Yikes! What a disaster this morning! So, I wanted a pigmented bath bomb that would also turn the water a more vibrant color instead of a light color. I wanted the water color to stand out. Let me just say that I would NOT use food coloring to attempt to achieve this.....
I know there are a lot of DIY videos and "how to" instructions out there that do use food coloring for bath bombs and that's great IF you don't want a lot of color to your water. Now, I know some of you are wondering why I'm talking about the water and not the bath bomb itself. Well, people tend to like the colors the bath bomb makes in the water. That's most of the fun of when the bath bomb hits the water, fizzes, and makes cool colored bath water. What's NOT cool is having a blue or red tub afterward that won't come off or having pink wash cloths and towels that used to be white and they won't ever come clean no matter how much you wash them (yeah I know you can bleach them but after so much bleaching, clothes start to wear down and using too much bleach can actually eat your clothes up -don't ask me how I know that...).
What's mostly not cool is your skin having blue blotches or pink blotches that WON'T COME OFF for a few washes!! Yeah, that's NOT cool. Now, I know that most micas will transfer to skin or fabric, BUT they usually wash out or rub off and do not dye or stain. That is why they are approved and widely used for making bath bombs and soaps. Some pigments I have noticed may stain wash cloths, but not skin or your tub.
My advice to anyone looking to make bath bombs with food coloring, please, I urge you to use another colorant like a mica or a LaBomb bath bomb colorant. In fact, you can read up on the LaBomb colorants in the Soap Queen blog. The LaBomb colorants are actually a liquid colorant made with Glycerin (vegetable glycerin) instead of water. So, when you use them in your bath bombs, you won't have the fizzing reaction you get when you add water to mold your bath bombs. Now, you can use the lab colors from Bramble Berry, but they are made with water and you actually dilute them with water as well before you color your products. With that being said, I am going to try some bath bombs later on this month with the lab colors I got from Bramble Berry, so I'll update the blog on my findings.
Cheers!
Kristine
