Experiment in alternative coloring.

[TVivian]

A post by Lidyax got me thinking about using alternative coloring in soap. So what I did was made a batch of 1:1 lye water. I then melted eye shadows, lipstick, and the tiniest chip of a green crayon each to about 2 teaspoons of OO. I then mixed each colored oil 2:1 with the lye mixture. If these samples were real batches they'd each be very lye heavy which is what I wanted to see what the lye would do to the color. So far the colors have been stable and stayed the same(not to say they wont change) they've even begun to solidify due to the high lye I'm sure.

These might be a good option for those who have no access to soapmaking supplies and can't afford high shipping charges. Has anyone else tried cosmetics as coloring? Thoughts?


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[Obsidian]

What a fun experiment. I have a fair amount of left over cosmetic that would make nice colors, hope it works.

 

[TVivian]

I just wish I had brighter colors in my old makeup bags haha! I do see a lot of really crazy colored shadows and lipsticks at the $1 stores and am thinking those might be put to good use here.


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[kazmi]

wouldn't powdered makeup contain some micas?

 

[TVivian]

wouldn't powdered makeup contain some micas?

Yup! They're mostly made with mica and titanium dioxide. Crayons are non toxic and made of Pigments and paraffin wax all of which are available from soapmaking suppliers.




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[Obsidian]

I was just at the grocery store so I picked up some jordana loose eyeshadow to play with, I got green and pink. Ingredients are: Mineral oil, BHT, prophylparaben. May contain; titanium dioxide, iron oxides, red 40 lake, ultramarines, blue 1 lake, manganese violet, chromium hydroxide green.

I have a recipe I've been meaning to make, I will use these powders along with my TD to do a three color swirl tomorrow.

 

[TVivian]

I was just at the grocery store so I picked up some jordana loose eyeshadow to play with, I got green and pink. Ingredients are: Mineral oil, BHT, prophylparaben. May contain; titanium dioxide, iron oxides, red 40 lake, ultramarines, blue 1 lake, manganese violet, chromium hydroxide green.

I have a recipe I've been meaning to make, I will use these powders along with my TD to do a three color swirl tomorrow.

Ahh!! I'm excited to see how it turns out! I'm not brave enough to try it in a whole batch yet!


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[Obsidian]

I'm not using any expensive oils and I'll still use what ever I make unless its completely not safe. I read a blog where a soaper used green eyeshadow for colorant and it looked really nice. Not sure how it did long term though.
I will report back tomorrow with the results. I'm curious to see how the lipstick does in your samples. Will they be so lye heavy you won't be able to test wash with them?

 

[sistrum]

I have a bar color swirled with blue eye shadow that's almost 4 years old and still looks great. I can't remember the brand I used but I'm sure it was one of the cheaper ones if I had it! Nice way to test by the way.

 

[TVivian]

No I definitely won't use them. I made them strictly to see how they'd react with the lye. I've tried using gel food coloring in soap and upon adding the lye, the color immediately disappeared as if I had added bleach.


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[TVivian]

I have a bar color swirled with blue eye shadow that's almost 4 years old and still looks great. I can't remember the brand I used but I'm sure it was one of the cheaper ones if I had it! Nice way to test by the way.

That's great to know there's someone who has tried it! .. And that you had success!


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[neeners]

very very exciting!!! can't wait to see results!

 

[Lidyax]

very very exciting!!! can't wait to see results!

Sure is! What a fun experiment!


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[lizflowers42]

How fun! Thanks for sharing your results! I have seen a few people post about using crayons for color...not sure I personally would want to wash with it...just seems...weird to me

 

[Marilyna]

makeup is fine, but crayons, no. The food coloring will work, but it depends on what colors you use.

 

[TVivian]

Here are the samples today.
The plum eyeshadow is now a pretty pink. The dark maroon lipstick has turned a rusty coral. The green crayon is still nice and green, and the eyeshadow which was a sparkly slate blue is now a pale grey. I'm looking forward to trying this in a batch of soap and I think it's a fabulous alternative for those who have limited supply access. The colors did change, but they aren't beige, tan, or cream


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[neeners]

great results! now I feel I will be able to colour soaps!

now i'm interested to see if the suds come out colourful or not...

 

[judymoody]

If you are intending to sell at some point, I wouldn't recommend using commercial makeup or crayons to color soap. If it's for your own use, I don't see the harm in it.

However, purchasing micas and titanium dioxide in bulk on-line (eyeshadow equivalent) is likely to be cheaper than using eyeshadow bought at retail. On-line vendors also should specify if the colorants are skin safe and (in some cases) CP safe. As eyeshadow ingredients have to meet the standard of safe in the eye area, they are probably safe enough for CP.

Lipstick is primarily wax, castor oil (typically) and FD&C colorants and oxides.

 

[TVivian]

If you are intending to sell at some point, I wouldn't recommend using commercial makeup or crayons to color soap. If it's for your own use, I don't see the harm in it.

However, purchasing micas and titanium dioxide in bulk on-line (eyeshadow equivalent) is likely to be cheaper than using eyeshadow bought at retail. On-line vendors also should specify if the colorants are skin safe and (in some cases) CP safe. As eyeshadow ingredients have to meet the standard of safe in the eye area, they are probably safe enough for CP.

Lipstick is primarily wax, castor oil (typically) and FD&C colorants and oxides.

Totally and completely agree! This was just for fun and "lets see what happens". I definitely don't intend to sell any soap I may try this with. I'd feel fine with making my kids a soap colored with crayons. They'd think that was pretty cool I think


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[Obsidian]

I made my eyeshadow colored batch. It was a new recipe and it moved a bit faster then I wanted so I wasn't able to swirl quite like I wanted but the make up didn't seem to cause any issues. The colors are nice, I hope they don't change. This is great for when I need a color right now and don't want to wait for mail order.

I mixed the eyeshadow with a bit of olive oil, might try water next time.

it was so thick I could only swirl the top, didn't want to risk making air pockets throughout the loaf