Using camwood for natural colouring

[Noire]

Hi, new soap maker here. I recently got camwood powder and I want to know if anyone has used it as a natural colour for their CP soap. Does it maintain the red colour or does it turn brown when it reacts with the lye?
How do I use it in the recipe?

 

[Dawni]

I think barks, roots and woods in general do give color to CP soap.. There's cinnamon, madder, alkanet, red sandalwood (the real one)... so I'd try one small batch. Maybe as an infusion, or if its fine powder add it to batter.

I've never seen soap with only camwood as a colorant but I know they add it in the African black soaps which range from brown to almost black. They use it in face masks too so I'm assuming it's safe to use in soap at relatively higher amounts (unlike cinnamon).

Hopefully it does give you a shade of red, I'm guessing maybe towards maroonish. I'm looking forward to your tests

 

[Noire]

I think barks, roots and woods in general do give color to CP soap.. There's cinnamon, madder, alkanet, red sandalwood (the real one)... so I'd try one small batch. Maybe as an infusion, or if its fine powder add it to batter.

I've never seen soap with only camwood as a colorant but I know they add it in the African black soaps which range from brown to almost black. They use it in face masks too so I'm assuming it's safe to use in soap at relatively higher amounts (unlike cinnamon).

Hopefully it does give you a shade of red, I'm guessing maybe towards maroonish. I'm looking forward to your tests

Thank you, I'll try making small batches