Aloe vera juice - where do you purchase yours?

[Servant4Christ]

For now, I'll stick to making my own because I can drain out the yellow latex that I'm not confident is being removed in the commecially made products. I'm considering try distilled aloe (George's) to see if acts similar in my soap. It's clear and has no additional ingredients.

 

[Ekuzo]

I don’t know that that is the proper thing to use as aloe juice. That is really a drink. I use Lily of the desert aloe, which is made from whole leaf aloe. It says it’s 99% pure aloe juice. of course it contains preservatives. I don’t think you’ll find anything commercially made that doesn’t.

The one mentioned above says 99.8 aloe content on the label, the rest is preservatives - should be fine in soap IMO

 

[AliOop]

For now, I'll stick to making my own because I can drain out the yellow latex that I'm not confident is being removed in the commecially made products. I'm considering try distilled aloe (George's) to see if acts similar in my soap. It's clear and has no additional ingredients.

I love George’s when I can find it at a reasonable price. It is super clear so that it doesn’t change the soap color, and it is the consistency or water.

 

[Servant4Christ]

I love George’s when I can find it at a reasonable price. It is super clear so that it doesn’t change the soap color, and it is the consistency or water.

Does it still increase the bubbles like aloe gel does in CP? I might order some on Amazon to try. This would be a great way for me to both streamline my process AND make batches that are consistent. How much do you like to use?

 

[AliOop]

Does it still increase the bubbles like aloe gel does in CP? I might order some on Amazon to try. This would be a great way for me to both streamline my process AND make batches that are consistent. How much do you like to use?

It sure does! I don’t consistently use AVJ but when I do, it is 100% water replacement if I’m not using any sorbitol or sugar.

 

[A-Polly]

Does it still increase the bubbles like aloe gel does in CP? I might order some on Amazon to try. This would be a great way for me to both streamline my process AND make batches that are consistent. How much do you like to use?

I am intrigued by the George's brand aloe juice, especially because it says no refrigeration needed! Will order some to try if I see a good price.

My experience has been that fresh aloe (prepared by me), the Lakewood brand, Trader Joe's brand, Walmart Fruit of the Earth, and Lily of the Desert all worked well for bubbly betterment. And I don't recall any of them contributing much to discoloration, even if the lye water turned orange at first! Since this always-helpful forum taught me about master-batched lye solutions, I mostly use 50 percent or less aloe and the bubbly goodness still seems to be there (cannot claim any sort of scientific bubble measurements, though — just a general impression).

 

[Servant4Christ]

I used Fruit of the Earth brand from Walmart to make ZNSB last night. I disolved my sea salt and baking soda in water, then added aloe. All was transparent and beautiful. Then I added the lye. Cloudy wasn't a surprise, but the silt-like sediment at the bottom of the cup after the lye solution cooled down was. Any idea what that is? It's goes right through my strainer. I dumped it and tried again and got the same result, so I used it. We'll see the results tonight when I unmold and cut.