colour in kids soap

[dleonard]

what is the best product to use in a kid soap, food colorant or mica powder

 

[Saponomancer]

Food colour isn't FDA approved for use in cosmetics and also a lot of times morphs, bleeds, and stains.

 

[lisamaliga]

Mica is the best colorant for soaps.

 

[shoresoap]

MICA! Beautiful in clear soap. I recommend Mad Micas located in FL. They are great, fair and friendly folks

 

[lisamaliga]

shoresoap,
Mad Micas has a wonderful selection. Nice stash of colors you ordered! Have fun making beautiful, sparkly & colorful soap. The bars shown in your photo are lovely!

 

[jod58]

Has anyone used cake frosting colorants?

 

[artemis]

Has anyone used cake frosting colorants?

I expect they'd behave like any other food color. Some disappear entirely, but some morph in interesting ways. I had a teal shade of food coloring turn into the most brilliant purple. I have heard they can stain your wash cloth, though.

 

[jod58]

Ty for your help!

 

[Obsidian]

If you are looking for colors without having to order something, check out loose eyeshadow. They are mostly micas and oxides and color CP quite nicely, I imagine they would work fine in m&p.
I went with the cheap .99 powder from the grocery store.

 

[earlene]

If you are looking for colors without having to order something, check out loose eyeshadow. They are mostly micas and oxides and color CP quite nicely, I imagine they would work fine in m&p.
I went with the cheap .99 powder from the grocery store.

That wasn't my experience. I tried eyeshadow in CP soap one time when I was traveling and the lye pretty much negated the color altogether. Even the one that seemed like it made a faint color, faded completely before the soap was done curing.

Maybe you used different brands. What I used was the cheapest stuff I could find at WalMart.

 

[Obsidian]

I used pink and green rimmel brand. Held the color great and was very pretty, too bad it crackled so badly.