Soap colorants

Adding color is one of my favorite parts of the soapmaking process. Color in soap can convey different places, scents, themes or moods. If you prefer to keep your soap as natural as possible, there are a wide variety of colorant options. Various clays, herbs, botanicals and powders can give soap surprisingly vibrant hues. If …

Learn how much turmeric powder to add to your cold process soap recipe. The tests also demonstrate how to make and use a turmeric oil infusion.

Creating your own soap is one of many satisfying (and potentially money-making) activities you can engage in while homebound during quarantine time. Customize homemade soaps by adding fragrance, dried flowers, or color to them. But how do you add your preferred hues? To add color to homemade soap, use skin-safe liquid dye or colored blocks...

dowel about 1/2 inch into the top of the soap. Beginning in the top left-hand corner, make a figure eight pattern through the soap, working your way across the mold.

Cold-process soap recipe using woad powder to naturally color the soap blue. Measurements are in weight and a single batch makes five to six bars. Technical information: 1lb / 454g batch -- 5% superfat -- ~34.5% lye solution

You can make so many different colors of soap using various herbs and clays from the earth! Find out how to use natural clays, herbs, spices, and other additives for color and texture in your own handmade soap. Making soap is so fun, especially if you are choosing natural ingredients. And they are way more healthy for you! #health #handmade #soap #natural #clay #herbal #howtomake #colors #healingharvesthomestead

Soaps using natural colorants are free of artificial dyes. The colors produced are typically more earthy. Perfect foe those looking to use less artificial ingrediants on their skin.

I wanted to see what natural powders would do to color my soap, these are my results.

In this tutorial I’ll take you step-by-step through how to color your handmade soap naturally wiht herb and spice infused oils! This method is easy and works very well for most natural colorants when coloring your handmade cold process soap. Infusing oil helps to prevent the grainy or speckled look you may get when you add spice or herb powders to traced soap! We’ll go over both the cold infusion and heat infusion processes. Click through to the blog for the instructions! Happy soaping!

Although I identify myself as resourceful, I never believed I was a true member of the Do-It-Yourselfer Club. Making my own toothpaste? Concocting a face mask I could eat? I’ll pass. That is, until I ran out of my favorite lotion one exceptionally cold morning and was left with a spare jar of coconut oil stored away in a kitchen cabinet. After a quick Google search followed by a messy ten minutes, I realized that my skin felt way more moisturized and softer than when I resorted to my…