Avocado

[Dixie]

Butter or Oil?
Which do you prefer? Why?

 

[ChrissyB]

I've never used avocado butter, but it's sounds very decadent.
I have used the oil in soap and it's lovely. Expensive though.

 

[Guest]

I like the butter for solid lotion tarts and the oil for a superfat in some of my soap.

Kitn

 

[topcat]

I used the butter in one soap and the oil in another - I feel there is no difference and the butter is more expensive, so I use that in leave-on products now. HTH!

Tanya

 

[IrishLass]

I like using fresh avocado puree myself.

IrishLass

 

[topcat]

I like using fresh avocado puree myself.

IrishLass

Oh yes, it's gorgeous! In my Bay Avocado soap I use 20% avocado oil and 1 T ppo avocado puree - it is such a lovely soap and I use it as a facial and shampoo bar too.

Tanya

 

[Val]

Does Avocado puree stay green or does it just blend in and disappear?

Val

 

[LJA]

I used the butter in one soap and the oil in another - I feel there is no difference and the butter is more expensive, so I use that in leave-on products now. HTH!

Tanya

Ditto what Topcat said. I tried to put the butter in all my soaps but it's too expensive. It's definitely my favorite butter/oil feel-wise.

 

[misty]

oh, fresh avocado puree for myself as well.

 

[Dixie]

What do you girls feel the puree gives to the soap? And Val and I need to know if it colors the soap please

 

[topcat]

I can't say whether it colours the soap as I also added spirulina powder to mine..... :?

Tanya

 

[LJA]

It ends up being translucent, really....

 

[Lindy]

My Private Label customer wants Avocado Oil in her soaps just to have it on her labels so to keep the costs down in will be there but in a small quantity.

 

[IrishLass]

My avocado puree soaps are olive green in color.

IrishLass

 

[laVale]

For people using Avocado puree, how do you get it? you just take an avocado and squeeze it with a fork? a food processor? do you peel it, before?
And for the quantity, 1 T (tablespoon?) for pound of oil, right?

 

[Val]

I would definitely peel it ..... and either mash with fork or put in blender or food processor. Not sure of the amounts.

Val

 

[Dixie]

val you said to def. peel it, but out of curiosity I'm tempted to use some of the peel and see if I get a darker color green with it. What do you think?

 

[LJA]

val you said to def. peel it, but out of curiosity I'm tempted to use some of the peel and see if I get a darker color green with it. What do you think?

I've made it with the peel. You do get a darker color, but as time goes on the peel gets scratchy. Cucumber peel is good, but avocado peel is a bit harsher IMO...

 

[SimplyE]

Does Avocado puree stay green or does it just blend in and disappear?

Val

I used 1 Tbs ppo and stick blended it into the oils before the lye solution. I did not gel, and my soap is creamy only because of the GM that I use. No discoloration for me at all.

 

[IrishLass]

I cut my avocado in half, discard the seed, scoop out the pulp into a cup or small bowl that my stickblender can fit into, and then stickblend the bejeebees out of it until it is absolutely, positively 100% smooth. Then I further stickblend it into my oils before adding the lye. I've never used avocado peels, though. I use 1 tbsp. puree ppo.

I forgot to mentiion that mine always turn out olive green most likely because I also always use cucumber juice in my avocado puree soaps (as well as the tiniest smidge of chromium hydroxide green). I juice the whole cucumber, peel and all, strain it, and use it as part of my water amount. The juice is a really nice, dark, emerald green color.

I love the dense creaminess the puree lends to my soap.

IrishLass