Does Zinc Oxide affects lather?

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Tais

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Hi everyone, I recently decided to try zinc oxide in my soaps to see how it works as a whitener compared to titanium dioxide.

It seems that every soap I used zinc oxide has a less denser lather.

Can zinc oxide do that to the lather? My formula has a rich and creamy foam, but the ones with zinc seem to have a thinner lather and it also takes a bit longer to *built it up, if that makes sense.

Anyone has experience that or even has anything to add about zinc oxide and the effect in the soap lather?
 

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