Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80)
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Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80)
Sale price$10.75
About this additive
This ingredient helps incorporate lake dyes into liquid soaps and bath bombs. It acts as a dispersing agent, helping to mix oil products into water products without separation, so pigments and fragrance oils blend evenly instead of floating on the surface or clinging to the tub. A small amount goes a long way, and it's a staple for anyone making bath bombs, bubble bars, or other bath products meant to color the water.
Using lake powders? Each one's page has its use rate, and you can browse them all in Dyes & Lakes.
How to use it
- Measure your oils.
- Measure Polysorbate 80 at half the amount of your oils. For 3 teaspoons of oils, use 1½ teaspoons.
- Stir the Polysorbate 80 into the oils until they are fully blended.
- Add your lake or fragrance to the blend and mix well.
- Mix the blend into your bath bomb ingredients as your recipe directs.