Hi!
I am very, very new to soap making, but have done a lot of research. I came across a site that claims grocery store bought olive oil will not work for soap making: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/tips-and-tricks/olive-oils-created-equally/
I don't really believe the Soap Queen, since she is there to sell products from Brambleberry: "While you technically can make soap with small sized store-bought oils, you can see that the results can be unpredictable and in these tests, didn’t result in the highest quality soaps. In these tests, only the soaps made with Bramble Berry’s Pure and Pomace Olive Oils stood the test of time and did not behave poorly or develop DOS"
But what if she is totally right? It is too late to find a lot of DOS when you have made like 5 loafs and they have been curing for many weeks.
I can not buy anything from Brambleberry anyway, nothing from America at all, because of the high shipping cost. But there must be something that can be added to olive oil, a strong antioxidant.
I know about vitamin E, but that is too expensive for use in large quantities, and especially the natural vitamin E, which is the only one I can use in all natural soaps.
I know about citric acid and other acidic antioxidants. But they will mess up the recipe and make a soft bar because of acids neutralizing lye.
I also know about rosemary extract. That is a good option when rosemary scent is acceptable. But who wants rosemary scent in everything? So that is not an all-rounder.
But something must be out there, that is not synthetic, that is not too acidic, that is not too expensive and does not have a strong scent on it's own, and is so strong that it easily can be used to keep 1 liter of oil at a time fresh for a long time.
Do you know about anything?
I am very, very new to soap making, but have done a lot of research. I came across a site that claims grocery store bought olive oil will not work for soap making: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/tips-and-tricks/olive-oils-created-equally/
I don't really believe the Soap Queen, since she is there to sell products from Brambleberry: "While you technically can make soap with small sized store-bought oils, you can see that the results can be unpredictable and in these tests, didn’t result in the highest quality soaps. In these tests, only the soaps made with Bramble Berry’s Pure and Pomace Olive Oils stood the test of time and did not behave poorly or develop DOS"
But what if she is totally right? It is too late to find a lot of DOS when you have made like 5 loafs and they have been curing for many weeks.
I can not buy anything from Brambleberry anyway, nothing from America at all, because of the high shipping cost. But there must be something that can be added to olive oil, a strong antioxidant.
I know about vitamin E, but that is too expensive for use in large quantities, and especially the natural vitamin E, which is the only one I can use in all natural soaps.
I know about citric acid and other acidic antioxidants. But they will mess up the recipe and make a soft bar because of acids neutralizing lye.
I also know about rosemary extract. That is a good option when rosemary scent is acceptable. But who wants rosemary scent in everything? So that is not an all-rounder.
But something must be out there, that is not synthetic, that is not too acidic, that is not too expensive and does not have a strong scent on it's own, and is so strong that it easily can be used to keep 1 liter of oil at a time fresh for a long time.
Do you know about anything?