Ive been tweaking my original recipe and its driving me ocd crazy .
My basic original recipe was 10% discount
oo 41%
co31%
po 27%
I gave some of these away and got back that they felt a little dry on the face. (take in mind that winter came as soon as i gave them away)
so i added to that recipe 4% castor oil or shea(1 nots both and replacing oo for that amount). Made several batches 6%-9%discount. Some on this site said that i probably would not be able to tell a difference w/ such little shea/castor. Ive tried some and really cant tell a difference w/ the dryness vs the above but could see a difference in bubbles.
I made a batch w/ 3% shea and 5%castor, and i really cant tell a difference in this bar either. Keep in mind that my skin is fine w/ just the plain above recipe.
so here is what im thinking about going w/. any advice would be appreciated. i want the future batches to be able to be used in bartering for goods/services, so i want to make sure that im giving a great product.
i dropped the co down b/c ive seen some people dont like to used over 20% b/c drying.
this is the first time ive used soapcalc so i am a little unsure on the numbers.
hardness 39
cleansing 14
condition 57
bubble 19
creamy 31
iodine 59
ins 146
do i need more cleansing?? maybe put the co back up? Bubbles ok? Should i drop the shea a couple pt and up the castor?
oo 39%
po 26%
co 20%
castor 6%
shea 9%
Got a better recipe or just comments on any of this?
Thanks everyone for answering all my questions. I appreciate all the help.
peace
My basic original recipe was 10% discount
oo 41%
co31%
po 27%
I gave some of these away and got back that they felt a little dry on the face. (take in mind that winter came as soon as i gave them away)
so i added to that recipe 4% castor oil or shea(1 nots both and replacing oo for that amount). Made several batches 6%-9%discount. Some on this site said that i probably would not be able to tell a difference w/ such little shea/castor. Ive tried some and really cant tell a difference w/ the dryness vs the above but could see a difference in bubbles.
I made a batch w/ 3% shea and 5%castor, and i really cant tell a difference in this bar either. Keep in mind that my skin is fine w/ just the plain above recipe.
so here is what im thinking about going w/. any advice would be appreciated. i want the future batches to be able to be used in bartering for goods/services, so i want to make sure that im giving a great product.
i dropped the co down b/c ive seen some people dont like to used over 20% b/c drying.
this is the first time ive used soapcalc so i am a little unsure on the numbers.
hardness 39
cleansing 14
condition 57
bubble 19
creamy 31
iodine 59
ins 146
do i need more cleansing?? maybe put the co back up? Bubbles ok? Should i drop the shea a couple pt and up the castor?
oo 39%
po 26%
co 20%
castor 6%
shea 9%
Got a better recipe or just comments on any of this?
Thanks everyone for answering all my questions. I appreciate all the help.
peace