A full year exploring natural soap colors — one color family at a time.
The Year of the Rainbow is the 2026 theme inside the Soapy Friends Membership. It’s a guided, year-long deep dive into coloring cold process soap with natural botanicals and clays. If you’ve been wanting to build a natural color palette for your soap—based on real results in your oils and your studio—this is the course for you!
Month by month, we’ll explore:
- Reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, and violets from plants and clays,
- Whites and blacks without synthetic dyes,
- Neutrals and skin-inspired tones and
- Full rainbow designs, plus tints and shades of a hue chosen by the club.
You’ll get:
- Step-by-step video lessons &written guides,
- A printable Rainbow Color Log to track your botanicals, suppliers, and notes,
- Live sessions where we set up infusions, make test batches, and troubleshoot together,
- A library of color tests (and soap design tutorials).
Explore the Natural Soap Colors We’ve Made So Far
Each month we explore a new natural color family in cold process soap. Here are the colors we’ve explored so far.
How to Make White and Black Soap Naturally
Why Is It So Difficult to Color Soap Purple? Alkanet and Natural Purple Soap Alternatives
Natural Green Soap Colors: Why They’re Tricky and What Makes Them Work
Choosing the Correct Indigo for Natural Blue Soap
Natural Yellow Soap Colors in Handmade Soap
Natural Yellow Soap Color: Turmeric Color Tests in Cold Process Soap
Natural Orange Soap Colors in Handmade Soap
Carrot Purée Soap: Natural Yellow to Orange Soap Color
Why Natural Red Soap Colors Are So Hard to Get Right (And What Actually Helps)
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“Kandra’s knowledge of colors and how to blend them is amazing. She is also very attentive during her live courses and answers questions with lots of extra information.”— Anny Stober
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“Kandra explains things in a way that makes everything finally make sense. I’ve learned so much and my soap has improved tremendously.”— Sandy Ruhlman