I think you nailed it!Thank you! I was aiming for a super soft billowy looking top like you did on a recent soap. I’m getting closer.
I think you nailed it!Thank you! I was aiming for a super soft billowy looking top like you did on a recent soap. I’m getting closer.
I will have to look for that video. I don’t know anything about red palm oil as a colorant.It sure does make it difficult for labelling if the company doesn't list the colorant. I only buy white for this reason. 3Cay lists there's being colored with color from borututu but many companies say it's natural. A while back I watched a you tube video on it. The woman explained the coloring of shea and added just a bit of red palm to show how shea is colored. I'm in Canada and we can use a symbol ( "+/-" or "±" or the phrase "may contain) followed by the colorant ingredient. So maybe something like "± borututu, red palm or turmeric" at the end of your label would work. If theses companies won't share the information on what they've added or having the shea tested for additives it could be a way of protecting yourself. I've not yet ordered from 3Cay but I really like that they share what's added to their shea.
True African Shea is yellow unless it's been refined.I had heard about the Yellow African Shea Butter Soap many times but never had it. It has Shea Butter as the main ingredient. Shea butter is an off-white or ivory-colored fat that has been extracted from the nuts of the Shea Tree in Africa. Shea Butter is mostly used in the formation of cosmetics in the cosmetics industry for skin and hair. Shea Butter incredibly nourishes and moisturizes skin with the help of the concentration of vitamins that it has in abundance.
Well, friend Thanks for responding but I know true African Shea is yellow. But the Shea butter that in an off-white or ivory-colored fat is used in skincare products to make skin soft and fight acne.True African Shea is yellow unless it's been refined.
You can be sure that is not all that is used to add to the yellow color, no matter what Soaper's Choice tells you.I asked Soaper's Choice about this since I bought the yellow shea butter from them. They replied "The yellow color is achieved by way of a native root by the name of cochlospermum tinctorium." and included the following image.
I have. I have used smoked and regular ol' paprika to infuse "light" olive oil many times, always using 1 tbsp per 500g of oil, just because I like intense colors, and what I found was that without gel, all I got was at most a very dark tan.@Obsidian Have you tried paprika? I think it’s just ground up dried red peppers. I made any infusion but then never tried it...
Can you please send me the dealer address or contact number.Thank you for the compliment I appreciate it.
But I doubt you will get an answer to your shea and it is very possibly Kpangnan they most likely do not know since they purchase from suppliers. Who are you going to email? Just curious. They even add more color to Kpangnan. Much of the shea, when it gets here is melted down and strained, not refined since it is being sold as raw, and I doubt you find surprises in the container shea. I honestly have never purchased butter in those containers since I only buy bulk from importers. My butters come in the original boxes from Ghana, so when I call that I want to pick some up I get whatever they have been sent. It is all nice.
This particular product is sold for use on skin, so I assume it has “passed the test” for consumer use, especially given the volume of sales through Walmart.
Sorry, I do not have any dealer information. I retired from soapmaking when covid hit so no longer buy in bulk and sadly, my supplier went out of business around the same time.Can you please send me the dealer address or contact number.
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