Formula: 718 Difficulty level: beginner Shelf life: min 12 months Phase Ingredients Total 90 gr A M&P soap base White 84 gr A Madder root powder 2,5 gr B Allantoin 1 gr B Geranium Bourbon essential...
Madder root powder
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Description
Madder Root Powder - For reddish, salmon, or mahogany highlights in natural hair dyeing.
Madder Root Powder is obtained from the ground root of the Rubia tinctorum plant (madder), traditionally known as a source of natural red dyes (alizarin, purpurin). Used in natural hair dyeing, it imparts reddish, salmon, or mahogany shades or highlights, depending on the initial hair color. It is also suitable for coloring soaps and other cosmetic products.
Unlike henna powders, it is almost always used in a blend rather than as a standalone hair colorant.
Ingredients: Rubia Tinctorum Root
Technical Characteristics
- Appearance: Reddish-brown powder, characteristic odor
- Solubility: Miscible with water (dispersible; an aqueous macerate/infusion is recommended to extract pigments).
- Quality: Typical composition: glycosides (alizarin-glucoside, purpurin-glucoside, rubiadin-glucoside), free alizarin (responsible for the red color), chlorogenin, alkaline salts, sugars, pectic substances.
- Indicative dosage: 1-50%
Properties and Benefits
- Botanical ingredient for natural hair coloring.
- Imparts a salmon or reddish color to light-colored hair.
- Brings mahogany or chestnut highlights to darker hair.
- Leaves hair soft and shiny when used in the recommended blend with henna.
Applications
- Coloring hair mask, blended with other hair powders (neutral henna, blonde henna, red henna).
- Coloring agent in creams, gels, lotions, and hygiene products, used as an aqueous macerate or infusion.
- Soap coloring - as an infusion or as a powder added at the end of saponification (trace).
Formulation Guide
- For hair: Combine with a henna powder (neutral, blonde, or red henna) in a general 1:1 ratio. Used alone without henna, madder root powder has very weak adherence to the hair shaft and tends not to stay on the hair during application. The final result varies significantly based on natural hair color - a strand test is recommended prior to full application.
- Form a paste with warm water, following the preparation instructions of the respective henna.
- Preparing an infusion: Add 100 ml of boiling water to 10 g of powder, stir, and leave to infuse for up to 15 minutes; filter, allow to cool, and transfer the filtrate to a clean bottle. Incorporate the infusion into the formula immediately or preserve with 1% Cosgard for later use.
- For soaps: The infusion can be used as the liquid for dissolving lye; for a more intense color, the powder can be added directly at trace (it may give a slightly abrasive texture to the soap; for a smooth result, infusing/macerating and straining out the powder prior to incorporation is recommended).
Usage Safety and Storage
- Profile: Safe ingredient with good skin tolerance.
- Precautions: External cosmetic use.
- Storage: Store in a closed container in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
Details
Code
D-1300
Categories
Status
Natural compliant
Suitable for
bath, cosmetics, hair care, soaps
Skin care
Cleansers, Masks, Serums, Toners
Body care
Creams Emulsions
Hair care
Coloring, Hair conditioners, Shampoos, Solid shampoos
Hygiene
Cleansers, Shampoos, Shower gels, Soaps
Solubility
miscible in water
Storage
in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight
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I ordered this powder to color an oil. I liked it has a f fine texture which favored the extraction of the compounds.
I used this powder for coloring cold processed soap. It has an excellent intense color, the color of the soap comes out very beautiful.
I haven't used it yet. I will use it to color the soap. They sent me 2 pieces instead of one and I am sure I ordered 1. I will be very careful from here on out.
I have used it to color soap, it colors very nicely, in a pale red and gives a slightly abrasive texture. If you don't want the abrasive effect, infuse the oil with the powder, warm, and then strain.
I combined it with the reddish henna and am thrilled with the result. I didn't find that it changed the consistency of the resulting paste, but I will mention that I was giving it water without following any proportions. I added until I got the desired consistency. I left it overnight to macerate and had no problems applying it to my hair the next day, nor did it run. I'm going to keep experimenting with the blush/henna proportions until I get the desired shade.
I used this wonderful Roibă powder to make Geranium & Allantoin soap (according to the recipe on the Elemental website). I got a fantastic soap. Thank you Elemental!!!!
Soap only. This powder is a very excellent tool for coloring and healing hair, but only dark. Mine are light, so I use them only for making soap in a cold or hot way.
Although I combined 50% roiba with 30% red henna and 20% blond henna, it has NO stickiness. It was awful to apply, I smudged all around. I think the problem is also that the grind of it is not fine enough, it should be ground to 1/3 of the actual size. I only give 2 stars because it picks up the color pretty well, though.
From my testing, this is a water-soluble dye. Oil infusion does not work for soaps, better to mix directly into soap or into water.
On a natural dark brown hair, I combined with neutral henna and water, but after 4h no difference. The brown was more intense :))).which didn't bother me at all. But it was a hard 4 hours :)))))))
I bought the powdered roiba to dye my mom, who I've been dyeing for a few years with reddish henna from Elemental's Elemental offering, wanting to get a deeper shade of red. I used 40% roiba powder and 60% red henna. It was very hard to apply, it doesn't adhere to the hair at all. So we are going to go back to dyeing with 100% red henna which is very easy to apply and which we are very happy with.
I have used it without combining it with henna as recommended in its leaflet, for hair coloring, but it has the consistency of wet sand and simply doesn't sit on the head.Instead it is excellent for dyeing Easter eggs (ro, ruby red or gorgeous mahogany depending on the boiling time or natural eggshell hue.
FF pleased with this product, as I wrote in the henna reddish henna review I used together with this henna powder 2 sachets of henna . The only drawback is that it has a much stronger odor than the henna even cloying ( my sensation was that it smelled like manure) at first and it is not as smooth as the henna powder.