Ok, I'm at the point where I am ready to start coloring my cp soaps but I'm not sure what to use. It looks like the choices are Fd & C coloring, micas, clays. I really need some advice about these. What is the difference between them? Are they expensive? How are they used? And then, what supplier do you recommend? I have already spent a bundle because of inexperience and am hesitant to buy anything without knowing who, what, etc? Can you help?
I need some help with choosing colors
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I love labcolors they are very easy to use and you can get consistent results
I also love using alkanet powder , for a deep purple.
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I also love using alkanet powder , for a deep purple.
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ChrissyB
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Some "natural spices" are known irritants to the skin. Not everybody's skin, but some. Cinnamon is one of them.
I like using pop mica's for colour, because they give you the colour that you want (except for strawberry, it goes orange), and Liquid Brites for CP, they are easy to use. I think you have them as Lab Colours over there.
Oxides and ultramarines can take a bit of getting used to, and everybody has a different way of using them, mixing with water or oil before adding at trace. I have ultramarine pink and no matter how i use it I always end up with a greyish purple. Go figure.
Clays can add wonderful colour to soap, at the same time as adding the lovely properties of the clay. Rose clay will give the soap a lovely dusky pink colour, there are other colours of clay like green, blue, yellow, white.
When I first started messing around with colours, I used melted crayons. I wouldn't recommend doing this if you are going to sell your soap because that would be a labelling nightmare, and I definitely thing proper soap colours are far superior, but it gave me some colour to play with while I was waiting for my soap colours to come. I used crayola brand crayons which are made out of stearic acid, which some people add to their soap anyway, so I figured they couldn't be that bad. I didn't have any reaction to them in any way. I have also heard of people using candle dye chips. I don't know what they are made out of so can't help there.
I guess it all depends on what type of colour and effect you are trying to achieve.
I like using pop mica's for colour, because they give you the colour that you want (except for strawberry, it goes orange), and Liquid Brites for CP, they are easy to use. I think you have them as Lab Colours over there.
Oxides and ultramarines can take a bit of getting used to, and everybody has a different way of using them, mixing with water or oil before adding at trace. I have ultramarine pink and no matter how i use it I always end up with a greyish purple. Go figure.
Clays can add wonderful colour to soap, at the same time as adding the lovely properties of the clay. Rose clay will give the soap a lovely dusky pink colour, there are other colours of clay like green, blue, yellow, white.
When I first started messing around with colours, I used melted crayons. I wouldn't recommend doing this if you are going to sell your soap because that would be a labelling nightmare, and I definitely thing proper soap colours are far superior, but it gave me some colour to play with while I was waiting for my soap colours to come. I used crayola brand crayons which are made out of stearic acid, which some people add to their soap anyway, so I figured they couldn't be that bad. I didn't have any reaction to them in any way. I have also heard of people using candle dye chips. I don't know what they are made out of so can't help there.
I guess it all depends on what type of colour and effect you are trying to achieve.
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I prefere the Liquid Brites for CP. They give a beautiful colour.
I am really enjoying my ultramarines and oxides for colour although I just got a Lab Colour in to play with....
I just used activated charcoal to colour a batch, and it blended well and contrasted quite nicely. BUT DONT make a slurry with coconut oil and stick it in the microwave - I did that thinking that I would make it runnier and easier to blend in and it caught alight. People on the forum suggested that I gently warm it up on the stove.
I often drink Hibiscus and Rooibos tea - it turns the water so red, it's almost purple - gonna try infusing that in a wee bit of sunflower oil and see what happens.
My gran used to use Tumeric to turn rice into a emoticon shade of yellow - maybe that will work as well. I reckon spirulina and ground seawood might do as well,
I often drink Hibiscus and Rooibos tea - it turns the water so red, it's almost purple - gonna try infusing that in a wee bit of sunflower oil and see what happens.
My gran used to use Tumeric to turn rice into a emoticon shade of yellow - maybe that will work as well. I reckon spirulina and ground seawood might do as well,
Yes tincanac they do....... surf girl did a post that shows how they color here> http://soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewto ... experiment
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