Labcolors are a unique and innovative soap, lotion and toiletry colorant system offered by Bramble Berry. The Basic 12 can be used to mix ‘n’ match over 100 different colorant combinations, making Labcolors an economical colorant choice. The colorants are FD&C or D&C Dyes, highly concentrated, in a paste or thick liquid form. To use them, they do need to be diluted. If you don’t dilute them, you can end up with unsightly speckles or colors that don’t quite turn out as planned.
Labcolors were not Pre-Mixed
Here is a full primer, complete with photos, on how to properly dilute Labcolors. Have questions after reading through it? Post them and we’ll get you all set up. Labcolors are fun and easy to use. Enjoy!
What You’ll Need
Small bottle of LabColor
4 oz of warm, distilled water
ONE: Warm up 4 ounces of distilled water in a microwave safe container in the microwave for 30 seconds. We’re going for lukewarm, not scalding hot, so 30 seconds should do the trick.
NOTE: Since this blog post was published we have reformulated our LabColors to be better than ever. You can still dilute the small size into 8 ounces of distilled water, but for the best results in you cold process soap we recommend diluting the Small LabColor size into 4 ounces of water. For more information on our new sizes and dilution rates, you can check out this chart:
Small dilutes into 4 to 8 ounces of water
Large dilutes into 8 to 16 ounces of water
Jumbo dilutes into 50 to 100 ounces of water
I’ve got some exciting news! We’re making a couple changes at Bramble Berry to help keep costs as low as possible. As commodities costs continue to rise (has anyone seen the price of milk and cereal lately? Yowzers!), we’ve been putting our thinking caps on to keep prices reasonable for everyone. One of the solutions we came up with, with the help of a select group of customers and their awesome suggestions, is to do away with the smallest size of fragrance oil (our 1 oz. bottles) and instead do a starter size of 2 ounces. This lessens the amount of labor that has to go into each unit and helps us lessen damages in transit by moving towards more standardized sizing. You’ll see this change take effect in the next month or two. But we know that people like to try before they buy, so as always, you can request which free sample you’d like to get in your order (use the NOTES section right after your order) and we’ll do our best to include it (assuming it can be shipped via the method you chose and it’s in stock). We’re also adding some new sampler kits to our line to make sure that you can try even more fragrances before you buy. And don’t forget our ever-popular sniffy program (
