Vanilla Stabilizer & TD

[Candybee]

Those who use VS do you also sometimes use TD in the same soap? I wasn't sure this was a good idea or bad one.

[Jcandleattic]

Yes, I do all the time. I have never had TD stop discoloring but or VS make a soap white, but the opposite holds true for both of them IMO So I use them in conjunction with each other for soaps that I want to be white. 

[chuck_35550]

I don't like vanilla stabilizer. I just don't. TD does an adequate job if properly mixed but using fos with little or no vanilla has been the best way to go. There's nothing wrong with a light or chocolate brown color but for swirling you need a light contrasting color. I'm in that stage of not wanting a bunch of chemical additives in my soap. Obviously you can get fos that can be used for both soaping and candles but I find that its rare for an fo to be strong in both categories. I'd rather use a fragrance which has been formulated for use in the one medium but that's just me. I know that most of these additives are natural based but so far this approach works better for my soaps.

[Candybee]

After several years of making CP soap I made the decision to start using VS for those FOs that are good sellers for me but discolor. I had always wanted to do more than just make a brown or discolored soap that smelled good. I wanted it to have pretty colors and swirls too. So that's why I finally decided to give it a try.

 

So using VS is still pretty new to me. So far I am loving that those soaps I could never make before with beautiful colors and  swirls I am now able to do so.

 

TD alone in those same soaps did not allow for the colors I tried so hard to make. So for me the VS works and now I want to use both TD and VS in a couple of soaps I have in mind.