Herbs Alkanet Root Powder

I bought this for coloring my soap. I really like the quality of the powder, and it mixes well and gives good coverage for coloring. Makes a nice deep purple color, which I used for my lavender soap.

Alkanet root is used for another application for making Red oil. Red oil is used for bringing out the figure in walnut gun stocks. This process is an old school process that was use on old double Purdey's and British side by side rifles . Your powder has taken months off the original process. The original recipe required Alkanet root soaked in boiled linseed oil for 6 months. Your powder I soak in boiled linseed oil for only one week and it's good to go. Thank you for such a time consuming product.

It looks red/maroon, but in cold process soap it actually turns a dark greyish purple. Still beautiful and natural, but if you are looking for red/maroon this isn't for you.

Bought this for use in cold process soaps. I never get consistent results, and it never comes out red or purple like I've seen other people get. Mostly I get brown. The quality of the product is fine. I just dislike the inconsistent results.

I used it to tint my homemade lip balm a dark red. Because it is balm, and not lipstick, the color ends up being sheer but vibrant

I am giving this product 5 stars because the product is 100% as described. HOWEVER, I make homemade lip balm and lipstick with all natural ingredients and thought this would be perfect to create a red color. THIS DOES NOT DISSOLVE--it just cakes together into chunks. Bummer. But, for everyone else that doesn't create cosmetics, this product is totally as described & ships fast.

This alkanet root powder gave both my hot process and cold process soap a lovely shade of purple. The hot process was more consistent and darker while the cold process had some spots but was still pretty. I would recommend this to someone and remember, a little goes a long way with this!

I received this product today. When this package arrived, I thought it was a small sandwich bag of potting soil. It smelled like dirt and it looked like dirt. I mixed it with water to see if maybe my vision and sense of smell was off, and it was surely dirt. The color didn’t change, it remained the brown color it was. I thought to myself that I should complain but thought again and said I wouldn’t. This was only $4.97, it was a waist of $4.97. I would not suggest that anyone else purchase this product. It is not alkanet powder, I received a 1oz bag of dirt.