colourants

Demythifying the myths: Water soluble, liquid colourants don’t fade easily!

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I saw a DIYer sharing seriously incorrect information about the colourfastness of water-soluble, liquid colourants – like Lab Colours, Stained glass, and so on – saying they don’t last long in bubble baths, body washes, shampoos, and other surfactant based products, which couldn’t be more wrong. These are colour-fast colourants that work with surfactants in...

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Testing lip balms & lotion bars with esters!

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As part of our ester series, Emrys and I have been testing many different lip balms and lotion bars with solid esters to check their pour temperature, colour pay off, skin feel, flavour oil retention, prettiness, and more. Solid esters used in place of butters can increase colour deposition and may feel less greasy, more silky,...

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Weekend Wonderings: What kind of colourants would we use for shampoo or conditioner or liquid soap?

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In this post, Can I use BTMS-25 in a solid conditioner?, Baby Kat asks: Very interesting point. So far, I have always used btms 50 and it works well for me. I wanted to ask, what kind of colorants would you recommend to add to shampoo/conditioner/liquid soap? I find it more appealing when the color of...

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