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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:51 am 

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Hi everyone- :P

I am just getting started in all of this.. I got my goats milk soap base this week and 2 EO..

my question is about Color- I know nothing and there is so much out there about all of it I thought I would ask your thoughts

I love the natural look, earthy... colors that look like they came from nature itself
what would you suggest?

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The color from the base will affect your final color. You could try infused paprika in a small amount of oil, then strained out, or a tiny amount of unrefined palm oil. Any herbs that start out green will oxidize and turn brown. So if you want brown that will work.

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thank you


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:02 am 

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If you watch the soap queen TV video on eco-chic soaps that has some good ideas. I love the color that spirulina makes in the goat's milk base, and I like using coffee for an earthy tone (and exfoliating texture). I just tried the activated charcoal and kaolin clay (layered in a black and off-white bar), but it's not unmolded yet so I'm not sure how it turned out. I'll also have to try paprika - great idea Soapbuddy!


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:26 am 

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For brownish earthy color you can also use cocoa powder (a little goes a long way) and I saw coffee mentioned, but you can also use instant coffee if you don't want the grounds in there. Turns soap a nice brown color.

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Tumeric gives you a great yellowy orange too!


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:48 pm 
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And if you mix paprika and turmeric you can make a peach color.

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I love cocoa powder mixed with a little glycerin to prevent clumping. I've also found that a bar made from half honey mp and half goat's milk base is a lovely golden color; half hemp mp base with half goat's milk is a pale green.

I make a soap using a sleeping rabbit mold that's colored with cocoa powder, gold mica and ground oatmeal in a goat's milk base. The cocoa powder colors the soap, while the gold mica and oatmeal settle out into the top of the mold, and winds up looking like actual rabbit's fur. I'm making some more next week; I'll post pics as soon as I unmold them :)

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