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Very interesting, thank you, I will try it as soon as possible :) Why do you keep it in fridge ? does it tend to get rancid faster ?

Hello evryone. I had a hard time choosing the right sections to post this thread as you will understand why. I love the idea of limiting packaging by using solid product. However I would also like to produce liquid soap. Here is my idea : creating a solid soap that is easyly disolvable with...

I cannot fully tell you as it needs to cure but I tried soap with a similar amount and grade of clay : it's not at all scratchy as I fear it would be, it was very smooth , just the right level of exfoliation. My skin tend to take a parchment texture after.

Hello evryone ! Here is my new soap , the Imbolc soap. Imbolc is a celtic holiday on the 1st february that is linked to purification and cleansing. For this soap I used a coco/olive oil base with a 10% superfat. The superfat is a sage infused oil. This soap is meant to purify the skin and thus...

To be honest I use 70% olive 30% coco and it works great for me ! :) Why do you add sunflower ? Sunflower (in my experience) doesn't really add anything to better the soap. You will have harder bars if you use less sunflower and more olive so you can maybe cut down coco to 10% In my experience...

This product specifically say it was not hydrogenated oil but maybe they blended hard oil in it ...

No I never heard of it :) I wanted to try olive butter to try to do a local soap ^^ Okay So by researching , I think I understood how it's made. The process used is probably winterisation. When you cool down oil at very specific temperature, part of the oil will solidify and an other part will...

Hello evryone. As you know, we need hard oil for our soap but they mainly come from afar (palm, coconut etc...). I was browsing a very well known french site for cosmetic ingredient and saw an article about olive butter. I thought it was simply an hydrogenated oil but they clearly state that...

Chemist here In theory yes. When you create a soap, the triglycerides cuts down to single fatty acids that get saponified so in theory, a soap with 50% palmitic acid and 50% oleic acid would have the same properties , even if they come from differents soap. In order to be sure to have a good...

very good suggestion, I will try :)

Thank you for the site, I will use it as insparation :)

Hello evrybody ! I'm working on a soap with a scent around the theme of fresh grass, I want it to inspire this kind of image. I tried using clary sage as a grassy odor but it doesn't really match what I want. I also tried blending in with pepermint but it's not that good. I'm really seeking that...

well this blew up ! Thank you for your responses ! High oléic acid are so frustrating : oleic acid is one of the easiest acid to find in oil produced in my country but I really don't like castille :( I would love to decrease my carbon footprint by using locally produce soap but it's just not...

the soap is a 100% OO with 5% KOH / 95% NaOH alkaline solution, 1% superfat. I used CPOP and it cured for 2 weeks in an oven (50°C)

It's quite similar to the ratio i use so it would work I think, however I don't really understand ostrich oil in this situation ^^

Hello evryone ! I work with a lot of castille based soap, generally with a low superfat (for the lather). After using them my hand feel dry and wrinkly. Do you have the same problem with theses soap ? Have a nice day !

I'm actively doing reasearch on soap base , I worked 6 month on it as for today and I have more than 30 different tests. Since my goal is to create a vegan/local/organic receipe , it can be quite challenging. I also have a very simple yet very effective receipe that use coconut oil unfortunately.

Hello evryone ! I just made my first dual lye castille soap. I used 5% KOH and 95% NaOH with a 1% superfat (to be sure). The stringy feeling did not disapears however I was able to have castille lather for the first time , it was thin but an interesting addition.

Hello evryone ! I bought KOH and the purity was 90% wich is honestly low but okay. Do you know what the 10% are ? I think they might be KCl considering the way of producing the compound but what if instead there is K2CO3 ? Because if I calculate my soap with the purity, the carbonate might...

I'm seeking soapmaking books for advanced practionner. Ultimately, my goal is to make a lathery soap with just european oils (olive, rapeseed, grapeseed, sunflower, hemp...) so if you have books around this theme (or castille soap) I'm a taker. Since I have a professional project around...