StainsAndGrains
Member
Hello
I tried a bar of soap from that guy on TV with the catchy commercials. Nautical sage is the name of the soap.
I loved it, I loved it so much I decided I wanted to make my own version of it, just for myself, and tweak it to find something even better.
The ingredients they list:
Olive oil
Palm oil
Coconut oil
Shea butter
Lye
Sea Salt
Kaolin Clay
Cypress EO
Clary sage EO
Lavender EO
I've never made soap before, but i've done my research, I understand the basics, I've got all the tools and components necessary to make a batch of cold processed with the ingredients listed above, but I have a few questions I was hoping someone might be able to help me with.
How do I determine the right % of those oils? Should I start with the 'holy trinity' reducing coconut oil a bit to include the shea butter? What do you think those percentages should look like? Are there any oils you think I should include that would improve this?
Also how am I including the sea salt? I assume it's as an ingredient, so it's not a 'salt bar', nor a 'brine bar', it just has salt as an ingredient...how much do I add and when? I assume somewhere right around trace, very quickly before it is poured so it doesn't want to sink to the bottom?
I really appreciate any advice, thanks.
I tried a bar of soap from that guy on TV with the catchy commercials. Nautical sage is the name of the soap.
I loved it, I loved it so much I decided I wanted to make my own version of it, just for myself, and tweak it to find something even better.
The ingredients they list:
Olive oil
Palm oil
Coconut oil
Shea butter
Lye
Sea Salt
Kaolin Clay
Cypress EO
Clary sage EO
Lavender EO
I've never made soap before, but i've done my research, I understand the basics, I've got all the tools and components necessary to make a batch of cold processed with the ingredients listed above, but I have a few questions I was hoping someone might be able to help me with.
How do I determine the right % of those oils? Should I start with the 'holy trinity' reducing coconut oil a bit to include the shea butter? What do you think those percentages should look like? Are there any oils you think I should include that would improve this?
Also how am I including the sea salt? I assume it's as an ingredient, so it's not a 'salt bar', nor a 'brine bar', it just has salt as an ingredient...how much do I add and when? I assume somewhere right around trace, very quickly before it is poured so it doesn't want to sink to the bottom?
I really appreciate any advice, thanks.