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.

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!

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 is the good stuff, but it is INCREDIBLY pricey. A very nice product, but--my fault--I was surprised by how small a quantity 2 oz is, and for the money and my purposes, this is not a very good value. I bought it in a pinch to use as a soap colorant because I needed some fast. Would not buy again from this supplier, but if you only need a small amount or want to use the alkanet medicinally (?? is that a thing??) or to dye something small, this is a nice quality.

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.

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 used this to infuse in boiled linseed oil and rub into walnut gun stocks to get that deep red color found on old English rifles. There are plenty of imitations out there but this is real and finely ground root of excellent quality. I don't know what the other herbal uses are but it worked great for my needs.