Help with Shea Butter soap

[totallytilly]

Hi, total newbie here. I made some soap using 100% pure organic Shea Butter- unrefined cold pressed. After melting and adding essential oils , poured into mold. It set beautifully BUT it has no lather and feels very greasy. It's certainly not pleasent to wash with. Any ideas what I have done wrong ? Thanks in advance.

 

[Saffron]

Hello and welcome.
I think what you made there is scented shea butter, not soap. What other ingredients did you add to the shea butter other than the essentail oils?

 

[Lion Of Judah]

Hi and welcome to the "Soap Making Forum" . Before I can tell you what is wrong I will require more info on your recipe & process because it sounds like you just melted the Shea Butter and poured into a mold and that's it ..... you did not say what process you used and what is your super fat percentage .

 

[totallytilly]

Thank you Saffron. I didn't add anything else. I was following a recipe I found on Pinterest. Looking on the internet maybe I should of bought "melt and pour" Shea Butter. ........ ooppsss

 

[Lion Of Judah]

so then what you have on your hands is nothing more than a " lotion bar" that is still usable for after showers to lotion the skin .

 

[shunt2011]

Even just that I the shower would likely be a mess and a melty greasy one at that. Adding some beeswax and some other things could make a lovely solid lotion bar. To make soap you need either MP base or Sodium Hydroxide and some other oils to make bar soap (CP/HP). Depends which direction you'd like to go.