Natural Colorants

[candicec003]

Has anyone tried using blue cornmeal as a colorant in cp soap? if so, how did it turn out?

 

[Arimara]

I have never used cornmeal in any soap. It also might not come out as intended. Blue can be a tricky color to get.

 

[shunt2011]

Also, it would be a bit scratchy for anything but a hand soap.

 

[earlene]

I have not used cornmeal of any color in soap, but once the lye hits the organic material, it changes. Although you can get blue cornbread using blue cornmeal (according to recipes I see online), lye is a completely different story when it comes to chemical reactions.

I suggest you try this:

Mix up a very small amount of lye solution and add blue cornmeal to the lye solution and see if the color blue remains in solution after it has sat for a few hours. Cover the container of course. That should give you a clue as to weather it will remain blue in the presence of lye.

 

[Spice]

For blue I use indigo, I get it from here: http://www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/natural-dyes-from-plants-and-insects.html?lnav=dyes.html
When I make blue soap, any left over blue, I put in a bottle and add it to my whites, its great for whites. Sparingly.

 

[BrewerGeorge]

Also, it would be a bit scratchy for anything but a hand soap.

Definitely, it would be super-scratchy.