Recipe .. Maybe??

[beachgurl]

I was hoping to bounce a prospective recipe off the wall. I'm finally starting to do my own How does this sound?

10% Castor
10% Avocado
35% Palm
25% Coconut
20% Olive

I ran it through some calcs and it looks great on paper; however, nothing substitutes for human input!

 

[MikeInPdx]

I was hoping to bounce a prospective recipe off the wall. I'm finally starting to do my own How does this sound?

10% Castor
10% Avocado
35% Palm
25% Coconut
20% Olive

I ran it through some calcs and it looks great on paper; however, nothing substitutes for human input!

Hi from s newbie....hope you don't mind input from a fairly novice soapmaker. I've made about 40 batches so far and your recipe looks pretty good. You have a nice proportion of hard oils and nice emollient soft oils.

I think it looks like a great recipe! The only tweak I would make is maybe down the castor by 5% and up the palm by 5%. You're gonna have lots of bubbles still and maybe a slightly harder bar.

You could also try dissolving about a tsp of sugar per pound of oils in a little water and adding that to your lye water. That would give you more luxurious bubbles.

Just a couple of thoughts. Great looking recipe!

Mike

 

[beachgurl]

Thank you so very much for the advice I love the luxurious bubbles; I have this bar of soap from South of France (that I'm trying like heck to emulate .. nice foamy lather, rich and moisturizing bubbles). Hopefully this will fit the bill Question though, do you think I could down the castor, up the palm and add the sugar, or will that be a little too much?

 

[MikeInPdx]

Thank you so very much for the advice I love the luxurious bubbles; I have this bar of soap from South of France (that I'm trying like heck to emulate .. nice foamy lather, rich and moisturizing bubbles). Hopefully this will fit the bill Question though, do you think I could down the castor, up the palm and add the sugar, or will that be a little too much?

I don't see a problem with that....it should work fine. You're only adding one additive....it just may gel a little warmer. And it should be a nice, luxuriously bubbling bar.