yo!
so i made a liquid soap last week. with CO, OO, sunflower, ricebran, cocoa butter and unrefined shea superfatted at 3%, and I set the lye concentration to 91.1% (what my supplier says it is).
and there is still some creamy stuff floating on top (the soap below is totally clear).
i made it CP with glycerin.
so is this extra fat from the butters sitting on top? 3% SF is not high. or is it because i used unrefined shea?
should i just skim it off and use the clear stuff underneath?
or do i need to keep adding a little more KOH until there is no more creamy stuff on top?
it has a strong smell of cocoa butter
its the first time i have used cocoa butter or shea in LS.
normally the pot looks like an even layer of the creamy stuff on top. i swished it around so you could see its just a bit on the surface.
so i made a liquid soap last week. with CO, OO, sunflower, ricebran, cocoa butter and unrefined shea superfatted at 3%, and I set the lye concentration to 91.1% (what my supplier says it is).
and there is still some creamy stuff floating on top (the soap below is totally clear).
i made it CP with glycerin.
so is this extra fat from the butters sitting on top? 3% SF is not high. or is it because i used unrefined shea?
should i just skim it off and use the clear stuff underneath?
or do i need to keep adding a little more KOH until there is no more creamy stuff on top?
it has a strong smell of cocoa butter
its the first time i have used cocoa butter or shea in LS.
normally the pot looks like an even layer of the creamy stuff on top. i swished it around so you could see its just a bit on the surface.
