Everything you wanted to know about colouring and weren't afraid to ask |
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Not a day goes by without me receiving three or four mails asking about
which colours to use with which products. Here are all the details: |
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The liquid colours in the dropper bottles are used for: |
| Farmhouse soap to obtain pastel results |
| Farmhouse glycerine soap |
| Glycerine soap tubes |
| Liquid soap |
| Bubble bath |
| Shower gel |
| Water based lotions |
| Bath Mousse |
| Soap Gel |
| Shaving soap |
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The powder colours are used for: |
| Bath salts |
| Bath crystals |
| Bubble-Doh |
| Soap-Doh |
| Fizz Bop |
| Bath Snow |
| Salt Pebbles |
| Bath Fizz |
| Fizz Bombs |
| Bath Tea |
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The powder dyes are used for: |
| Farmhouse soap for bright/dark colours (dissolve in hot water first) |
| Bath crayons |
| Happy pills |
| Bath products which require the bath water to take on colour |
| Bath Tea |
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Oil soluble colours in dropper bottles are used for: |
| Oil based lotions |
| Body butter candles |
| Soy wax candles |
| Gel candles |
| Wax candles |
| Lip balms |
| Lip gloss |
| Oil based scrubs |
| Bath Oils |
| Whipped body butter mousse |
| Whipped body butter |
| CP and HP soaps for a pastel effect |
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Oil soluble powder colours are used for: |
| CP and HP soaps (dissolve in hot oil first) |
| ALL candles ((dissolve in hot oil first) |
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Mica colours and oxides are used for: |
| Any product that requires natural colouring |
| HP and CP soaps (only the purple and blue mica hues do not perform) |
| Natural makeup |
| Lip balm |
| Lip gloss |
| Eye shadow |
| Bath Salts |
| Bath crystals |
| Bath Snow |
| Bath Fizz |
| Fizz Bop |
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Soap paints are used only for painting on soap |
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Neon colours are used in ALL soaps and liquid soaps |
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Which colours are natural: |
| Micas |
| Oxides |
| Clays |
| Beta Carotene |
| Charcoal |
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Natural colouring agents for CP and HP soaps you may have at home: |
| Turmeric |
| Paprika |
| Cocoa powder |
| Charcoal |
| Tea |
| Coffee |
| Henna |
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