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  1. LaureLive

    Liquid soap too...liquid?

    I don’t think so, salts acts as a hardening and thickening agents , just like Sodium lactate salts and sodium chloride acts as a hardening agent in Naoh soaps, and there won’t be any change if you use it any type of liquid soap not only oo soap, and also imagine coco Betain, although it’s...
  2. LaureLive

    Liquid soap too...liquid?

    Hi , This is one of unexpected conclusion actually in liquid soap making Beacuse koh soap paste made with saturated oils like coconut oil, Shea butter , stearic acid needs less water for dilute :( , so big possibility it won’t get thicker in time , but when it is hot it is more liquid and clear...
  3. LaureLive

    Olive oil Shower Gel

    My formulation of this liquid soap works well and looks just like olive oil, I really like its mild effect Because of high percentage of olive oil. Soap base formulation is 80% Olive oil for mildness 15% Coconut Oil for bubbly 5% Castor oil for more clearing
  4. LaureLive

    Xanthan gum-liquid soap

    Hello , I agree with you that xanthan gum don’t work great with high Alkine solutions, but carbormer is great choice, in cosmetics , it is used for making jell and it requires alkine water to get hydrolyzed with water , they first add TEA (triethanolamin) or Naoh to water to make it alkaline and...
  5. LaureLive

    100% Coconut VERY HIGH PH

    Superfat can increase cloudy in liquid soap base and to get the right range of ph with super fat is weak acid so it will need much more super fat , but adding (%1 of Soap base ) citric acid solution fix these without turning cloudy ;) trust me I have tired a lot , and like citric acid I also use...
  6. LaureLive

    Liquid soap vs shower gel

    Exactly, this is actually excellent question!! You are right , all the materials that has ability to clean are active surface , so they are surfactants even our soaps are the basic and ancestors of our modern surfactants. Only differences that moleculer types that are much more milder than soap...
  7. LaureLive

    Soap turns white in colder temps.

    Hello , it is actually a prove that you have natural soap without synthetic agents , imagine pure olive oil that its own characteristic properties, Olive Oil turns thick and cloudy in the lower temperatures, you can fix these adding synthetic agents like other surfactants but believe me this is...
  8. LaureLive

    100% Coconut VERY HIGH PH

    Hello , maybe you might use much koh this time but , you can dissolve (%1-2 of soap paste )citric acid in water then slowly you can add this acidic water into soap in paste and mix until you get the ph of 10 or 9 ... Good works :)
  9. LaureLive

    Ancient Soap Making Process

    Thank you so much Thank you !!
  10. LaureLive

    Ancient Soap Making Process

    Thank you very much !!! It is my pleasure ☺️
  11. LaureLive

    Ancient Soap Making Process

    That soap is actually 230 kg but when the saponification reaction starts the volume turns into 650 liters which fills up the tank completely, this is where the fun begins , and the smell of pure olive soap spreads everywhere!! The sacred & ancient knowledge of Making Soap , And the rest is...
  12. LaureLive

    More than Hot Process

    Yes , İ'd like to share how i learnt , My master who was from Crete İsland, showed me the way of this process , and İ have been improving Myself for four years, My name is Metin Sakız and İ am from turkey ,Söke very close ancient region named Miletus where Thales used to live there :) , İ have...
  13. LaureLive

    More than Hot Process

    Thank you very much !!! Thank you for your nice comment :)
  14. LaureLive

    More than Hot Process

    Hello everyone !! Many thanks to your comments,, As you know two things directly effect the quality of soap , first one is the quality of ingredients and the other one is How you make soap !! This process is much more different than normal hot process and İ call hot & cold process as brother...
  15. LaureLive

    More than Hot Process

    İt's extra Pure olive oil soap , traditionally boiled very slowly for 3 days ...
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