Making Soap From Scratch: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Natural Handmade Soaps by Summer Vautier

Author:Summer Vautier [Vautier, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780615847986
Amazon: 0615847986
Publisher: Thrive Press
Published: 2013-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

Liquid Colors

Liquid colorants are pigmented colors used by many soap makers. The pros for liquid colorants include convenience and ease of use. They are also readily accessible from soap suppliers locally and online. The main con for using liquid colorant is the actual coloring quality. The colors tend to slightly fade during saponification. This is particularly true with cheaper liquid color brands.

Oxides

An oxide colorant comes in powder form. It is made in a lab to ensure cleanliness and purity; however, oxides are exactly duplicated from natural minerals once mined from the Earth. Micas and oxides are the only colorants approved by the U.S. Federal Drug Association for soap making. The only con for oxides is that they can be a bit messy, due to the powder. But the pros are many! Oxide powders stay very true to color. You can easily blend colors. If you want to lighten a color, you can blend in a bit of titanium dioxide too. Titanium dioxide can be used to whiten the soap if you are using ingredients that naturally create a tan bar.

One important tip for oxides is to wet the powder by blending in some oil or soap base before you add it in to the main mixture. Let it dissolve. If you skip this step you'll have little clumps of color in your soap instead of even color throughout.

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