SpaceGirl Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Just wondering if anyone has experimented with using cocoa powder as a natural colorant in lip balm. My gut tells me it would be a little gritty but I wanted to see if anyone had tried it out before and could share their experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hi. I have added a few chocolate chips to my balm. Works great and tastes good too. No grittiness either. HTH Ruby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MochaMama Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I've used cocoa powder in coloring lip balm - I mixed it with the liquid oils, then added to the melted "solid" oils. Nice color and and absolutely no grittiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGirl Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 awesome, thanks! I'll make sure to try it and post my results. I've got to make a few "chocolate themed" items for a show in May, and while I can do White Chocolate lip balms with cocoa butter being able to do a nice brown with cocoa powder will be a perfect addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I make a coffee lip balm by grinding coffee to a very very fine powder and mixing with the balm. I then strain the mixture. It turns the balm dark brown and then I add coffee flavor. People love it. You could do that and I think the coffee/chocolate mix would probable sell well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MochaMama Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I make a coffee lip balm by grinding coffee to a very very fine powder and mixing with the balm. I then strain the mixture. It turns the balm dark brown and then I add coffee flavor. People love it. You could do that and I think the coffee/chocolate mix would probable sell well.Oh wow, that's a great idea!!! I could never get brown with the MMS lip colors, so I went to the cocoa powder. But using fine coffee to color with straining of course, sounds like a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I could never come up with a good way to strain so I lost a lot of product but it really was wonderful. I called those balms French Foast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGirl Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Did you try coffee filters? I'm wondering if layering two or three of them might work...??I have coffee butter that I use to make a Java lip balm, but the thought of using coffee grounds for color and even more scent is very appealing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I did use coffee filters and the balm just didn't want to soak through. It would strain a little bit them cool and not drain anymore. I'd smush the cool balm back into the bowl and heat it up again and use a new coffee filter. I'm thinking some kind of screen would work but I don't have anything like that. Maybe one of those gold coffee filters would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGirl Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks Carrie, that's good to know.I do have one of those shallow spoon-like sieves that we use for deep frying -- maybe that might work. It's a pretty fine mesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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