How to get Palm-free & Vegan Conditioning Bubbles? - Please Critique

[Zany_in_CO]

I've never even smelt a real skunk

Think pungent rotten cabbage stink that won't wash off!

 

[Sarouche]

Thank you for clarifying!

Do you think I should try increasing my superfat % to make a less-drying bar?



Yes you're totally right! I'm hoping the increased castor oil will help sustain the lather from the 20% coconut oil.

Thank you so much for the suggestion! I actually have a jug of Aloe Vera Juice sitting next to me as I type.

I was planning on trying to narrow down on my base recipe, then trying small batch of the base recipe (sans additives) to compare with a series of variations with the following additives:

• Variation A: Sub Aloe Vera Juice for water
• Variation B: Sub Beer for water
• Variation C: Add Sugar
• Variation D: Citric Acid (+ 0.6g NaOH) <-- this is mainly because I'm on well water (read: hard) and want to see if it makes a difference)

Once I have an idea of how each of these additives plays with the base recipe on it's own, I'll start working on combining them.

ETA: I do also want to try a dual-lye recipe, but I agree that it's a bit beyond my comfort zone at this point. I'm hoping I'll get there relatively soon, though!