My Soap Turned Pink

[SoapyMama4992]

Hello! New here and new to CP Soap making. I made a batch tonight with coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil, EO Cedarwood, EO Fir Needle. I added blue oxide for color and after a few minutes it turned my batter a grayish pink. Any idea what happened here? I have the hardest time with recipes that are scented with EO's.

 

[psfred]

My first batches of HP high lard soap turned pink using Egyptian Dragon FO, and I think it was a combination of the FO and the preservatives in the lard. Next batch of lard makes pretty white soap except for the FO's that discolor.

I don't know if cedarwood EO discolors, but I'd guess off the top of my head it or the fir needle is the source.

So I have nice pretty pale pink bath soap, not exactly what I planned, but it's nice soap. Sorry you were planning on blue though.

The pink may fade as the soap cures too, although that may leave you with blue on the edges and purple in the middle. Always a surprise making soap, I think....

 

[Obsidian]

Where did you get your colorant? Is it soap safe? Some colors will morph into odd shades.

 

[SoapyMama4992]

I found them on Amazon. They were marketed for soap making and had good reviews.

 

[Obsidian]

Marketed for cp or melt & pour? I only buy colorants from soap supply companies that test the colors so they know how they behave.

 

[Arimara]

Marketed for cp or melt & pour? I only buy colorants from soap supply companies that test the colors so they know how they behave.

This. I rarely trust reviews. Unless that product had well over 200 reviews (like 500+ reviews) I would not trust that product at all.

 

[SoapyMama4992]

Where do you recommend buying oxides for CP Soap?

 

[Nevada]

I found them on Amazon. They were marketed for soap making and had good reviews.

Did you run the reviews through http://fakespot.com/?

 

[Kittish]

There are a number of reliable suppliers for CP soap colorants. Brambleberry, Bulk Apothecary and Nurture Soap are three well known ones. I'll be ordering a whole slew of micas from Nurture in the next couple of months, lots of them are made with mineral pigments, not artificial colors.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Did you run the reviews through http://fakespot.com/?

Cool! Thank you!

 

[shunt2011]

I too highly recommend Nurture Soap Supplies or TKB Trading for colorants. There's also Mad Micas that some use. The key is using reputable companies.

 

[Cellador]

I have used cedarwood many times in my soaps, and I've never had discoloration. I haven't used fir needle, however.

I agree with others that it may be the colorant.