I am new to soap making and I am officially obsessed! I have gone on a frenzy of reading and learning and trying every recipe and technique that I can. I just attempted my first shampoo bar and so far 3/4ths of the family has tried it only once and been absolutely thrilled with the results! Our extra curly, extra dry, long-haired member, will be trying it today. I formulated the recipe mainly with her in mind so we'll see if it is just as fantastic for her before I declare it a complete success!
The only downside we have encountered is the soap being extremely soft. I HP'd it (patience is not my virtue) and I am going to try tweaking it a bit after DD tries it. I can certainly credit much of the softness to some of the oils I put in but before I do too much messing with it I thought I would ask the experts if the 2 eggs I added (for 25 oz. soap weight) should be taken into consideration. Logic is telling me that runny eggs should be taken into account somewhere.
According to Soapcalc, the hardness was only a 23. I did add 1 tsp. of sodium lactate ppo and will try upping that next time too. I really don't want to mess with it too much more since it was so wonderful. We are all in agreement that we will gladly deal with a soft soap for the results we had.
I apologize if this has been addressed in the forum but I am unable to find an answer here or anywhere else. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!
The only downside we have encountered is the soap being extremely soft. I HP'd it (patience is not my virtue) and I am going to try tweaking it a bit after DD tries it. I can certainly credit much of the softness to some of the oils I put in but before I do too much messing with it I thought I would ask the experts if the 2 eggs I added (for 25 oz. soap weight) should be taken into consideration. Logic is telling me that runny eggs should be taken into account somewhere.
According to Soapcalc, the hardness was only a 23. I did add 1 tsp. of sodium lactate ppo and will try upping that next time too. I really don't want to mess with it too much more since it was so wonderful. We are all in agreement that we will gladly deal with a soft soap for the results we had.
I apologize if this has been addressed in the forum but I am unable to find an answer here or anywhere else. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!