Rainbow In My Kitchen

My natural colourant infused oils have finally been removed from the water baths after 6 hours.  Yes that's right, 2 hours later than I had planned thanks to me forgetting to turn the hob on and not realizing for 2 hours that the water baths were not getting any warmer!

Anyway, here are the results which my husband think are pretty cool

Infused Oils left to right:
Spirulina, Australian Bush Tomato, Alkanet,
Madder Root, Indigo & Turmeric 

Infusing Oil - Natural Colourants

Ooh,  I'm very excited to share this photo of natural colourants infused in olive oil.  I love the range of colours and hues produced by a variety of herbs, spices and clays.

Later today I plan to test these in my basic soap recipe as I am curious to see if the colours will hold up during the soap making process.  So far I have infused the following colourants:  activated charcoal, ground coffee,  powdered rosehips, calendula petals, cocoa powder, French red clay, parsley, powdered indigo,  turmeric, paprika,  cayenne pepper,  spirulina & cinnamon.