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I know there have been a lot of questions about vanilla FO lately, but mine is a little different. I'm wondering, will I need a vanilla colour stabilizer if I'm adding the fragrance to a solid coloured soap (clear blue, or opaque red, etc.)? How badly could the vanilla discolour the soap?

Thanks

I would say, clear blue: yes, opaque red: maybe
Vanilla will get dark brown without VCS and eventually turn brown even with VCS.

Best of luck
Brandy

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Linda
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Thanks for the advice. When you say it depends on how much vanilla is in the FO, is there a specific content amount I should be looking for? I fancied making some blueberry and vanilla soap, but I'd hate the blue to turn a....whatever blue and brown makes . the vanilla FO I'm looking at. The seller doesn't list the ingredients, but I will probably email them to find out.

They won't tell you the ingredients to it, most likely since fo's are usually a trade secret.

Some suppliers list percentage-wise how much vanillin is in an fo, which helps you know ahead of time how dark brown it will get. The lower percentage, usually the less it browns.

Also, some other fo's turn soap other colors. I have a blueberry that turns my soap a light blue. Also have some that turn my soaps a lightly yellow, light pink, etc.

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Thanks for that . I might email and see if they'll tell me the percentage for a better idea. The problem is that I'm in the UK, and it seems nearly impossible to find a colour stabilizer - perhaps I'm not looking for the right thing.

Gracefruit.com might carry it.

https://www.soapkitchenonline.co.uk has a noncoloring vanilla fo

Good luck

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

Just got a reply about it. I was told it 'does discolour soap slowly over a long period.' She also wasn't sure about the amount of vanillin in it. Must say I'm impresed with the quick response, but not sure if I should get it. I wouldn't mind if it went creamy or tan, but that might be wishful thinking.

Both thesoapkitchen and gracefruit do have non-discoloring FOs, so that is an option. I might give it a miss this time and see how I get on...this'll be my first time colouring soap .