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And then one more question… preservatives…. What should I add to protect against mould, yeast and bacteria… seeing this product will be exposed to moisture and fingers?

Ok… so the 5.66:1 ratio is done and is looking very much like a cream and also has the consistency similar to a commercial product I am using as my base. Recipe so far is: 80% Stearic Acid 20% Coconut Oil 85:15 KOH:NaoH lye with a 5% superfat Lye to Water ratio is 1:5.66 I’m now wanting to...

Wow… its been two months since my first posts and I have only now been able to start my project. Made my fist ever soap yesterday… using a simple 80% Stearic Acid 20% Coconut oil base with a 10% addition of glycerin after saponification. My first soap was a 60/40 ratio of KOH to NaOH, second...

Can I please have some assistance with reworking a formula. The formula I have is as follows: Phase A Water 42% Glycerin 24% Phase B Potassium Stearate 10% Sodium Stearate 8% Phase C Coconut Oil 16% Method: Heat phase A to 74C, then add phase B Warm phase C to 74C When both...

I’ve been doing some more research… including reading a lot of the cream soap threads… However, for cream soap I understand that there is a very long cure time - in the order of 6 to 12 months. As I want to eventually sell this product this approach would not be really suitable. I think I’m...

I’m a total newbie here… I would really like to make a shaving cream, as opposed to a shaving soap. I have Carrie Siebert’s book “How to Make Shaving Soap”, and will be using here recipe #1 as my starting point. It calls for 80% stearic acid and 20% coconut oil. Her dual lye is 60% KOH and...