Herbs Alkanet Root Powder

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.

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.

I make soaps and a little goes a long way. In the first picture, the top, left row the second soap is the lavender I made with this alkanet root. The second picture top right is also alkanet root but a darker soap. You can easily see the purple color in both of them.

Delivery was slow. It is not the shade advertised...more of a brownish rose. But colored my soap oils nicely. Use sparingly. One tsp will color a 6 lb batch of soap. I could've used 1/2 teaspoon!

This product was delivered as described and pictured. It used it in cold process soap making and it turned a grey / very pale purple color. This isn't horrible but just be aware the color may not stay constant.

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.

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.

I ordered this to tint my lip balm I make. It is exactly as expected, came fast enough, packaged in a plastic ziplock type bag. For those using it in cosmetics, this is a beautiful universal natural coloring, and easy to adjust the depth of tint from sheer to deep...my favorite of the 3 I use regularly.