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Alfalfa Powder by Bekka Fetcho
I decided to do an oil infusion for my soap. It just seems whenever I add any thing directly to lye water the color is sure to morph to some shade of brown due to the heat. If I want to do an herbal or additive tea, I short my water for the lye up front, and add the deducted amount of previously steeped water before trace [after the lye water mixes really well with the oils, fats, and butters].
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Alkanet Root Powder by Vicki Swaim
I used .20 oz in 2 oz of oil - used the double boiler method and let it steep for 3 hours this was a very dark purple when I mixed it up but it did lightened up some.
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Annatto Seed by Ellen Peacock
I infused 2 Tablespoons of Annatto Seeds in 6 oz of Oil and used that oil in the recipe. I think that this one to will give a lighter yellow with less herbal infused oil.
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Barley Grass Powder by Anita Reeves
2 heaping teaspoons added at trace.

Had to add 2 heaping teaspoons as one hardly changed the color of the raw soap at all.  Don’t really like the color.  It looks like split pea soup, or the GERBER peas I used to feed the kids when they were first introduced to smushed foods!  This may be psychological in regard to my liking the color, as I don’t like peas!!!  Maybe if I said lima beans it would be better, as it resembles that color too.
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Carrot Powder by Vicki Swaim
I added 1 teaspoon of carrot powder to the lye water and it did turn a bit of a dark orange but once added to the oils it did not keep its color - so then I added 2 teaspoons directly to the soap (that’s where the specks come in) 
I also Infused in boiling water - did nothing, infusing the carrot powder into the oil did nothing I do not know if letting it sit for a while may change this but I infused using the double boiler method for 3 hours and did not get a  color.
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Elderberry by Ellen Peacock
I made a tea with the elderberries.  I put 2 Tablespoons of elderberries in 2 ounces of water and added this at trace.
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Fenugreek Powder by April McCart
1 ounce added at slight trace.

For the fenugreek powder, I started with 1 Tablespoon and kept adding because it was not changing the color of the raw soap at all.  I ended up using the entire amount you sent and the raw soap was still a very light yellowish color.  I did not think it would color the soap at all.  I was very surprised when I took the lid off the mold.  The soap is very dark.  You can see the specks from the spice in the soap though.  That part I like.  It also does NOT smell good at all.  That part I don’t like.
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Ginger Root Powder by Kathy Noland
I added 2 teaspoons of powdered ginger root at trace and ¼ teaspoon after cook.
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Green Tea by Dawn Jones
My soap was the green tea powder. I think the bottom label said that I added it at trace. I thought I added quite a bit, because it was dark and looked to be like milk chocolate pudding. I made a 4 pound batch, because the experimental batch looked too puny. I also blended it quite a bit, so it may have been why it was so hard. The batch I made before was more of a green. It changed so much in color as it set up. I used a new mold that was wooden and had a lid on top. Unexpectedly, it set up in about 10 hours. It was much harder to cut and had a mind of its own.
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Hawthorne Berry Powder by Ellen Peacock
I added 1 teaspoon per pound of oils at trace.  I probably should have added more.
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Hibiscus by Cynthia Mann
For the hibiscus we brewed a tea using 1/4 ounce flower with 8 ounces of water and used a juicer to press excess water from the flower petals.  We cooled to room temperature.
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Logwood Powder by Ellen Peacock
I added 1 teaspoon per pound of oils at trace.  Which is really too much, but the soap looked really light in color at trace.  This stuff will fool you so go lightly with it.
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Madder Root Powder by Anita Reeves
1 heaping Teaspoon added to the oils just before adding the lye
water.  I was pleasantly surprised with the color.  It looks like Strawberry Ice Cream!!  With the color of the powder I was expecting a red oxide look.
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Osage Orange by Ellen Peacock
I boiled about two tablespoons of wood chips in about 2 cups of water, let it cool and strained it.  I used a portion of that water for the lye water.  Hindsight says I should have used more.
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Parsley Powder by Kathy Roudybush
Added 1 teaspoon in 1 pound bath at trace.
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Rhubarb Root Powder by Cindy Morrison
1.5 teaspoons per pound of oil added directly to lye water.  Color intensity grows as soap ages.  The soap is a lovely burgundy/cranberry color.
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Safflower Petal Powder by Cathy Osborn
In the light yellow colored soaps I used 1 teaspoon mixed with oils and added at trace.  In the darker soaps I used 2 teaspoons mixed with oils and added at trace. (both are per pound of oils)
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Spirulina Powder by Ellen Peacock
1/2 teaspoon of Spirulina was used per pound of oils in this soap recipe.  The soap is a bit dark, but the lather is still creamy and white. A hint of blue may be seen when the soap is first cut into bars, but that hint of blue quickly disappears.  What you end up with is green soap.  And the green color of the spirulina seems to last a very long time.
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Tomato Powder by Cynthia Mann
Still waiting on soap notes for tomato.
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Turmeric Powder by April McCart
1 Tablespoon of turmeric powder added at slight trace.  This turned a very lovely honey color.  Nice and smooth in the soap but you can see teeny tiny specks here and there.
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Wheat Grass Powder by Cindy Morrison
1 teaspoon per pound of oils added directly to the lye water.  Soap is a tan color.