Acidified lye soap, like popular odor control ones??

[AndreaFogg]

Hi there! Was curious if anyone knew what would make lye soap 'acidified" like Lume and Mando etc. soaps ? I've used Lume soap and it works great, just thought since I make my own bar soap (usually) if maybe I could make it? Save a little $ lol
Thanks!

 

[LidiaG]

Hi there! Was curious if anyone knew what would make lye soap 'acidified" like Lume and Mando etc. soaps ? I've used Lume soap and it works great, just thought since I make my own bar soap (usually) if maybe I could make it? Save a little $ lol
Thanks!

Hi @AndreaFogg
Just wanted to welcome you to the forum!
I don't think I can be of much help to your question as this is not a lye based product.

No idea what this "soap" was so I google and I'm posting the info here so someone can hopefully help you.

I'm thinking apple cider vinegar when I read about this product

 

[squidstings]

Citric acid? In the ingredients.
Is is actually "soap" or detergent? Just curious.
The oils that make up the skin's immunity barrier are fatty acids. I haven't learned much about acidic soap yet. But it does make sense, to me, that lower Ph would be agreeable to the skin.
Critic however reminds me how dry my hands get if I don't wear gloves after squeezing a bunch of oranges and grapefruits.
Best to wait for other feedback on that one!

 

[KiwiMoose]

You can't make lye soap more acid. The soap recipe above is what's known as 'syndet' (synthetic detergent) - it's what we make shampoo bars out of. More expensive than making soap. It sounds like a great marketing ploy - put people off soap because it's too alkaline and they will buy this stuff instead. I doubt having your skin being 'acidised' will make it smell any different.

 

[paradisi]

You can't make lye soap more acid. The soap recipe above is what's known as 'syndet' (synthetic detergent) - it's what we make shampoo bars out of. More expensive than making soap. It sounds like a great marketing ploy - put people off soap because it's too alkaline and they will buy this stuff instead. I doubt having your skin being 'acidised' will make it smell any different.

In fact, acidified by itself does not help. I did a lot of testing while a friend was working on deodorant ideas and we found incidentally that using a syndet body bar made deodorants not last as long, vs using soap.
Have never used mandelic acid so can't comment on it.

I can tho note that studies have shown that the high pH of soap is not detrimental to skin.

 

[curlycoat2]

SCI is a surfactant (first ingredient) so yes this is a syndet bar.
Hydrogenated vegetable oil - a thickener and longer shelf life than original oil
Polyglyceryl - 4 Laurate gives slip
Water
Fragrance (Parfum) preservative
Glycerin a humectant
Fragrance - scent
Zinc Oxide - coloring? filler?
Citric Acid to balance ph I would guess in this
Coconut oil
Shea Butter
Galactoarabinan - sugar from a tree used for hydrating
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate - chelator
Mandelic Acid - AHA usually I thought for anti aging?

I find it interesting that Zinc Oxide comes before Coconut oil in the list. I dont believe this list is accurate in the way we are meant to list from largest amount of an ingredient to smallest amount of an ingredient. I am pretty sure there would/should be less citric than Shea for example.

If you know how to make syndet shampoo bars this would be fairly easy to make however if you are only doing this to save $'s I will let you know that its a whole different ball game and the learning curve is steep and expensive! Ask most of us how we know!

 

[KiwiMoose]

Yes - I can make a bar of lye soap (105g) at a cost price of around $NZ2, but my syndet shampoo bars are only about 60-65g at a cost price around $NZ4-5