Has anyone ever soaped...............

[soapgirl10]

Has anyone ever soaped (CP) Vanilla EO? If so, what was your thoughts on it? I smelled a bottle of it at a health food store yesterday and it smelled just like vanilla extract but it was EO. It was PRICEY too! :undecided

[Jeana]

There are two types of vanilla eo. There is the type that is steam distilled and then there is the type where the beans and insides are infused in a carrier oil. You can make the infused vanilla oil very easily yourself, so it would be much cheaper to try than buying it from the health food store. I think it also smells better, not as bakeryish. I've wondered about this a lot myself. My only concern is if it will smell strong enough with only the infused oil scenting it.

[LuminousBoutique]

I've done Vanilla Oleoresin with milled soap, and it held its scent pretty well. I used .5oz with 2.5lbs of soap, not alot, but it held its scent! I also put some real vanilla bean in it, just slit the bean and scraped it.

[TexasBrat]

I have with Texas Natural Supply's Vanilla 5th dark which is to die for. My soap turned a dark dark brown but soooo yummy!!!

http://www.texasnaturalsupply.com/productinfo.aspx?productid=VAN5EO

[soycrazy]

I have the oleoresin from new directions and I remember mms testing oleoresin in cp and I believe it didn't work that well. Oh wait here is the link http://blog.thesage.com/2010/07/20/vanilla-oleoresin-soaps-evaluations/

[LuminousBoutique]

yeah i dont think CP is a good idea with any vanilla EO/Oleresin, in all honesty. They are so delicate, the heat and lye likely bums it out. With milled it worked pretty well!