AshleyR
Well-Known Member
So I've been at this soapmaking thing for about 8 months now, and had come up with a recipe I liked quite a bit. I have been using it for months and my skin feels awesome, but when I tried another soapers bar that I had ordered on etsy a few weeks ago, I realized how much better it is than mine! 
Mainly due to it's bubbles being more bubbly and less creamy than mine, and the soap was more slippery than sticky like mine can be at first.
I usually use around 50% hard oils (palm and coconut) and 25% olive oil. Then the other 25% is made up of castor, grapeseed, sometimes corn or safflower. I've been mixing it up a little, but most times the soap is 75% palm, coconut, and olive.
Can anyone see what might be causing the bar to be sticky? I find it to be a little waxy. When I first go to use a new bar it sticks and drags on my skin a bit. It does not "slide" well until it's really wet and lathery.
Also, I don't understand why I am getting more creamy bubbles than bubbly bubbles. I use coconut and castor oils in every recipe, and even started adding some sugar (as Paul recommended) to up the bubbles. I am still getting creamier bubbles.
P.S. - I HAVE played around with soapcalc many times to see how the numbers change by using different oils. I don't want to up the coconut for more bubbles because I've read that it can be drying. I don't want to up the castor because of it causing DOS at high percentages. I just can't seem to figure out how to get the bubbly bubbles!
Any suggestions? TIA!
Mainly due to it's bubbles being more bubbly and less creamy than mine, and the soap was more slippery than sticky like mine can be at first.I usually use around 50% hard oils (palm and coconut) and 25% olive oil. Then the other 25% is made up of castor, grapeseed, sometimes corn or safflower. I've been mixing it up a little, but most times the soap is 75% palm, coconut, and olive.
Can anyone see what might be causing the bar to be sticky? I find it to be a little waxy. When I first go to use a new bar it sticks and drags on my skin a bit. It does not "slide" well until it's really wet and lathery.
Also, I don't understand why I am getting more creamy bubbles than bubbly bubbles. I use coconut and castor oils in every recipe, and even started adding some sugar (as Paul recommended) to up the bubbles. I am still getting creamier bubbles.
P.S. - I HAVE played around with soapcalc many times to see how the numbers change by using different oils. I don't want to up the coconut for more bubbles because I've read that it can be drying. I don't want to up the castor because of it causing DOS at high percentages. I just can't seem to figure out how to get the bubbly bubbles!
Any suggestions? TIA!
