Natural soap making How to make cold oil plant infusions for coloring your soap by Chass wf

Cold Oil Plant Infusions –
I buy my olive oils from Costco
I get my Colorants from Anne George Fabric https://www.annegeorges.com/collections/natural-dye
These are some the most used colors I use personally.
Paprika – I purchase from a health food store, buy fresh and not old spices that have been sitting on a shelf forever. You will get oranges and I have seen some people get reds.
Indigo – Blues Indigo is very strong, and you do not need much to get colors.
Alkanet Root – Purples for best results is to make sure your batch goes through gel stage.
Annatto Seeds – You can sometimes find this as health food stores. YOu can also use the entire seed to infuse.
Himalayan Rhubarb – Hot Pinks – You do not want to shake the bottles before using this. You want the top yellow oil.
When using infusions, do not shake the bottle before use. Use the top oils. Fill your glass containers 20-35% full of plant materials and the rest with a light colors liquid oil. The first few weeks, shake your bottles once a day. Some infusions can be used with in 14 days, but may be weak. I like to infuse 4-8 weeks. I make them and leave them in a dark cupboard.
Plant colors will fade more that synthetic colors. Best to store finished bars in a cool dark place.

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