Make Your Own Soap the Easy Way: Your Complete Guide to the Art of Soap Making, Including the Supplies, Lye, Process, Homemade Tips and Soapmaking Recipes by Kelly Kohn

Author:Kelly Kohn [Kohn, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-05-29T06:00:00+00:00

Color

Color is a very important aspect of making our soap look appealing and desirable to use. Synthetic colors have the advantage of providing very vibrant colors. FD & C colorants are very widely used synthetically products. They come in a wide variety of colors, named by numbers, and can be purchased in powder and liquid forms. They have the advantage of being inexpensive and are great for use in melt and pour soaps. FD and C colorings do not work as well in cold process soaps as they tend to be unstable and bleed. Using dyes will give your soap a lighter, transparent color.

Another form of coloring to choose from is pigment. These have been manufactured in laboratories since the 1970s. Although once created naturally, the vast majority of pigments on the market today are synthetic because of guidelines the Federal Food and Drug Administration placed on the safety of these materials. Pigments are inexpensive and work well in all types of soap making processes. They work particularly well for creating swirls, as they do not bleed. Mineral pigments include chromium compounds, ferrocyanides, iron oxides, manganese compounds, titanium dioxide, and ultramarines. Using pigments will give your soap a more intense, full color.

Mica colorants will give soap a shimmering effect. Not all micas are stable in cold and hot process soap making so test a small amount before coloring the entire batch. They come in a wide variety of colors. Although mica itself is natural, coloring products usually have synthetic colorants added to them to provide a strong color coating. They are a more expensive to use and require a larger amount per batch. One way to use small amounts of micah is to paint powdered micah onto molded soap for some added texture and shimmer.

There are several types of natural colorants including herbs, spices, and clays. See below to get ideas on how to achieve your desired color using herbs and spices.

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