Pure Dyer's Alkanet Powder (Alkanna Tinctoria) - Natural Textile Dye - 100% Natural Powdered Alkanet - Herbs Alkanet Root Powder (Net Weight 1.76oz/50g)

Purchased to make ancient Roman cosmetics for an art history class. It worked very well and I am using it to dye paper pull and pottery clah

I use this as cold process soap dye, its fantastic! I was a tad worried because it looked a tiny bit gray but it dyed the soap great, and its controllable enough to make somethig artistic. You don't seem to get much but adding a tiny bit will work.

This doesn't color the oil almost at all. It doesn't even look like powdered root... it looks more like they took trim, like stems and stuff, off the actual plant and then ground it up as fine as they could. It isn't powder but more like finely ground twigs. The most important part, though, is that it does not release pigment. Pure, real alkanet root releases a dark red color within minutes of being added to hot oil. This I left for an hour and still nothing but the faintest pink color.

Use this product for soap making!

This was not a powder, had small pieces that would not dissolve.

Good stuff

I purchased this to use as a pigment for lip balm but it doesn’t have one bit of color to it. I tried letting it sit in boiling water to see if that would bring out any color, it did not. Unfortunately it also smells bad so I won’t be using it in tea. It’s basically garbage

I bought product for color, not flavor, sheerness or thickness.Color was not smooth, more like little grains of purple. Difficult to mix

Met all my expectations

I typically use Alkanet Root when producing Alkanet Oil for Gun Stocks, but spotted this powdered Alkanet for sale on Amazon and thought I'd give it a test drive. Careful to wrap securely in lint free cotton cloth I added two tablespoons of the powder to 300ml of Boiled Linseed Oil and waited. The reaction wasn't as quick as I usually find when using Alkanet Root and I initially thought I'd bought a bum batch, but thought I'd give it a while longer as time wasn't the enemy.Alkanet Oil needs to mature for a while once mixed anyway.I waited 24hrs, then lifted my improvised filter (Containing the Alkanet) from the oil and squeezed the "package" to gauge if anything was happening (The oil up to this point remained unaffected by the Alkanet), resulting in a minute red trace appearing. I replaced the package into the oil and again waited another 24hrs.Overnight success (Although 48hrs had passed), with a resulting deep red Alkanet Oil mixture that - when quickly tested - immediately drew into a piece of Walnut, giving an excellent result. Dryers in the Boiled Linseed Oil will cure it and end results depend upon depth of desired colour plus the amount of time the brew is left to mature.I need to experiment more with this new (To me) dye medium, but definitely recommend patience because this isn't money or time wasted and the end result is well worthwhile.

Works well for giving red tint to linseed oil. Great for gun stocks. Keep oil and root in a mason jar in a warm place to get the most colour out of the root. I keep mine on top of the water heater.

I use for soap making and the colour is beautiful!

Works great but did not give the color expected. Next time I will infuse the oil longer to get a brighter pink. Whipped body butter is still pink though.