Is it okay to add food coloring to bath salt
By venshida
@venshida (4836)
United States
June 26, 2010 7:10pm CST
I finally made bath salt, and I wanted to put some in my booth at the flea market. However, I wanted to color the salt, and read somewhere to add food coloring. I am thinking the food coloring is not safe. If you have made bath salt, did you use food coloring? If not what did you use?
4 responses
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
27 Jun 10
If food coloring is safe to eat by putting it in food, why would you think it's not safe to put in something you'll add to bath water?
I have no idea how food coloring would work with bath salts, meaning how it would mix up and turn out, but I can say with a fair amount of certainty that it wouldn't be dangerous or harmful in any way.
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
27 Jun 10
Ah, different story altogether.
I have no idea, and I'm not even sure how you could test something like that. Bathtubs are made from various types of material, so it might stain one and not another.
@reansforte (2)
• United States
10 Dec 10
I have never had any problems with the food coloring staining my tub. It does not stain the skin so I do not see how it would stain something like a tub.
@jugsjugs (12967)
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28 Jun 10
When i was at school alot of years ago that was now,we used food colouring in bath salts and that was always a great gift to give to people no matter what time of the year aswell as what thyeir age was.My grand parents never came to any harm and neither did my parents.We eat food colouring, so yes it is safe.
@reansforte (2)
• United States
10 Dec 10
Hello, I make bath salt to sale and to give as gifts. I always use food coloring in mine and I have had no problems or concerns. When you add the food coloring to your bath salt and it gets on your hands or clothes it does stain, but in the bath salt and in the bath water it is diluted to the point that it does not stain. I would think that it is safe. After all we do bake with it and it does not hurt us. The soap coloring just is not as pretty as the food coloring and the neon is the one that I use the most. Hope this helps!!!
