patka Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Greetings! I have come back from a long trip and re-started making soaps. I made a 5-oil recipe: olive, coconut, palm, castor oil and cocoa butter. Scented with essential oils I had used before without any problems. One thing I did differently - I added some sugar to see if I would get more bubbles. I used natural sugar, which has a little tint, not really brown, but not white either. When I made the soap, it was white. When I cut it the next day, it was also white. When I looked at it about a week later, it was a beautiful light orange color. And it has retained that color till now, about another week later. I am not sure what to think of it. The soap seems ok.Has anyone had a similar issue with soap? Could the sugar have reacted in the soap somehow turning it orange? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blest2BAmerican Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Which EOs did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuminousBoutique Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 orange spots or orange all over? IDK, thats never happened to me. The only thing I can think is the sugar, like how goats milk soap turns that pretty orange.. because of the sugar content... but that happens almost immediately. I know it gets a bit darker but to go from white to orange in a week has me puzzled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 My only guess would be the sugar , I have only ever used icing or confectioners sugar . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsngarden Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 The sugar would have shown right away. My thinking is the EO's. natural colors seem to take a bit to true up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 That is so true kidsngarden , I wonder what kind of eo was used . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patka Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 It is nice light orange all over (it is not DOS). I used litsea and orange EOs. I have used orange EO before in a number of soaps without any color though. I think I read somewhere on this board that someone's soap with honey turned out orange color. I wonder if natural sugar would do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuminousBoutique Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 It is nice light orange all over (it is not DOS). I used litsea and orange EOs. I have used orange EO before in a number of soaps without any color though. I think I read somewhere on this board that someone's soap with honey turned out orange color. I wonder if natural sugar would do the same.yep.. thats my only guess too... I use orange EO and never have any color from it in the finished product. Mystery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsngarden Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Hmm...it still doesn't fit that sugar or honey for that matter would wait a week to turn, if anything they are brighter to begin with and get lighter over time. Is it a different bottle of orange eo than before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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