, pulling out a couple of cups of soap for the black swirl, colored with some activated charcoal. I used several tablespoons of titanium dioxide with some red 33 dye for the base color – just like I did for the water lily soap, only I used more titanium dioxide this time since the fragrance oil had a yellow tint to it.

It looked and smelled great when I poured it in the mold. I couldn’t wait to cut it and see what it looked like!!

Imagine my surprise when I cut into the soap and it was not pink, but white inside! I have no idea where the pink went. It’s all on the outside of the soap. There is only one other time that I had a similar surprise cutting a batch of soap. It was when I made a nice lavender-colored soap with a yellow-toned fragrance. I used titanium dioxide to lighten the color, just like I did with this one. When I cut into my lavender colored soap, it was OLIVE GREEN inside. As I recall, the lavender came back as it cured. So, my best guess is that I will end up with pink and black soap! I only hope so, because I was thinking of naming this one Pink Sugar. I’m going to let it cure for a few weeks and give you an update. I’m assuming it will be ready to sell by June 8th.

Tomorrow I will reveal the new lip butter flavor that I made today! I must say, it’s really good…….