For years I have only made one recipe for our home soap. Even though I have it in my thoughts of possible selling down the road. I never ventured into special specific recipes seriously.
Hubby and I both have acne issues even in our 50s. But he has a special ability of being a Dirt Magnet...
Yes have done the Teas Tree. Just thought I would as a sf for a change. Got it on order as I only do 12 bars at a time so 1 lb of oil is enough for try out. Hubby is a grease magnet do to being a trucker. I have had acne since 12. I just think this might work for us right now. Otherwise I go...
I am looking to improve our acne soap for hubby and I. In doing a search for a new to me liquid base oil I came across Hazelnut oil as a very good possibility. My main base oils are lard,tallow and coconut with grapeseed +1 other that would be the hazelnut.
Would like some experiences you have...
What soapie thing I have done today. Come back signed in to TSM. I am redoing my base formula and want to read up on few oils I looking at using. Gonna up my game I think now as I only make circle soap with FO and no color. Now planning on playing with color since my base is our lard and tallow...
You get the best benefit of each oil if you keep it simple. 3 to 5 oils will give you the best of the oils benefits. Less than 10% is worthless in skin benefit. You must remember soap is a wash off product and only stays on a few minutes at most.
Soapalooza is going out of business. It's a shame as they were one of the best FOs suppilers as they had their made special for them. They used to be called way back Southern Soapers. The East coast best fo and FoEo mix supplier around. Great testing and information too. Guess I get to look for...
I only make Lard based soaps. You will need sweet almond oil in there to bring up bubble lather. My best 3 base was lard, coconut and sweet almond oil. But I have over active oil glands so my skin can handle it.
If I was you try adding the sweet almond to your recipe and some coconut. Castor...