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I have not used it, but have read and found butterfly pea flower interesting.
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Indigo can be tricky. Here's a video using two types of indigo, showing differences in color shades with the two types. There are several other references around that go into how to choose which indigo to purchase to get the result you want and other ways of preparing the indigo as well, so tricky.

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For more on indigo, if you want to perfect your methods, search for posts by [USER=1971]@curlycoat2[/USER] who happens to be the author of a reportedly excellent e-book (I really should get around to ordering-I sometimes procrastinate) on using natural colorants in soap. Below are a couple of her posts that you might find useful:

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<blockquote data-quote="earlene" data-source="post: 947695" data-attributes="member: 20849">I have not used it, but have read and found butterfly pea flower interesting.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://lovelygreens.com/butterfly-pea-flower-soap-recipe/[/URL]Indigo can be tricky.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a video using two types of indigo, showing differences in color shades with the two types.&nbsp; There are several other references around that go into how to choose which indigo to purchase to get the result you want and other ways of preparing the indigo&nbsp; as well, so tricky.[MEDIA=youtube]9fLjGuLwNKA[/MEDIA]For more on indigo, if you want to perfect your methods, search for posts by [USER=1971]@curlycoat2[/USER] who happens to be the author of a reportedly excellent e-book (I really should get around to ordering-I sometimes procrastinate) on using natural colorants in soap. Below are a couple of her posts that you might find useful:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/what%E2%80%99s-the-madder-with-my-madder.75340/page-5#post-797671[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/the-indigo-and-jagua-blues.75531/page-2#post-797674[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="earlene, post: 947695, member: 20849"] I have not used it, but have read and found butterfly pea flower interesting. [URL unfurl="true"]https://lovelygreens.com/butterfly-pea-flower-soap-recipe/[/URL] Indigo can be tricky. Here's a video using two types of indigo, showing differences in color shades with the two types. There are several other references around that go into how to choose which indigo to purchase to get the result you want and other ways of preparing the indigo as well, so tricky. [MEDIA=youtube]9fLjGuLwNKA[/MEDIA] For more on indigo, if you want to perfect your methods, search for posts by [USER=1971]@curlycoat2[/USER] who happens to be the author of a reportedly excellent e-book (I really should get around to ordering-I sometimes procrastinate) on using natural colorants in soap. Below are a couple of her posts that you might find useful: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/what%E2%80%99s-the-madder-with-my-madder.75340/page-5#post-797671[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/the-indigo-and-jagua-blues.75531/page-2#post-797674[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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