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Natural Colorants for CP
soap
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Test pots 23/5/2013 were made
in white soap (75 % olive/ 25 % coconut oil) taken out of
moulds and photographed on 24/5/2013 and again 2 days later
to show colour development. Colorants were added at the rate
of
1 tsp ppo (per pound of oils)
This exercise is ongoing and new samples will be added and
posted on the Soaping 101 Study Hall Facebook page, Cold
Process Soapmakers Facebook page.
NOTES: Tandoori Red is a powder foundin an Indian grocery.
I have been informed that it is E123.
Indian Black Salt is a volcanic salt with sulphurous
undertones.
Star Anise Wood is the pods of the star anise that has had the
essentially aromatic seeds carefully removed.
The wood is ground in a coffee grinder until it was fine.
The Wilton Ti O2 was a bottle found in a cake decorating
supplies store. It is emulsified in water and glycerine.
Aduki or adzuki beans are found in groceries.
Please FACEBOOK any other suggestions to add to my next
list of experiments.
Thanks Susi Messenger
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SoYummmy Candles and Soap
Adelaide, South Australia
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NATURAL COLORANTS DAY 2
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NATURAL COLORANTS
Color Morphing
Natural colorants have been proven to change under the
influence of pH in cold process soap making, time and
temperature.
On Day 4 after making the above sample pots , I cut the
samples in the middle and exposed the core of the colorant
after 3 days had elapsed. There are some comparison images
between two similar colorants or their colourings. Hope this
helps you in some way in your soap making adventures.
Susi@SoYummy
Some omissions have been made from Day 2 to Day 4.
Any samples that created too much colour during lather was
discarded , these being food colourings that were garish and
appeared very artificial in the extreme.
Any errors are unintentional and are blamed on
the early or late hour. 
Let me know if there are any errors and I can fix them up.
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NATURAL COLORANTS DAY 4
ADUKI BEAN POWDER DAY 4
ANNATTO INFUSED OIL DAY 4
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ANNATTO POWDER DAY 4
BEETROOT POWDER PLUS TITANIUM DIOXIDE DAY 4
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BEETROOT POWDER DAY 4
BENTONITE CLAY DAY 4
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CHARCOAL DAY 4
CINAMMON AROMA IS VERY FEINT JUST A LIGHT BASE
NOTE
CINAMMON DAY 4
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COMPARISON ANNATTO OIL INFUSION AND ANNATTO POWDER DAY 4
COMPARISON PINK CLAY AND RED CLAY DAY 4
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COMPARISON WHEAT GRASS POWDER AND SPIRULINA POWDER DAY 4
FRENCH GREEN CLAY DAY 4
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FRENCH PINK CLAY DAY 4
FULLER’S EARTH DAY 4
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PUMICE DAY 4
HIMALAYAN SALT DAY 4
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ADDS INTERESTING BASE NOTE OF SULFUR TO THE SOAP
INDIAN BLACK SALT DAY 4
KAFIR LIME OIL INFUSION DAY 4
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NATURAL COLORANTS DAY 4
FRENCH MOROCCAN RED CLAY (RHASSOUL) DAY 4
PUMICE DAY 4
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PURPLE YAM POWDER DAY 4
SAFFLOWER WHOLE DAY 4
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ADDS A BASE NOTE OF SANDALWOOD TO THE SOAP
SANDALWOOD POWDER DAY 4
SPIRULINA POWDER DAY 4
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ADDS A BASE NOTE OF STAR ANISE TO THE SOAP
STAR ANISE WOOD DAY 4
TANDOORI RED DAY 4
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TUMERIC POWDER DAY 4
WHEAT GRASS POWDER DAY 4
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NATURAL
COLORANTS
WHITE KAOLIN
CLAY DAYDAY
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