Colouring bath bombs

ohsoap · Nov 4, 2009

Can I use powdered F,D&C colorant?
If so how much?

pixybratt · Nov 4, 2009

Yes, You can. depends on the batch size as to how much.

gekko62 · Nov 4, 2009

I'd love to know about this too. How much is too much? I have powdered fd&c colours,and I want some colour but not enough to stain.Have done quite a lot of searching-every recipe says a pinch,or sufficient to colour,but no hard n fast guidelines...maybe it's just a case of trial & purple tinged skin & washcloths error?? :roll:

ohsoap · Nov 5, 2009

I'm worried about how the powdered dye would react in the water, but since I just realized that I purchased the oil suluble F,D & C... I guess I will have to suck it up and buy something else. No idea what I'm going to use those for!

ohsoap · Nov 8, 2009

I picked up the wilton food dyes and I have to say OMG soooo good, thank you to all the other threads that suggest them. I made candy cane bath bombs last night... unfortunately I couldn't leave well enough alone and decided they needed ONE more spritz... and they warted on me. Oh well, lesson learnt!

gekko62 · Nov 8, 2009

ohsoap said:
I picked up the wilton food dyes and I have to say OMG soooo good, thank you to all the other threads that suggest them. I made candy cane bath bombs last night... unfortunately I couldn't leave well enough alone and decided they needed ONE more spritz... and they warted on me. Oh well, lesson learnt!

They're the gel icing colours aren't they?How do you mix them in ohsoap?Easy to use? We can get these here now but at 7 bucks for 1oz I've been umming and ahhing. :?