Gabriel_Gago
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Hi there!
I know there is more than one thread about colouring our soaps, but i have not found one concerning shaving soaps, so i thought it cannot hurt to start one. =)
I introduced myself yesterday and mentioned my sadness about only finding this forum now because that is a question i had for some time. I make shaving-related products, been selling shaving soaps for some time now with, fortunally, great feedback.
I TRY to keep my shaving soaps as natural as possible, out of my four main recipes only one has animal oils (tallow) and i never wanted to add artificial colours to it. Its just something that usually wet-shavers dont care about, and i should know it, since i'm in this hobby for eight years now.
But, i noticed a german shaving soap that uses a black colorant called CI 77268:1 - Meissner Tremonia. And it looks very nice indeed, his black colour adds a little bit of "luxury" to its appearance.
Now... altough i do know that it is the colorant, i'm somewhat ignorant about this subject, but i do know there are liquid colorants, micas and pigments.
So my question is; how can i make my soap with a nice black colour? Do you think its best to use activated charcoal or other kind of colorant for a shaving soap? Do i "sprinkle" the AC on my soap before of after trace - pure or mixed with water/any other ingredient ?
I make hot process soap, BTW.
Thanks in advance!
I know there is more than one thread about colouring our soaps, but i have not found one concerning shaving soaps, so i thought it cannot hurt to start one. =)
I introduced myself yesterday and mentioned my sadness about only finding this forum now because that is a question i had for some time. I make shaving-related products, been selling shaving soaps for some time now with, fortunally, great feedback.
I TRY to keep my shaving soaps as natural as possible, out of my four main recipes only one has animal oils (tallow) and i never wanted to add artificial colours to it. Its just something that usually wet-shavers dont care about, and i should know it, since i'm in this hobby for eight years now.
But, i noticed a german shaving soap that uses a black colorant called CI 77268:1 - Meissner Tremonia. And it looks very nice indeed, his black colour adds a little bit of "luxury" to its appearance.
Now... altough i do know that it is the colorant, i'm somewhat ignorant about this subject, but i do know there are liquid colorants, micas and pigments.
So my question is; how can i make my soap with a nice black colour? Do you think its best to use activated charcoal or other kind of colorant for a shaving soap? Do i "sprinkle" the AC on my soap before of after trace - pure or mixed with water/any other ingredient ?
I make hot process soap, BTW.
Thanks in advance!