Bathing soap

[paskari]

Hello everyone. I happen to be making bathing soap using palm kernel oil and palm oil. However, my users are saying that it floats and in some instances, it breaks in water when it reduces.
How can I overcome this ?
Also what exfoliants can I use to give it a brown or dark Brown color ?

 

[lsg]

Palm kernel oil and palm oil are both hard fats and will produce a hard, brittle bar. Try adding a liquid oil to the recipe.

 

[ScentimentallyYours]

Why do you want a dark brown color? Are you adding a fragrance oil? If so, fragrance with a high vanillin content will cure as dark brown. This is Dragon’s Blood fragrance in a cured soap. I colored it with red mica and swirled gold mica through the bar for interest. The DB fragrance turned the red a gorgeous mahogany brown.

 

[artemis]

Most exfoliants will just look like speckles. Cocoa powder will give a brown color to your soap, but will not feel scratchy on the skin.

 

[dmcgee5034]

Fun timing to ask about exfoliants, @paskari. You should check out this months challenge and watch for the entries when that thread opens. You will be able to see what people use, and the results. Should be fun and educational. Read about it here.

 

[Servant4Christ]

The only time I have soap that floats is when I incorporate extra air into the batter by over blending.
Ways to achieve brown colored soap are numberous. Using a fragrance with high vanillin, mica, oxides, cocoa powder, or strongly brewed coffee as the liquid in your recipe are just the ones I can think of quickly.