liquid beeswax

[maryavi]

Question! I have a bottle of liquid beeswax (Murrays) that I picked up somewhere thinking it was only beeswax. I looked on the ingredients and it has: soybean oil, beeswax, trea tree leaf oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, jojoba seed oil, olive oil, canola oil, sweet almond oil, menthol, vitamin E, corn oil and fragrance in it. I have no idea how much of anything but it all sounds soooo good in soaps! Can I use this as a superfatting additive at the trace without it affecting the lye amounts? I think I will try it; just need some encouragement! Or if someone knows why I should NOT do it, please tell me!
Mary

 

[Soapy Gurl]

It sounds really nice to put in soap. If you add it into your soap and not into your calculator it will make your super fat % higher. How much do you want to add to what size batch? If it is a small amount and your super fat is low, like 5%, it would be fine.

 

[maryavi]

I am using a 30 oz fats recipe - 40 with the lye water so its not a very big one. How much do you think I should add?