atiz
Well-Known Member
So, I'm not a mica kind of person, or rather, have not used any because didn't think it was necessary and I also liked experimenting with natural colorants. (I only make soap for myself + occasionally friends.)
But recently a friend asked me to make her some lavender soap, and I thought it would be fun to have some purple in it. While I love madder and alkanet root, they are a bit unreliable when it comes to predictable and lasting color. (With alkanet I have had all kind of mixed luck so far ranging from military green to blue and yes, to purple.)
I would rather not order micas just for one batch of soap. I make quite a lot of handwash and other syndet things for myself, and have some lake dyes for those. Would lake dyes work in CP soap? Has anyone tried them? I have my dyes from TKB trading and they are extremely potent at least in syndet products. (By 'extremely' I mean you need about 3 miniature sized bits of powder to color 16 oz of liquid.)
I'd be curious to hear of any (good or bad) experience.
But recently a friend asked me to make her some lavender soap, and I thought it would be fun to have some purple in it. While I love madder and alkanet root, they are a bit unreliable when it comes to predictable and lasting color. (With alkanet I have had all kind of mixed luck so far ranging from military green to blue and yes, to purple.)
I would rather not order micas just for one batch of soap. I make quite a lot of handwash and other syndet things for myself, and have some lake dyes for those. Would lake dyes work in CP soap? Has anyone tried them? I have my dyes from TKB trading and they are extremely potent at least in syndet products. (By 'extremely' I mean you need about 3 miniature sized bits of powder to color 16 oz of liquid.)
I'd be curious to hear of any (good or bad) experience.