Hi everyone, it's been awhile since I've posted anything, things have been crazy busy here. Anyway I was hoping someone could help me out with some ideas. I've made the same basic recipe for since I started making soap in 2016 and it has worked really good up until a few months ago. It used to be that just using my soap, I never needed any lotion or anything else. However, now my skin is really dry and I have to use lotion (I am a 41 year old female so this could possibly be hormonal). My basic recipe is
65% lard
15% co
12% oo
5% castor
3% beeswax
Ok, typing up my recipe, I realize that the last batch I made in May was a little different, I used to use 15% oo and no beeswax, but the dry skin started before then anyway. I have a couple ideas, but just haven't had time to implement them. I am thinking that maybe if I cut the co to 10% and increase oo to 17% it might help? I was also thinking of making liquid soap in the hopes that it would be better. What do you think? Has anyone here made bar soap and then made liquid soap and noticed a difference? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I hate and I do mean I detest using lotion, but fear I may be at the age that it has become a necessary evil
Thanks for any help you can send my way!
65% lard
15% co
12% oo
5% castor
3% beeswax
Ok, typing up my recipe, I realize that the last batch I made in May was a little different, I used to use 15% oo and no beeswax, but the dry skin started before then anyway. I have a couple ideas, but just haven't had time to implement them. I am thinking that maybe if I cut the co to 10% and increase oo to 17% it might help? I was also thinking of making liquid soap in the hopes that it would be better. What do you think? Has anyone here made bar soap and then made liquid soap and noticed a difference? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I hate and I do mean I detest using lotion, but fear I may be at the age that it has become a necessary evil
Thanks for any help you can send my way!