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Susie, I am from Kerala,India. Its hard to find lard/tallow here which are prepared under hygenic conditions. However, I have found tallow in a shop here, but not lard. :) cheers.

Hello All, This is my first attempt at making Brine bar (soleseife). Below is what I plan to mix. water to lye ratio - 2:1 water - 327g, Lye - 163g Brine - 25% => 80g Arabian sea salt 50%CO, 40% tallow, 10% castor Oil Total oil wt 1000g Superfat 15-20% FO: 15ml Color...

I think I confused everyone switching from a salt bar to brine bar.. I ll start a new thread under the heading 'Brine bar recipe', hope that wont be a duplication!! Sorry everyone! Cheers!

Hello Obsidian, Salt bar and brine bar(soleseife) are different right? Do you mean to say 90% CO and 10% castor is a better recipe for brine bar? Also, any comments on color? I explored local market for lard/tallow. Its available but there are no regulations here on slaughtering...

Hello cmzaha, this is a brine bar i m trying to formulate. There were suggestions to reduce the Coconut oil from 90% and use lard/tallow/palm. Palmolein is available here. Thats why I go for that substitution. So, 65% Coconut 10% Castor 25% Sunflower/Palm Fine?

I found palm olein in the store. So may be I can substitute the high CO with some of that - say 50% CO and 40% Palmolein? and keep the SF as 15%. Does it look good?

I am using high coconut oil because its easily available. May be sometime later I might want to try other more exotic oils too, to make a creamy, fragrant, colourful soap :) But in the meanwhile, is the above one a good brine soap recipe to start with?

Thanks all! I looked up some threads from internet and also in SMF, and made this recipe: water to lye ratio - 2:1 water - 327g, Lye - 163g Brine - 25% => 80g salt 90%CO, 10% castor Oil Total oil wt 1000g FO: 15ml Does it look good? Color - No idea! If I use coconut milk at...

That was immensely helpful! Thank u susie! :)

Oh!! I d like the salt to be dissolved. So I guess I ll make brine soap instead. :D Let me figure out a recipe for that!

I have used soapcalc too. But was not sure how to include the salt. I ve attempted to come out with a recipe and have attached the screen shot. Does it look fine? Also, the salt would dissolve when its mixed with trace right? we dont get fine powdered pink salt here. So if it wont mix and...

err.. sorry but what is EO and FO?:confused:

um.. I will look out for allergies on my baby s skin.. mostly I will use only warm water to wash him/her. I am going to try salt bar.. I do feel its tricky, I have started another thread for suggestions on how to make it. I m gonna try it within a couple of weeks :) I can take a couple of...

This is my first soap :D

Hello All, thanks for all the comments and suggestions. Many helpful tips indeed. I think I ll proceed as follows: cool lye water mix at 90DegF to slow down saponification mix oils and fragrance, keep at 90-100DegC Mix lye solution to oils. Stir. fine ground salt to be added at trace...

Hello All, I want to try making salt bar. I dont know how to formulate it, but I would like about 1.5 kg soap. I have 500g of seasalt, 200gm Himalayan pink salt and enough coconut oil. Also I have 200ml castor oil. I have to buy required quantity of lye. As I understand, the procedure is...

I will explore the supermarket next time. It must be available I too feel. "For example, salt bars are usually 90-100% coconut oil with a 20% superfat. The salt is somewhere from 50% to 100% of oil weight. The soap does have to age a while, but it is very nice." whoa! 100% coconut oil...

Hmm.. So either I make a bastile soap or use lard/tallow/palm and cut down on olive oil. Palm oil (Red)seems very costly online - 40$ for 8oz. Clearly not an option for me. Have to explore the other two. Until then, gram flour cleansing for my baby! Thank you everyone for responding to...

Thanks for the replies! So not a major flop I think :D I ll keep this for a couple of months and then use it and see how good it is. Also will explore the usage of lard/tallow. Need to look further into usage of colors may be. Fragrance can be taken care of in the next attempt...

Hello All! I tried making cold process soap for the first time. Below is my recipe: water as % of oils 38% superfat 8% Lye 95g Rose water 251 gm coconut oil 43% Olive oil 43% Almond oil 14% Fragrance Lavender essential oil nearly 15 drops Color Turmeric powder 2 tspoon (mixed...