Hello! I'm new here. Just started my first cold process soap months ago. I want to learn how to make my own soap because most of the commercial bar soap made me itchy. I bought one hand made soap from the market one day, and I was surprised. It cleans AND not dry out my skin at the same time...
@Obsidian
I see. I will definitely try out lard or palm oil. I thought I messed up my process somehow. Thanks :)
@GemstonePony
Thanks! Oh my, I can see how destructive my recipe is. I am from Malaysia. I get all my oils from the internet, where most of them come inside an unlabeled plastic...
My soap consist of 30% coconut oil, 10% castor oil, 50 %olive oil, and 10% shea butter with lavender,peppermint essential oil.
They have been set aside for 4 months. My skin get itchy after using the soap for a week. I am not sure if it's caused by not curing properly.
When I tried the zap...