Palette of natural soap colorants - pic heavy

[whisks]

thanks so much for posting the photos, surfgirl!

can i ask where one procures yellow dock root from? a health food shop? and does it possess any qualities which benefit the soap apart from colour?

 

[renaissancemom]

i ordered my yellow dock root online from mountainroseherbs.com as for its properties i would be interested to know this myself, mountainroseherbs says it can be used as a laxative, so i don't know what other properties it has to offer to soap

 

[whisks]

a laxative? oh, it must be very cleansing then?

 

[soap_rat]

Wow, this is great! I, too, love the dock, and I love the tomato soap!

From your mixing description, I guess this was cold process? I was surprised, because I really thought that everything green I added to CP turned brown. Years ago I'd tried spirulina with CP and I remembered it as turning brown, but I guess I remembered it wrong. I know it was mixed with dill or fennel, so maybe the one turning brown mislead me.

Thanks for the info on the carrot juice in the soaps. I will try to find cheap carrot juice, or a cheap juicer. The tomato and carrot juice looks like a nice warm red in the photo, or is it really more of an orange?

How have the soaps held up? Do the higher amounts of vegetable stuff in the soap (carrot, tomato, green pepper) cause faster decay of the soap?

Thanks again for showing us your research!

PS: Whisks--"very cleansing?" very funny!

 

[Honey B]

AWESOME work! (And I LOVE your avatar!) THANKS YOU SO MUCH for these wonderful comparisons. I have a Q, though. What about STAINING the Washcloth??? First time out, I used cocoa powder, and the washcloth
looked very, soiled after. So what do you do about this, or do or did you ever have this problem with your natural colorants? SUCh an amazing research!! (FYI: I was just doing Melt & Pour, so that could have been a factor?
I AM a Newbie, after-all : )