Blue Power Mega Blue Laundry Soap

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Color: Shades of soft gray-green to gray-blue, depending on the color of your soaping oils. Use 1-2 tsp per pound of oils and premix in 1 TBSP distilled water or add to the lye solution. See this Cambrian Blue Clay Soap Recipe I'm glad you brought these to my attention, both plants are hardy enough to grow in my climate. The extracted colors are fascinating.

You can use many ingredients to get soft beiges to chocolate browns in soap. One I regularly use in my own soap is honey. Add a teaspoon of honey to your lye solution, and the heat will immediately caramelize it. Not only does it tint soap a rich fudge brown, but it smells delicious, too. Ingredient Color: Sunny yellow to orange Usage: Use finely grated zest/peel at about 1/2 to 1 tsp per pound of soaping oils as in this Orange Soap Recipe Color: Pale lavender to deep purple. Usage: Though you can add dried and ground alkanet root directly to soap recipes, this tends to result in a gritty texture and dull color. It’s better to make an alkanet-infused carrier oil using around 3 TBSP dried roots per pint (454 g) of liquid oil and then use the strained oil in the soap recipe. Learn more about using alkanet root for deep purples in this lavender soap recipe. Thank you for this post Tanya it was very interesting. Looking at the photo of Woad, I'm almost certain there is lots of that growing wild a hundred yards from my gate. I shall have to investigate. Dissolve the lye (Sodium hydroxide) crystals in the water. In an airy place pour the lye crystals into the water and stir well. I prefer doing this step outdoors when possible because of the steam that will come off it initially. It's not pleasant if you accidentally breathe it in so avoid this by holding the jug well away from you.Color: Muted brown-green. Usage: Stir in as a powder at a light trace. I’ve not used it before, personally, but I’ve seen it used in this way in another person’s r ecipe. Color: Yellow to light orange, depending on the pumpkin or squash variety. Usage: Stir in as a puree in at light trace or add to melted oils before adding the lye solution as in this Pumpkin Spice Soap Recipe

Add at trace: add the natural coloring ingredient after the oils and lye solution in your recipe are mixed together. Puree: soft plant material that is blended into a puree with a small amount of distilled water. Some plant materials, such as carrots, will need to be cooked or steamed first. Others, like avocado, are ready to be mashed up without cooking. Stir purees into soap batter at a light trace. While you're balancing the temperatures of the oil and lye solution, pre-heat the oven to 100°F / 38°C. I find that if I put it on at the lowest setting, this takes only a minute or two. Turn the oven off after and keep the door closed. Mr H. – I had to look that one up but know exactly which plant you mean – It's mainly referred to here as Mahonia and is used in herbal medicine. It's effective in the treatment of skin conditions such as acne and even psoriasis…very cool that it also can be used as a dye!Color: Orange to pink and red – Add powdered to liquid oils or at trace. You can also use an infusion of raw cochineal in your cold-process soap recipes.Using this cochineal soap recipe,you can get a lovely dusky pink this way. Please note that this is not a vegetarian or vegan ingredient. The guide below gives you different options for naturally coloring handmade soap. They are all plant-based or use natural substances like clay and sugars. I’ve collected the ideas from around the web, and when I’ve tried one out and liked it, I’ve shared a link to the recipe in the chart. Though the color guide is for cold-process soap, you could also use the ingredients in hot-process and sometimes in melt-and-pour. Shades, amounts, and techniques will vary. Mineral Pigments and Dyes