Description

Alkanet – Alkanna tinctoria or dyer’s alkanet is a very attractive purple colourant that is found in the roots of plants belonging to the borage family. It grows uncultivated throughout central Europe and extends to central Asia and North Africa. The extracted pigment is often used in cosmetics, soaps and pigments.

Use alkanet to produce a grey – purple colour in cp soap. Best infused into an oil of your choice.
15g alkanet into 300g oil for infusion. Use aprox 15% of your oils in your recipe as the infused oil.
Or you can superfat your soap with your infusion 10 -15%. The more you add the darker towards blue/purple you will get.

Alkanet can also be used in wool dying