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Okay, that makes sense. So whenever you see one of those large "greek" names, it is the INCI name for an essential oil? Or INCI name for a fragrance oil?

So when reading ingrediants off the labels, they are "INCI" for the essential oils? What exactly does that mean?

Hi. Quick question to anyone and everyone: Are essential oils the same as fruit extracts? In more context, the ingrediants on the back of shaving soaps/creams list certain products. Examples: citrus aurantium dulcis peel extract, or citrus medica limonum peel extract. Are these fruit...

Hi, A friend and I have been experimenting with soaps for a couple of months now. However, we keep running into the problem of poor lather. We added stearic acid, which has helped quite a bit. But with our current recipes (trying to obtain a sweet moisturizing and slick soap), the lather...

Update So the recipe that it created turned out quite well. It is a shaving soap (hard). Not as hard as those found commercially, but not as soft as the cream based shaving creams. Lathered quite well. Thick. Not too bubbly. Slightly creamy. Only thing I am worried about is the zap test...

Thanks for the response. And yes, I have been playing with the soap calc. tool. As for the different hydroxides, I will select NaOH and get the amounts. Then I will select KOH and get the amounts and from there place a weighting on each. I believe that is what you are referring too. I have...

Hi everyone, New to the soap making process (4 batches in). Making the following recipe with both KOH and NaOH: 5% Avacado Oil 5% Coconut Oil 10% Castor Oil 30% Palm Oil 50% Stearic Acid I tried a similar recipe last go round, but I keep getting too base (purple colour on the pH...