How to get a natural baby blue color in soap making?
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Blues can be tricky. As can indigo. How about Titanium dioxide with the indigo? Or is that not natural enough?
@Mobjack Bay has made beautiful blue with clay, but she worked very hard to process the clay
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/clayscapades-purple-brazilian-and-blue-cambrian-clay.88280/https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/purple-brazilian-clay.88205/#post-944487
I have also seen good results using woad.
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/clayscapades-purple-brazilian-and-blue-cambrian-clay.88280/https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/purple-brazilian-clay.88205/#post-944487
I have also seen good results using woad.
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The palest blue in this soap was achieved using ultramarine blue and TD. For the darker blue layers I used more ultramarine blue relative to TD and also added unprocessed blue Cambrian clay which made the speckles and toned the blue down a little. If you’re trying to get a light blue shade with light blue mica, my suggestion is to use the maximum recommended amount of mica, especially if your base soap is not white.
I have not used it, but have read and found butterfly pea flower interesting.
https://lovelygreens.com/butterfly-pea-flower-soap-recipe/
Indigo can be tricky. Here's a video using two types of indigo, showing differences in color shades with the two types. There are several other references around that go into how to choose which indigo to purchase to get the result you want and other ways of preparing the indigo as well, so tricky.
For more on indigo, if you want to perfect your methods, search for posts by @curlycoat2 who happens to be the author of a reportedly excellent e-book (I really should get around to ordering-I sometimes procrastinate) on using natural colorants in soap. Below are a couple of her posts that you might find useful:
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/what’s-the-madder-with-my-madder.75340/page-5#post-797671https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/the-indigo-and-jagua-blues.75531/page-2#post-797674
https://lovelygreens.com/butterfly-pea-flower-soap-recipe/
Indigo can be tricky. Here's a video using two types of indigo, showing differences in color shades with the two types. There are several other references around that go into how to choose which indigo to purchase to get the result you want and other ways of preparing the indigo as well, so tricky.
For more on indigo, if you want to perfect your methods, search for posts by @curlycoat2 who happens to be the author of a reportedly excellent e-book (I really should get around to ordering-I sometimes procrastinate) on using natural colorants in soap. Below are a couple of her posts that you might find useful:
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/what’s-the-madder-with-my-madder.75340/page-5#post-797671https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/the-indigo-and-jagua-blues.75531/page-2#post-797674
I haven't tried a green iron oxide as yet but the supplier claims it works well in CP soap. There is a Blue iron oxide that may work as well. The link is to Amazon:
https://smile.amazon.com/UMID-Cosme...igment，Cosmetics+Grade&qid=1660487712&sr=8-11
I hope it helps. I plan to try the green iron oxide I purchased when it arrives.
https://smile.amazon.com/UMID-Cosme...igment，Cosmetics+Grade&qid=1660487712&sr=8-11
I hope it helps. I plan to try the green iron oxide I purchased when it arrives.
