Colouring soap with natural ingredients will yield more muted tones than artificially coloured commercial soaps. Some natural colourants also offer additional benefits, such as exfoliation and antioxidants.
Alfalfa Leaf Powder
Colour: Medium green
Benefits: Relieves fatigue, muscle tenderness, pain and inflammation
Alkanet Root Powder (infuse in oil)
Colour: Purple, Blue or Pink depending on amount used and alkalinity of soap
Annatto Seed Powder (infuse in oil)
Colour: Yellow to orange
Benefits: High in bixin (a potent antioxidant)
Beetroot Powder:
Colour: Red to Violet
Benefits: High in many important minerals and micronutrients
Black Walnut Hull Powder – Wild Crafted
Colour: Adds purple to black specks
Benefits: Great for exfoliating
Calendula Flower Petals
Colour: Yellow streaks
Benefits: Antibacterial and immunostimulant
Calendula Petal Powder
Colour: Yellow
Benefits: Antibacterial and immunostimulant
Carrot Root Powder
Colour: Yellowish orange
Benefits: Contains beta carotene, High in phytonutrients
Chamomile Flowers Whole
Colour: Beige to Yellow
Benefits: reduce swelling and inflammatory discomfort, congested neuralgia, or facial swelling caused by abscesses
Chamomile Blue Essential Oil – Bulgarian
Colour: Light green
Cocoa Powder
Colour: Brown
Benefits: High in antioxidants
Cornflowers Whole
Colour: Bright Blue Specks
Benefits: Toning and firming properties
Elder Flowers Whole
Colour: Light Brown
Benefits: High in antioxidants
Hibiscus Flower Powder (infuse in glycerin or oil)
Colour: Pink
Benefits: Natural source of alpha-hydroxy acids
Kelp Powder
Colour: Green
Benefits: High concentration of iodine
Maddar Root Powder
Colour: Pink to Deep Red
Benefits: Anti-inflammatory
Morroccan Red Clay
Colour: Brick Red
Benefits: Draws out impurities in the skin
Paprika Ground
Colour: Orange
Benefits: Rich in Beta-Carotene
Pumice Ground
Colour: Gray
Benefits: Exfoliating
Rosehips Powder
Colour: Burgundy to Brown
Benefits: High in Vitamin C
Spearmint c/s
Colour: Green to Brown
Benefits: Anti-inflammatory
Vanilla Bean Specks – Organic
Colour: Black specks
Benefits: Exfoliating
Woad Powder
Colour: Various Shades of Blue; Caution – can stain!
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