Kittish
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Definitely trying to run before I can walk here, but that's kinda just me all over. This soap didn't come out badly, especially for an experimental batch.
Coconut oil 25% 228g
Palm kernel flakes 5% 45g
Castor oil 5% 51g
Canola oil 45% 410g
Shea butter 20% 185g
NaOH 128g
Water 194g
HP cook to gel (took for-freakin-EVER), then add solvents:
Glycerine 153g
Propylene glycol 363g
Sugar solution 242g (115g sugar dissolved in 127g water)
Scented with lavender, cedarwood, and ylang ylang EOs. Smells kind of like "Fresh" or "Spring Air" type scents. But without the massive migraine that I get from synthetic fragrance. Yay.
The color... yea. Indigo. I don't know if it came out that color because of how I prepped it (strained the powder out of my lye water, which seems to have removed most of the blue compounds), or because of morphing during the cook and solvent stages. It did change color several times, between quite a few shades of grey and green. Never was blue.
Because of the shea butter, this soap probably would never have gone more than translucent, so I'm not too worried about that part.
Coconut oil 25% 228g
Palm kernel flakes 5% 45g
Castor oil 5% 51g
Canola oil 45% 410g
Shea butter 20% 185g
NaOH 128g
Water 194g
HP cook to gel (took for-freakin-EVER), then add solvents:
Glycerine 153g
Propylene glycol 363g
Sugar solution 242g (115g sugar dissolved in 127g water)
Scented with lavender, cedarwood, and ylang ylang EOs. Smells kind of like "Fresh" or "Spring Air" type scents. But without the massive migraine that I get from synthetic fragrance. Yay.
The color... yea. Indigo. I don't know if it came out that color because of how I prepped it (strained the powder out of my lye water, which seems to have removed most of the blue compounds), or because of morphing during the cook and solvent stages. It did change color several times, between quite a few shades of grey and green. Never was blue.
Because of the shea butter, this soap probably would never have gone more than translucent, so I'm not too worried about that part.
