| Goat milk soap has many interesting characteristics. | | | | For a yellow-orange tint, try Turmeric powder. Like |
| Many people seek it out because of the feel and the | | | | many of these natural colors this one is somewhat |
| properties the milk seems to lend to soap. Another | | | | subtle, but very distinct. |
| plus to the soap lies in the color. Make it in what I | | | | Similar to Spirulina is Kelp. Except with kelp you get |
| consider the right way and you automatically get a | | | | more of a pale gray-green shade. It really is more |
| colored soap, that sets it apart from soap made with | | | | gray than green. |
| water. | | | | Annatto Seed shows up in commercial products as |
| Make goat milk soap without controlling the heat of | | | | coloring often. It produces a light yellow-orange. This |
| the lye and milk reaction and you get a burnt brown | | | | one works better by soaking the seeds in a portion |
| color. That's the look of milk soap that you may | | | | of the base oils and then using that oil in the soap |
| expect, but not me. I want my finished uncolored | | | | rather than adding the ground up seeds to the |
| soap to have an almost ancient ivory color, just the | | | | almost finished soap. |
| slightest tan. You get that beautiful color by keeping | | | | Beet Root Powder produces a long-lasting muddy |
| the lye and milk mix cooled as you add lye to milk. | | | | yellow color. These yellow tints really look cool and |
| If you want other colors in your milk soap, that's | | | | work best if the base soap is a lighter tint and not |
| easy to do too. You can use any of the pigments | | | | really dark to start. That's another reason to carefully |
| available, but I prefer to skip the high tech bright | | | | make your soap and avoid the burnt milk dark brown |
| pigments and go for the natural source colors. Here | | | | color. |
| are a few I use and what to expect form each. | | | | Another plant material used to tint the base oils is |
| Rose hips powder is a favorite and you can expect a | | | | the Calendula Blossom. Soak blossoms in oil and then |
| pinkish color with this plant material. There are several | | | | use the oil in making soap to get a light yellow. |
| ways to use this powder. My favorite is to add a bit | | | | Finally, why not color with Paprika? Get red-orange |
| to just a small amount of you mixed soap just after | | | | tints with Paprika powder added to the almost |
| trace begins. Mix it well and then add that to the | | | | finished soap liquid. Bright and long-lasting, Paprika red |
| soap. That makes it much easier to get a good mix | | | | goes well with any number of soap fragrances. |
| rather than trying to mix powder in a whole big batch | | | | If you want goat milk soap with natural colors, try to |
| of soap. | | | | keep the uncolored soap lighter colored by controlling |
| Another interesting material is Spirulina powder which | | | | temperatures. One great option for colors in soap is |
| of course is a type of algae. As you may expect, | | | | the great variety of natural materials that produce |
| this gives you a green, really quite bright color, that | | | | colored soap easily. |
| holds well for a long time. | | | | |