Adding Natural Colorants

Adding Color
  • Spoon out a bit of soap at trace to mix with color and then swirl in to soap after it is poured into a mold
  • **Or, mix and steep in an oil before use (if this is the best method, it will be mentioned below)

Black

  • Activated Charcoal – adds black to grey or bluish color, depending on concentration.  Some coarse brands add an element of exfoliation as well.  Great for acne.

Brown

  • Cinnamon – while cinnamon oil burns the skin, cinnamon powder adds a nice light brown color.  Some people are sensitive to it though.
  • Beet Root Powder – grey to brown color.  It does not keep it’s beautiful pink color.  A lot of colors are changed in coming in contact with lye.
  • Cocoa powder – light to dark brown, depending on concentration
  • Cloves – dark brown
  • Coffee – use instant coffee to produce dark brown specs.  It is exfoliating, but will not smell like coffee.

Green

  • Spirulina – This is a blue-green algae used as a supplement by people. It makes a pretty green color.
  • Chlorophyll– also adds a green color.
  • Comfrey Leaf – **can be infused in oil or added at trace.

Purple

  • Alkanet Powder – Good option for acne.  It will make everything from a deep purple to a bluish purple.  **It needs to be steeped in oil before adding at trace.

Yellow

  • Calendula Powder – calendula has a lot of great medicinal purposes, makes a pretty yellow, and can also be added as a flower instead of powder.  The flower will give your soap yellow spots and streaks.
  • Turmeric
  • Ginger – muted yellow

Red

  • Moroccan Red Clay – This makes a beautiful orange/red color and also draws out impurities of the skin..

Orange

  • Paprika – **best infused in oil and then the excess strained out.  Makes a pretty orange color.
  • Turmeric

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