Tips for Facial Cleansing Bar

[Zany_in_CO]

I was really in a funk last night and soaping brightened my mood way better than any anti-depressant.

Isn't it great?! Soaping has dried many a tear from my eyes! Hang onto that thought. It will come in handy through the years.

On the subject of Sweet Almond Oil as a stand-alone ingredient, I once had a customer ask for SAO liquid shampoo. I had my doubts but went ahead with it. I was amazed at how well it turned out... cleansing, light lather, conditioning. It made a very nice liquid shampoo with no negative effects. The customer was pleased. I recommend it as a single-oil bar or LS without reservation.

I'm looking forward to reading more about your soapy adventures, Hope. Enjoy the journey.

 

[gsc]

With the suggested oils here how does everyone get their bar hard. I ran a test recipe with suggestions here and the soap would come out very soft.

 

[cmzaha]

With the suggested oils here how does everyone get their bar hard. I ran a test recipe with suggestions here and the soap would come out very soft.

Any of the recipes here will create a decently hard bar of soap after cure. But I do not recommend 100% Sweet Almond Oil soap, it makes a lousy bar of soap. I find it drying and non-lathering even with a very long cure. It is a nice oil in soap around 20% but not much higher.

 

[AliOop]

With the suggested oils here how does everyone get their bar hard. I ran a test recipe with suggestions here and the soap would come out very soft.

Did you actually try the recipes, or are you just looking at the hardness number in the soap calculator? Because a low hardness number doesn't necessarily mean the soap will be squishy or anything like that. My high-lard soaps show as lower on the hardness scale in the calculator, but are very firm to the touch in real life.

 

[xavalyss]

There's an oil cleansing method. I don't know if it's been discussed here or not. I made some many years ago and my husband, some friends, and myself all loved it.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

There's an oil cleansing method. I don't know if it's been discussed here or not.

Although it's off topic, I'm glad you brought that up. It's certainly an option to a facial cleansing bar. The benefits of Facial Cleansing Oil have been discussed often here. Here's a link to one of the threads:

DEEP CLEANSING OIL

 

[xavalyss]

Thank you for the link. @Zany_in_CO

 

[The_Phoenix]

I use my 50% lard recipe as a facial bar. 18% CO and then add your favorite liquid oils for the rest. I’m 48. I beg to differ if that makes me “mature.” I just know that my skin feels good after cleansing.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

@xavalyss You're welcome.

 

[The_Phoenix]

There's an oil cleansing method. I don't know if it's been discussed here or not. I made some many years ago and my husband, some friends, and myself all loved it.

I used to wash my face with coconut oil. I only stopped when I started making soap and only then because I was testing recipes. But I still like how my skin feels “washing” it with coconut oil. Because it is water soluble, it rinses off very easily with a warm washcloth.