Infuse as follows to make a medium purple colourant:
Use less alkanet/more oil for a paler shade.
INCI: Alkanna tinctoria
Infuse 1 to 2 teaspoons of seeds in 100ml of vegetable oil to produce a natural orange colourant that works well in cold process soap. Paler shades down to a light yellow can be achieved by using fewer seeds/more oil.
A spice with a lovely licorice scent. Use in soaps as an exfoliant and for a great zingy aroma.
INCI: Illicium verum
Use instead of talc as a base ingredient in natural body powders.
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INCI: Maranta arundinacea
INCI: Beta vulgaris
INCI: Calendula officinalis
INCI: Matricaria recutita
INCI name: Centaurea cyanus
Exceptional quality, tiny whole flowers
INCI: Jasminum officinale
INCI: Althaea officinalis
INCI: Citrus sinensis
This powder smells wonderful! Use in bath teas, body scrubs and facial masks.
INCI: Mentha piperita
INCI: Rosa centifolia
Popular, mauve-pink buds, lovely for decorating soaps, bath bombs and melts.
INCI: Rosa canina
These tiny seaweed pieces come in paler colours than kelp or bladderwrack. Use in soaps, or grind to a powder to add to clay for face masks.
INCI: Carrageenan
Spirulina is a microscopic blue-green vegetable algae found in tropical oceans.
Infuse 2 teaspoons of Spirulina in 4-5 tablespoons of vegetable oil for a natural green colour.
Can be added as powder to cold process soap, at trace. Suggested dosage - 1/2 teaspoon to a 2kg batch.
INCI name: Spirulina maxima