I made my first CP soap 8 days ago:
50% Olive Oil - (organic, hand-pressed by a friend)
30% Coconut Oil
20% Palm Oil
10 grams of FO (def. not enough)
Superfat: 5%, Water 38%
I used Soapcal.net to calculate Lye.
Simple starter soap, had trace within the first 5 minutes, with a stick- blender, do not know why, maybe as fast as a result of hand-squeezed organic oil ?????
Poured mostly in a mould made of a milk carton, and the rest I improvised a little..
One piece of soap with grated coconut, One soap with pumice stone and turquoise color, 3 pieces of soap with red color and rose FO.
They all came out really good, exept, the turquoise came out purple !
The soap is now in a cool basement, 4-6 weeks before it is ready I think.
But I could not resist the soap today, so I made the zap test: No acid - just taste of soap. Tried the soap in the shower:
Nice foam, no scent (too little FO) creamy, a bit slimy, but it probably disappears after a few weeks in the basement. My skin feels nice, no use of body lotion today. I am quite happy with the outcome.
Now I am so ready for my second batch. A soap for my deeply-allergic son. Following lots of advice from Hazel (thanks), the recipe looks like this:
55% Olive Oil (infused with 125 grams of chamomile flowers, my choice)
25% Coconut Oil
10% Castor Oil
10% Shea Butter
No. EO, FO, or color
Superfat 8% (Hazel recommended 5%) 38% water (perhaps chamomile tea have not decided yet )
Have used Soapcal.net for calculating the Lye.
I started yesterday with 125 grams of chamomile flowers in a jar, doused with oil, the oil covering the flowers. The jar was 4 hours in the sun yesterday and became lukewarm about 113¤F / 45 ¤ dc.
Today, jar was also about 4 hours in the sun. Later, I will give the infusion low heat for 122¤F / 50 ¤ dc, cooling it down to room temperature and run the mixture through 3 layers of cheesecloth over night.
Tomorrow I'm ready for my second soap ….. so exciting….
I've read / studied so much the last few weeks, I think I will see flying soaps in my dreams tonight..........
50% Olive Oil - (organic, hand-pressed by a friend)
30% Coconut Oil
20% Palm Oil
10 grams of FO (def. not enough)
Superfat: 5%, Water 38%
I used Soapcal.net to calculate Lye.
Simple starter soap, had trace within the first 5 minutes, with a stick- blender, do not know why, maybe as fast as a result of hand-squeezed organic oil ?????
Poured mostly in a mould made of a milk carton, and the rest I improvised a little..
One piece of soap with grated coconut, One soap with pumice stone and turquoise color, 3 pieces of soap with red color and rose FO.
They all came out really good, exept, the turquoise came out purple !
The soap is now in a cool basement, 4-6 weeks before it is ready I think.
But I could not resist the soap today, so I made the zap test: No acid - just taste of soap. Tried the soap in the shower:
Nice foam, no scent (too little FO) creamy, a bit slimy, but it probably disappears after a few weeks in the basement. My skin feels nice, no use of body lotion today. I am quite happy with the outcome.
Now I am so ready for my second batch. A soap for my deeply-allergic son. Following lots of advice from Hazel (thanks), the recipe looks like this:
55% Olive Oil (infused with 125 grams of chamomile flowers, my choice)
25% Coconut Oil
10% Castor Oil
10% Shea Butter
No. EO, FO, or color
Superfat 8% (Hazel recommended 5%) 38% water (perhaps chamomile tea have not decided yet )
Have used Soapcal.net for calculating the Lye.
I started yesterday with 125 grams of chamomile flowers in a jar, doused with oil, the oil covering the flowers. The jar was 4 hours in the sun yesterday and became lukewarm about 113¤F / 45 ¤ dc.
Today, jar was also about 4 hours in the sun. Later, I will give the infusion low heat for 122¤F / 50 ¤ dc, cooling it down to room temperature and run the mixture through 3 layers of cheesecloth over night.
Tomorrow I'm ready for my second soap ….. so exciting….
I've read / studied so much the last few weeks, I think I will see flying soaps in my dreams tonight..........