Natural Dyes For Handmade Soaps

2024 Author: Mabel Warren | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 16:20

Without resorting to chemical dyes in the soap making process, you can give the soap bright and rich colors.

• The spices turmeric and saffron will give the soap a yellow color.
• Ground calendula flower petals give a golden orange color.
• Ground chamomile flowers - beige and yellow.
• Sea buckthorn oil is a bright orange color.
• Carrot and sea buckthorn oil - orange tones.
• Use chocolate to give the soap a brown tint. To do this, add finely chopped chocolate pieces to the base before melting.
• Cocoa gives the soap a light brown color.
• The crushed rose hips give the soap a shade of light brown to deep brown.
• If you want to give the soap a gray, dark gray or black hue, use activated charcoal, which must first be crushed.
• Ground coffee and coffee grounds give the soap a dark brown to black color.
• Chopped dill and parsley add a green hue.
• Henna powder colors the base from olive to rich gray-green and brown.
• Parsley gives a light green color.
• Cucumber is green.
• Cinnamon or poppy seeds.
• Honey gives a golden-beige caramel color.
• Use beets to make the soap pink and red.
• Red or pink clay gives a reddish brown hue.
• Rosebuds and rose hips color the soap pinkish and pinkish brown.