Hi there,
I am new (obviously) to the whole soap making thing. I attended a work shop where they teach you how to make a batch, predetermined recipe in 2 hours. You chose your colors and scents and between shea or cocoa butter. But the work lacked in a lot of info. The soap now has cured for 4 weeks and have been using it and it doesn't feel like it rinses completely clean. It leaves almost a slimy, filmy residue that leaves you feeling like you need to rinse your hands more but you'd be standing at the sink forever.
Now, to my question - I have palm oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, shea butter and colorings/scents to make my own soap to start off with. Is there a recipe anyone could recommend that would give me a clean feeling soap? Also - I have played around with the soap calculator and have randomly put in the %'s and my results fall within the perimeters, giving me a hard, creamy, somewhat bubbly soap. I have looked up the properties of oils/butters and how they affect your soap, but haven't really come across anything that says certain ingredients leave a film like feeling. I can only guess that some kind of oil would. I have lost the recipe that was provided in our work shop.
Also- one more thing (sorry for my rambly, poorly pieced together thread) but I also noticed that my soap from the work shop has no fragrance smell when I followed his directions for 5ml's of EO. It does not come through the soap at all. recommendations for scent, as I really want a great smelling soap as well.
Thank you in advance for all of your help!!!
I am new (obviously) to the whole soap making thing. I attended a work shop where they teach you how to make a batch, predetermined recipe in 2 hours. You chose your colors and scents and between shea or cocoa butter. But the work lacked in a lot of info. The soap now has cured for 4 weeks and have been using it and it doesn't feel like it rinses completely clean. It leaves almost a slimy, filmy residue that leaves you feeling like you need to rinse your hands more but you'd be standing at the sink forever.
Now, to my question - I have palm oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, shea butter and colorings/scents to make my own soap to start off with. Is there a recipe anyone could recommend that would give me a clean feeling soap? Also - I have played around with the soap calculator and have randomly put in the %'s and my results fall within the perimeters, giving me a hard, creamy, somewhat bubbly soap. I have looked up the properties of oils/butters and how they affect your soap, but haven't really come across anything that says certain ingredients leave a film like feeling. I can only guess that some kind of oil would. I have lost the recipe that was provided in our work shop.
Also- one more thing (sorry for my rambly, poorly pieced together thread) but I also noticed that my soap from the work shop has no fragrance smell when I followed his directions for 5ml's of EO. It does not come through the soap at all. recommendations for scent, as I really want a great smelling soap as well.
Thank you in advance for all of your help!!!