NewlyCreative
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Has anyone had just the FO cause discoloration of the soap lather/residue (ie soap dish) to brown?
I used brambleberry’s hot cocoa and cinnamon FO in a soap made way back last July. It was one of my first FOs and I didn’t realize what 8% vanilla would do!
When I went to use the soap recently the lather was a blech brown. It discolored the soap dish brown, would run brown rivelets when used, was just not good with all the brown.
I thought the soap had gone rancid despite still having a lovely bubble, moisturizing feel, and cinnamony chocolatey scent. I tossed it all.
Then I read that just FOs with high vanillin content can discolor the lather - have you experienced this?
No colorants were used to make the soap. I pulled 20% to not add the FO to and used that to swirl into the FO.
I tossed it so I don’t have pics, and I need to search for the original recipe.
I used brambleberry’s hot cocoa and cinnamon FO in a soap made way back last July. It was one of my first FOs and I didn’t realize what 8% vanilla would do!
When I went to use the soap recently the lather was a blech brown. It discolored the soap dish brown, would run brown rivelets when used, was just not good with all the brown.
I thought the soap had gone rancid despite still having a lovely bubble, moisturizing feel, and cinnamony chocolatey scent. I tossed it all.
Then I read that just FOs with high vanillin content can discolor the lather - have you experienced this?
No colorants were used to make the soap. I pulled 20% to not add the FO to and used that to swirl into the FO.
I tossed it so I don’t have pics, and I need to search for the original recipe.
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