Aged soap?

ClaraSuds · Oct 27, 2012

I can't resist now. I just have to stow a bar from each of my current batches away in a time capsule....and bring my soaping schedule forward a week to compensate.

dirrdee · Oct 27, 2012

hazel, what if you made the same batch again and upped the superfat? You could do a 15% or 20% which should counteract the drying of the high coconut?

Hazel · Oct 27, 2012

I could raise the superfat but since I've made this batch I've found other oils which I prefer to add in my soap. I'm also a little cheap and prefer to use shea in leave on products like lotions and whipped butters.

newbie · Oct 28, 2012

Sabon, what fragrance oil did you use that lasted 5 years? I have been making soap for a little over 2 years so don't have that kind of timeline to see. IT seems like not that many FO's I've used have that sort of staying power.

I pulled out one the first bars I made (no shea in it though) to try after reading this thread and it was pretty nice, I have to say. I did have one bar of Castile that was really bubbly and not at all slimy after about 1.5 years, but under a year and they still seem to slippery. I made a batch of 20% shea soap on purpose to age after reading this so I'll have to remember to check back next fall!

sabon · Oct 29, 2012

newbie said:
Sabon, what fragrance oil did you use that lasted 5 years? I have been making soap for a little over 2 years so don't have that kind of timeline to see. IT seems like not that many FO's I've used have that sort of staying power.

I pulled out one the first bars I made (no shea in it though) to try after reading this thread and it was pretty nice, I have to say. I did have one bar of Castile that was really bubbly and not at all slimy after about 1.5 years, but under a year and they still seem to slippery. I made a batch of 20% shea soap on purpose to age after reading this so I'll have to remember to check back next fall!

As far as I remember I didn't use shea butter in the aged soap (I made my first shea butter soap last week). I used a combination of olive oil palm and sesame seed oil and coconut oils as base oils. I do not use fragrance oils in my soaps. I remember using Vetiver essential oil (that was the only EO I had then

) my sister remembers that I added orange peel powder and cinnamon powder. That it!

Sapwn · Jun 24, 2013

Very interesting thread.

I am trying to figure out a recipe for long ageing soap. At least 3 years.

From what I read in the forum I should avoid some oils that could give rancidity.

The first thing that comes in mind is Aleppo soap with 78% olive oil and 12% laurel oil.

Skatergirl46 · Jun 24, 2013

It is interesting! I have just read the entire thread. I'm glad that the older threads are still here for newb.'s like me to learn from. I was under the impression that Shea butter killed lather in larger percentages. I just started making soap this month, so none of mine is aged more than a couple of weeks. I did notice that the first HP batch I made is getting better in the way that it has more bubbles than it did. I love the bubbles! I'm thinking that I will start making my holiday gift soaps now so that they will have time to cure before the holidays roll around.

Ruthie · Jun 24, 2013

Me, too, Skatergirl. The end of this week I am ordering the red oxide and a couple of Christmas scents. Just waiting for WSP to have the red oxide back in stock.