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salt solution

Brine Design: Salt In Soap
15 Nov 2021

Brine Design: Salt In Soap

by Clara | posted in: Auntie Clara's Blog, Blog Post | 37

Salt makes coldprocess soap appear opaque and therefore lighter in colour. Brine (Nacl salt solution) can be used as an alternative to synthetic brighteners like titanium dioxide and zinc oxide.

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Clara Lindberg is passionate about making soap. Originally from Helsingfors in Finland and now a happy resident of Somerset West, South Africa, she is soapmaker-in-chief and creative dynamo at Auntie Clara's Handcrafted Cosmetics.

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