Colorant?

[bluelilyboutique]

What's your preferences powder or liquid? If so where at. I'm trying to decide if I want bramble berry powder or liquid but if someone had any company that's better in US let me know.

 

[AnnaMarie]

I assume by liquid you mean lab color? If so, I prefer powder colorants. I've had much better success with them then lab colors. The lab colors I've used tend to morph on me which I didn't like. With pigments, clays, and some micas what you see is what you get. I order from BB, but I'm sure there's many great places to order from.
Cheers!
Anna Marie

 

[seven]

I love micas/oxides/pigments. I usually get mine from coastal scents, tkb, or the conservatorie.

With micas, what you see is not always what you get. Some colors dont hold up in high ph, some turn into a totally different color.

 

[lsg]

I usually buy powdered colorants, but you can mix ultramarines and oxides with glycerin and use them later. You will need to shake or mix them up well before using. Wholesale Supplies Plus has some good videos on mixing and using colorants in their Learning Library section.

 

[judymoody]

Lab colors tend not to hold sharp definition in swirls as well as powdered mineral colorants do. The color tends to migrate and the edges blur. For solid color soaps, the lab colors are very nice.

 

[shunt2011]

I have used select shades liquid and powdered. I prefer micas, oxides and ultramarines. I get mine from Nurture Soap Supplies and TKB Trading.

 

[bluelilyboutique]

Yes. I'm still roughly new to soap making and bought a sampler pack of mica & pigments but then saw there was lab colors (liquid) and wondered which was better and which lasted longer.

 

[bluelilyboutique]

On one of my FB groups a lady told me to check out celestial colors. It's all liquid base. She swears by them. So I wanted to get opinions before I purchased anymore

 

[AnnaMarie]

I wrote that with "SOME micas...what you see is what you get". What I like about Brambleberry is that they generally tell you in the product info which micas work well for cold-process soap, so you don't have to learn the hard way. I stay clear from micas that are known to morph. The micas that do hold up such as aqua pearl are lovely and easy to work with- I don't dilute. I just add straight. They also have pictures of soaps done in lab colors, but after a few experiences with that (my rosewood turned blue/purple) I shied away. Pigments are really reliable, but a little bit of a pain in the butt on clean up.
Cheers!
Anna Marie

 

[sherri williams]

I Oder from bramble berry, love my powder pigments

 

[bluelilyboutique]

I seem to like pigments better than the mica. I had a purple mica that looked vivid but to color the soap to reflect that color took twice as much as the pigment it seemed. I haven't tried BB lab colors though

 

[shunt2011]

You will find that some colorants require using more or less depending on what you are trying to achieve. Also, colorants can perform differently from one recipe to the next depending on FO/EO,oils, etc...