I attempted to make a small batch of salt soap for the first time today. I did 80% coconut oil, 5% castor oil, and 15% olive oil with 20% superfat. Lye:water ratio was 1:1.8 and I soaped at room temperature. I also added 1 small spoon of green clay to the oils. I added a fragrance oil calculated...
Double layered salt bar with two differnt mint: mint EO for the blue layer, menthol crystal for the white layer. Made over the last weekend.
This is my first time making a salt bar and well...it doesn't look as nice as I wished. I used salt the same amount as my oil. The white layer turn out...
Salt Soap (1:1 salt:oils) humidity effect test: 2019July24 in Hawaii; soap is 15 months of age; at 4 weeks, the humidity in Hawaii resulted in this kind of beading within a much shorter timeframe; Conclusion: Longer exposure to humidity needed after a longer cure
Soap I made with salt collected from the Bonneville Salt Flats outside of Salt Lake City, Utah
Soap made on Aug 18, 2018 - 20% SF, 82% CO, 18% HO Safflower oil, 20-25% Salt (% oils)
age 7 months when this lather test was performed;
still rather drying to my skin at this point (March 28, 2019)
I have been wanting to try a salt bar and possibly a 100% coconut oil soap with 20%sf. Most of the salt bar recipes call for large percentages of co so I decided to combine these curiosities.
Having never used either, I was expecting a scrubby bar of creamy lathering soap. What I got just feels...
I want to make a CP salt/spa bar and have a salt layer on bottom, but I want to do the reg recipe on top where the flower design is, (which means on bottom since I'll be pouring into the silicone sunflower molds.)
Will I pour my reg batter in and then wait until it hardens somewhat.... add the...
Hi Everyone!!!!
Happy 4th of July!!! I am super excited to share my newest recipe. I have been slaving away at trying to make a Salt Bar Recipe for Melt and Pour. So I have tried different amounts and types of salts and I think I found the perfect blend for me. I tested it on myself and love...
So this may seem a bit odd... I keep goats and they get a bit of kelp meal as a treat with some dried peas and sunflower seeds. I've been going outside of my safety soaper zone alot lately with all sorts of fun things and i just can't get the salt bar with kelp meal out of my mind. I mean this...
So again copious notes because I am a nubcake. And lousy pics because I insist on doing cell phone pics in-situ. Apologies if I'm not loading the pictures right.
I had been reading all about salt bars and settled on making one last night. I'm supposed to be waiting for my shipment from SMR to...
Has anyone ever re-batched salt bars within 24 hours of making them? Yesterday I made salt bars for the first time and used 1:1 salt to oil ratio. When I tried to take them out of the silicone molds this morning they were super crumbly. So I decided that since it wasn't a super large batch I...
I am trying a batch tonight. I have made shampoo bars with Dark Side Vanilla Porter beer, Wheat Germ, and Bayberry FO that are my best seller so far, and have made a couple batches of salt bars with water, Red oxide, and Honey Almond FO (they smell like Cherry!). Tonight I am experimenting with...
I have never really been interested in making salt soap bars, but after a number of years making soap thought I would give it a go, because everyone says how great they are on the skin, and I am always up for being a lab rat for something new.
However I think, there has been a gremlin in the...