Too many additives?

[Silverwolf]

So I'm going to be making a batch of soap today and I wanted to play around with additives.I wanted to add a tsp of sugar, salt and corn starch but I'm worried I'm adding too many things. I also plan on using a brewed cocoa instead of water to dissolve the lye and adding the grounds to the soap for exfoliation. Should the grounds be completely dry before adding to the soap? Am I trying to do to much or any comments?

 

[lsg]

The trouble with using multiple additives is that if something goes wrong, you might not be able to spot what caused it.

 

[MzMolly65]

I have no personal experience with this but I was just reading a post where someone commented that sugar and salt do not go well together.

When I made coffee soap everyone told me to use fresh grounds but I don't know if that would be the same for cocoa or not.

 

[Silverwolf]

I went ahead and left out the starch and salt for this round and only used 1tsp of sugar. I went ahead and used fresh grounds on 1 bar and we'll see how that works. Oddly enough when I mixed lye with the brewed cocoa it made it smell like peanut oil. Should be interesting to see how the bars come out.

 

[cmzaha]

Use powdered sugar. It dissolves well and includes cornstarch!! I mentioned sugar does not mix well in salt bars. I used to use salt and sugar both in regular cp, but quit using salt since my bars are hard without it and I use powdered sugar. It dissolves so much easier.