{"id":52904,"date":"2020-01-08T06:48:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T12:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovinsoap.com\/?p=52904"},"modified":"2021-03-29T07:38:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T12:38:58","slug":"natural-color-infusions-for-salt-bar-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovinsoap.com\/2020\/01\/natural-color-infusions-for-salt-bar-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Color Infusions for Salt Bar Soap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I LOVE creating natural colorant infusions to use in my salt bars. The colors come out so bright and vibrant! And because the herb powder is infused, you don’t have the speckled look that comes with adding the powder directly to your recipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Added to trace (left) – Infused (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First of all, if you’re new to soapmaking, you might be wondering, what is a salt bar?!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A salt bar is typically a soap made with 50-100% of oil weight in salt. For example, if your salt bar recipe contains 900 grams of coconut oil then you would use 450-900 grams of sea salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about making salt bars, check out my eBook, Making Salt Bars \u2013 Creating Decadent Spa Bars by Combining Sea Salt and Cold Process Soap eBook + 12 Recipes<\/em>.<\/a> It comes with a free bonus, 7 Salt Soaps for the Face<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since salt bars are typically 80%+ coconut oil, use coconut oil in your color infusion. You’ll need your coconut oil in a liquid state to infuse. Since coconut oil is solid at 76 degrees F, you’ll need to keep it warmed up. When it comes to infusing coconut oil, I typically do a warm infusion, using a water bath. If it is warm where you live, simply place your coconut oil somewhere where it will stay in a liquid state. It is COLD right now in Kansas City, so I have to keep my coconut oil infusion warmed up. Here is what I do! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating Coconut Oil Infusion Using Natural Colorants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Weigh coconut oil into jars. You can infuse as little or as much coconut oil as you want. I added 400 grams of coconut oil to four jars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coconut oil ready for infusion!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 2:<\/strong> Add your powder colorants. Here is what I chose! You can try infusing many different herb powders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n