Teach Soap

Hi all, I'm very very new to soap making and all that jazz. Lately I've been interested in making lotion bars because I recently discovered how amazing shea butter is. (Seriously, I've tried everything for my dry skin without success until shea butter) But I was sitting here wondering if you can add colorants to lotion bars. My concern is them rubbing off on your skin, which I would imagine could happen. Ideally I'd like to use activated charcoal or some sort of black or dark colorant, but I'm not sure how much it would bleed in a lotion bar. Anyone ever tried using colorants, particularly dark colorants with a lotion bar, or just have any advice on the subject itself? Also, is there an alternative to beeswax I could use? I prefer to avoid cocoa butter. I love it for my body, but it's not great on my face, so shea and mango would be the only butters I use.

Welcome!
I don't use dark coloring for my lotion bars as it could stain the skin or clothing. You can use candelilla wax at half the amount of beeswax. You can sub the cocoa butter for any other butter like shea or mango.

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