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Information Page for our
Powdered Colorants
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Descriptions of the colors are at the bottom of
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Our colorants are safe for your cold process soaps, Glycerine Soap Base (M & P),
our lotion base, liquid soap/shower gel, shampoo base, hair conditioner, mineral
bath salts, bath bombs and many other cosmetic products. The colorants color products differently.
The color names are for cold process soap. Ask when ordering if you are
using colorants for other uses. Think what color you want the finished product,
and we'll help you choose the best colorant for that particular use.
We carry three basic types of colorants - Iron Oxides, Ultramarines, and D & C
(drug/cosmetic) They come powdered form in plastic jars.
Iron Oxides -
The color names pertain to the color you will get when using them for cold
process soap. Sometimes the colors come out the same in other applications,
sometime not.
Ultramarines
Ultramarines will color everything the same - blue is blue, violet
is violet. No surprises! Oxides and ultramarines
are mined from the earth and are more natural.
D & C colorants
are Drug and Cosmetic safe and are for the most part made from
synthetic ingredients. |
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Tips on using
powdered colorants
Directions for all powdered colorants when using for cold process soap:
Stir until the colorant is thoroughly dissolved into the water. At trace, after you have added your scent to your soap,
add a little of your soap to the dissolved colorant and stir. Add more
until one cup and add when the colorant is completely dissolved, add back
to the rest of the soap, stirring the soap. Remember your soap will be
much lighter than when it has set for the 24 hours. It will be darker
when you uncover it. You will see what I mean when you have worked with
the colorants for awhile.
To marble, put about one third of the
scented soap batch into your mold. Then color the rest that is left in the
pot. Pour into mold going down the middle of the mold and around outer
edge, and then swirl with your spoon. This is like making marble cake.
Marbling works best when you just come to a light trace.
If you are having problems with your soap
being too yellow before you add your colorant and you don't end up with
the color you wanted, you could add Titanium Dioxide. Add about two
tablespoons per 8# batch of soap at trace.
You can also liquefy the powdered
colorants. Put about one teaspoon in a two ounce plastic bottle and add
about one ounce distilled water. Use flip top lid. Shake well and
sprinkle on. This method does not work for cold process soap.
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Colorant Descriptions
Following are descriptions of the
powdered colorants: |
| Avocado Green
Oxide |
This is a medium
green colorant and will color everything a green color. Also called
Chromium Oxide Green |
| Black Iron Oxide |
Black will color
black - but did you know if you added small amounts to other colors it will
deepen them. So you can have more than one shade of your different
colors without buying another colorant!!! Use about 5 to 1 at first
and then to your liking. Like most oxides, it will not work well in bath
salts. |
| Buttercup Yellow
Oxide |
Will color
everything a buttercup yellow. Soft Golden Yellow. |
| Pink Oxide |
We are changing
from Blush Pink to this Pink. Will color cold process soap pink. Will
color opaque melt & pour a pretty pink bubblegum color. Will color
bath salts a brownish color, not pink. |
| Plum Iron Oxide |
This will color
cold process soap a beautiful plum color and everything else will be colored
the same brownish color as the pink oxide above. |
| Terra Cotta Oxide |
Again, will color
cold process terra cotta and everything else more of a brownish, reddish
color. |
| Ultramarine Blue |
A vibrant medium
to dark blue, I've tried it in lots of things and it colored them all blue -
no ugly variations. |
| Ultramarine
Violet |
A true lilac
color. Like the blue - colors nicely. |
| D & C Red #30
Pink |
Will color most
everything a pink color. |
| D & C Red #33
Magenta |
Will color cold
process soap magenta - maybe fuchsia on other applications. |
| D & C Red #40 Red |
This is as close
as we can come to a red color for cold process soap. Will color other
products red. |
| D & C Yellow #5 |
This will color
cold process soap yellow and if you use it very sparingly other things
yellow as well. It's orange in color, but will color yellow.
It's orange because it's so concentrated. |
| D & C Yellow #6 -
Peachy Orange |
This will color
cold process soap orange and if you use it very sparingly other things will
turn orange as well. Use a little Yellow #5 with it to make a more
peachy tone. It's red because it's so concentrated. |
| D & C Green #8 -
Yellow/Lime |
Colors more
yellow than lime. I haven't tried it in cold process soap.
Perhaps that will be more of a lime. |
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