Adding a bit of coconut cream?

[ministeph]

Hi everyone! i would like to add a bit of coconut cream/milk to my basic soap recipe.. and I had a few questions about how to go about it..

1. is it better to use the milk? or freeze it, dump off the water and use the straight cream? or buy it as 'coconut cream' (or does it not matter haha)

2. When adding it to your formula, does it count as a fat at all? Meaning you would have to adjust your lye? I know most people use coconut milk as part of their water/lye solution .. yet some add the straight cream to the soap mixture? would that superfat?

I'm sorry if this is confusing.. any advice on a great way to use coconut milk/cream would be AWESOME. I'm just afraid of adding it any superfatting WAY too high out of nowhere, or mixing it with lye and losing all its great qualities, or just screwing up in general and getting DOS.. haha

THANKS!

 

[coco cooks]

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I'm debating the same. Did you come up with a any answers?

 

[dagmar88]

You could do either option.
When using milk freeze until slushy before using to mix the lye solution.
When you use cream prepare the lye solution with water as normal, soap cold, keep the SF on the low side (3-5%) and add some coconut cream to your oils.

 

[coco cooks]

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Thank you! I will add cream at trace. Wish me luck;-)

 

[SudsyKat]

Sounds dreamy! Hope it turns out great.

 

[Bukawww]

I use coconut milk powder half and half with water to obtain a 'cream'...I still SF pretty high due to my high coconut recipe but no issues yet (6 month mark).

I add at or right before trace (sometimes the milk powder still needs some stick blending to avoid clumps).

I soap at RT.

 

[Bubbles Galore]

I use half water to dissolve the lye and then I add the balance of liquid as coconut cream at light trace. Beautiful. I don't account for any fat in the cream. :wink:

 

[coco cooks]

Great tips . Thank you. I did a CPHP today and love the outcome already Pics in Photo gallery under Well This didn't turn out brown). I added at trace, but will experiment with your other suggestions.

 

[soapbuddy]

Whichever way you decide to go, make sure that the milk has no guar gum. You could end up with a soap on a stick.