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Hi, I use 100% coconut oil , with 20% sf as a base for all my soap. I've been wanting to use rice milk as the main additive. There seems to be two schools : one being to use the rice milk as water replacement or to blend rice milk with oils. I've done the first one and it has been a living...

Hi, The thing about shampoo bars I think is that you need to determine the type of hair it is for. I have tried myself shampoo bars that were too striping for my hair because I have curly and dry hair... Since, I've been making my own shampoo bars;I first tried 10% sf 80% coconut oil /20%...

Thanks SaltedFig and cmzaha ... this would explain that then! overheating ....i've never rebatched soap so will have to look into it seriously and urgently ! Noted : one experimentation at a time .... hopefully the banana one will make the third try! Both loaf were of 1000g.... As for the...

Hi there, I am so disappointed... retried my banana and rice milk recipe last week and my soap ended with a pond of oil at the top of the bar. Have let it cure and its been two weeks now : the bar is very crumbly. Just don't know what happened : the only thing i did differently was to...

Aaaaaargh :headbanging:.. So so glad I asked! This is not the feedback you get from the various internet articles you come accross. I'll leave this at the back of the shelf and continue lazy researching and reading... Another question but on the PH thing... if the soap cures long enough...

Hi all, One of the first reasons i got into soapmaking was to make my own shampoo bars. Somehow got derailed from that objective as i got the soapmaking bug and can't stop trying things out for new recipes...but want to start seriously thinking about it. My issue is that locally not...

Personally, i really think it added to the soap. Unsure whether it was the rice milk or the banana, but this is a soap that feels very hydrating, lathering and rich but not greasy. And banana is generally good for greasy/acne prone skin... my only other experience with handmade soap is my...

Hi, Here are some pictures... not looking great as i said but feels wonderful on the skin!

4 weeks down the line - feedback Hi, Just thought that to loop the loop i'd give some feedback. :) I hadn't had any particular problems during the making of the soap. It resulted into a very brown, toffee-like coloured soap. Let it cured , but noticed a couple of weeks later that the...

Thanks. This is what I did as well - although wasn't sure about how much i could use. So i used 100% coconut oil base (20% fat, 2:1 ratio water/lye) with 35 oz coconut oil , and added to that 7 oz banana purée and 7 oz rice milk ( homemade). Very brownish , chocolatey color. I unmolded it...

Hi earlene, I am planning to do my own rice milk - we do have rice flour made from locally grown rice. So no added sugar or anything....

Banana and Rice milk soap .... feedback n a month! Thanks everyone for your feedback. Today is D Day and i am going to try a banana and rice milk soap. I don't have any fragrance or essential oils (only the ylang EO) so will not use any for this soap. Which makes me think I need to order...

Feedback Hi everyone, With all the discussions about secondary effects re seawater, i finally ended up using local seasalt bought with a local producer. It went all very well and very pleased with the bar. Was surprised by how fast the trace happens....but all good! I recently...

Hi, I have got this crazy not so crazy idea of wanting to make a sandalwood banana soap. Both are really good hydratants for the skin, and traditionally we are using both as facials. This will be based on my 100% seawater ylang coconut soap - which i am very happy with. I haven't...

Great! Thank you for the warning! D.

Thanks a lot for your feedback! Since then, i did a batch ( olive, coconut and grapeseed oils) with green coffee infused oil ( added at trace),cardamom infused water, with Ylang EO. 3 weeks later , i do get some light undertones of coffee and cardamome scent even though the Ylang is very...

Thanks for all your inputs and comments! I think i'll try a small batch with seawater and see how it goes before deciding whether to revert to sea salted water. i've just discovered a small local firm that makes sea salt , so both options are available. I'll see how it goes! As for the...

Hi Am back into soapmaking and eager to try recipes with only available products locallly. One product easily available for soapmaking here is the coconut ( oil or milk). So want to stay with 20% superfat- 100% coconut soap as the basis and play with this. I want to try a ylang, coconut...

Hi , I've been making a few infused oil (mainly grapeseed and coconut oil) for my personal use . Have been experimenting with ginger , coffee beans and cardamom. Others are in working process.... Wondered how to use these oils for Soapmaking so that they retain the scent and the...

Newbie on the forum. Not new to Soapmaking but had stopped for a while.Got back into it recently...and ready to experiment with all the natural products I've got available in my new country of adoption.