I've been experimenting with natural dyes with my soaps this past week. Usually I won't add anything to colour the soaps, just going au naturel which is beautiful in it's own. But I'm liking the natural colourants and will be using them often (while still keeping a balance with uncoloured soaps as well).
Here's the 3 soaps I made this week that used natural dyes:
The first is Basil Lime that I used clorophyll to do a nice green swirl on a lighter green base. I used essential oils of basil and lime to create a earthy herbaceous and peppery citrus soap. It wasn't at all what I was expecting when I made it last night but I do love it! It's a great soap for men and women.
The middle soap is a Lavender made with lavender essential oil, lavender buds and alkanet root that was infused with olive oil. The colour turned out amazing! It was a bit tricky to do this soap as I had to make two batches at once while keeping them both at the same consistency. It turned to a heavy trace quickly which made swirling a bit difficult but I love how it turned out!
The bottom soap is Harvest Moon and it's a blend of eucalyptus, rosemary and cedarwood essential oils and a bit of organic rosemary sprinkled on the top. I used turmeric to create the orange/yellow swirl and am really pleased with how it came out although I think I could have used a bit more turmeric.
Next on my list is a Peppermint Patty that uses real cocoa powder for both scent and a chocolate swirl and clorophyll for a green swirl to represent the peppermint.
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