I think coconut milk powder turned my soap pink?

[Jibbian]

Edit: Photo added... it's hard to see when the soap is dry though. I REALLY noticed it when I was using the soap in the shower—the inside had definitely morphed pink.

I recently made a plain white soap with coconut milk powder and poppy seeds. It's been curing a couple of months, and I notice that the inside of the bars are slowly turning a peachy pink. Has anyone run into this before? The coconut milk powder has tapioca maltodextrin and gum acacia as additives. Could these be the culprit? Does anyone know if this poses a safety concern? I used a bar without any weird effects.

Otherwise, the recipe was my regular base/process, which normally produces a very white bar of soap.

30% Olive Oil
25% Coconut Oil
25% Palm Oil
15% Avocado Oil
5% Castor Oil
35% Lye concentration w/ distilled water
Citrus Essential Oil blend (orange 10x, grapefruit, lemon, distilled lime, and litsea cubeba)

 

[Zany_in_CO]

 

[Jibbian]

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Hahaha. I added a picture to the original post! For some reason, it's hard to see when the soap is dry though. You can kind of tell when the light shines through it. Super weird!

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Hmmm. Lovely soap. And yes, "weird"! At first I thought "partial gel" but the shape is too irregular for that. My best guess is the Citrus EO blend is morphing...

 

[Jibbian]

Hmmm. Lovely soap. And yes, "weird"! At first I thought "partial gel" but the shape is too irregular for that. My best guess is the Citrus EO blend is morphing...

Thank you! It's nice to use too, so I really have nothing to complain about. It's just so weird. I definitely got a full gel on this one, so I don't think it's that. Maybe it's just an EO thing! This was a new blend for me... , indeed! Thanks for weighing in, regardless.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

'Tis curious. Hopefully others will comment... cross fingers.

 

[Johnez]

Thank you! It's nice to use too, so I really have nothing to complain about. It's just so weird. I definitely got a full gel on this one, so I don't think it's that. Maybe it's just an EO thing! This was a new blend for me... , indeed! Thanks for weighing in, regardless.

This is pretty neat. I want to make a light pink for the ladies in the house. Kinda hope it sticks for you, free color!

 

[Zany_in_CO]

This is pretty neat. I want to make a light pink for the ladies in the house.

Check this out. There's a weed called Yellow Dock that's found just about everywhere in the USA. Once the roots are infused, it makes

RASPBERRY PINK SOAP - YELLOW DOCK

I don't have access to the weed so I buy herbs & spices online here:

https://www.herbco.com/c-2-bulk-herbs-spices.aspx

 

[Johnez]

Check this out. There's a weed called Yellow Dock that's found just about everywhere in the USA. Once the roots are infused, it makes

RASPBERRY PINK SOAP - YELLOW DOCK

I don't have access to the weed so I buy herbs & spices online here:

https://www.herbco.com/c-2-bulk-herbs-spices.aspx

Wow, I'm going to have to go looking for that weed. I love the way this writer writes. I read that shaving soap entry and wasn't even disappointed when it turns out that she had lost the recipe!

 

[uma Naik]

Edit: Photo added... it's hard to see when the soap is dry though. I REALLY noticed it when I was using the soap in the shower—the inside had definitely morphed pink.

I recently made a plain white soap with coconut milk powder and poppy seeds. It's been curing a couple of months, and I notice that the inside of the bars are slowly turning a peachy pink. Has anyone run into this before? The coconut milk powder has tapioca maltodextrin and gum acacia as additives. Could these be the culprit? Does anyone know if this poses a safety concern? I used a bar without any weird effects.

Otherwise, the recipe was my regular base/process, which normally produces a very white bar of soap.

30% Olive Oil
25% Coconut Oil
25% Palm Oil
15% Avocado Oil
5% Castor Oil
35% Lye concentration w/ distilled water
Citrus Essential Oil blend (orange 10x, grapefruit, lemon, distilled lime, and litsea cubeba)

Could it be avocado oil ?

 

[SPowers]

I've used coconut milk powder in several soaps and none have ever turned pink. Curious...

 

[violets2217]

accidently pink soap

This post has some good info, but the cause of the pink was the coconut oil. The pink may go away as it cures... Still pretty soap!

 

[penelopejane]

I have had a similar thing happen and I think it was because I soaped too hot. I soap hot anyway 42*C or 110*F but I think it was a little hotter that time.
It was an indigo soap but it had white chips and the white chips turned, and stayed deep pink. I don't think it is a consistent thing.

I'd be interested to know how hot you soaped.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

I've had pinkish spots every now and then (see e. g. here), most often in recipes that contained cottonseed oil – but for that reason also ROE, that discolours in weird ways (yellow, reddish-brown, olive green, turquoise, grey…). Happened also in recipes without any coconut products at all. Good news: the spots were totally gone after a few days.

 

[penelopejane]

That's great ResolvableOwl.
The discolouration on my bars has remained.

 

[penelopejane]

How much ROE are you using?

 

[ResolvableOwl]

The recommended 30 ppm of carnosic acid, which is about 0.4 g per kg of oils at the concentration of my ROE.