Ifiyenia
Well-Known Member
A couple of weeks back, I thought it was time to try a shampoo bar. I know a shampoo bar is a love it or hate it kind of thing, but I'm on the love it part.
In the past I've bought some excellent shampoo bars and I trully hoped I could do something similar.
My recipe for a test batch of 500gr was this
Coconut Oil (30%)
Palm Oil (30%)
Castor Oil (10%)
Olive Oil (10%)
Sunflower (10%)
Shea Butter (10%)
165 gr Water (at 33%)
72.75 gr NaOH (Superfatting 3.5%)
No additives, e.o. Levander.
Lye-Oils temperatures when mixing was close to 110F.
The soap reached a super thick trace super fast, and when I say thick, I mean rock hard!
Within minutes it was almost solid rock!
I managed to scoop it out of the bowl somehow, although it was getting harder and harder with every passing min, and put it in molds, but I m seriously thinking about rebatching this one..
Plus, later on when I checked again the SoapCalc, I realized that this bar would have 20 on Cleansing Value. Wouldn't that be too much for a shampoo bar?
What could went wrong?
In the past I've bought some excellent shampoo bars and I trully hoped I could do something similar.
My recipe for a test batch of 500gr was this
Coconut Oil (30%)
Palm Oil (30%)
Castor Oil (10%)
Olive Oil (10%)
Sunflower (10%)
Shea Butter (10%)
165 gr Water (at 33%)
72.75 gr NaOH (Superfatting 3.5%)
No additives, e.o. Levander.
Lye-Oils temperatures when mixing was close to 110F.
The soap reached a super thick trace super fast, and when I say thick, I mean rock hard!
Within minutes it was almost solid rock!
I managed to scoop it out of the bowl somehow, although it was getting harder and harder with every passing min, and put it in molds, but I m seriously thinking about rebatching this one..
Plus, later on when I checked again the SoapCalc, I realized that this bar would have 20 on Cleansing Value. Wouldn't that be too much for a shampoo bar?
What could went wrong?