bubbly soap recipe

[whisks]

wow, that's masses of castor - almost like the OO and castor swapped places! with so much castor, doesn't the soap come out soft?

 

[phpworm]

Like I said, I used a 25% water discount and added the lye to the castor first. It thickened up pretty quick and was hard enough to cut in less than 24 hours. I'm gonna give it until the end of this week and then see how well it bubbles up.

 

[holly99]

Well, it's worth a try! I love to experiment!

 

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[Ollieblue]

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[honor435]

holly
i have many recipes that have good bubbly and creamy, i do use pk alot though.
heres one
9.5 oo hardness 43 cleans/20, cond/52, bubbly/29, creamy 32
co 9.5 oz
po 9.5
castor 3

 

[phpworm]

Okay I couldn't wait until the end of the week.. Here is a video of the first hand wash (with my slightly deformed end piece), so you can judge for yourself. These are my wifes hands because she says I can't make bubbles right.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oZl40wx6VM[/ame]

In her opinion it bubbles up quite nicely, it's not slimy, has good moisture, and is a little sticky when wet but not anymore than an average bar of soap.

After a quick shower from my point of view: the bar felt a little slimy in my hands. For whatever reason I couldn't get it to bubble up on my body very much (my wife was right) but it had a nice lather to it, and it felt just a little dry rubbing it against my skin which could have been the oatmeal. I put menthol in this soap too so I'm experiencing a nice cooling sensation.

Over all it's a nice solid bar, wonderful smell of green apple and menthol, and after the first impression - considering it will only get better with age - I think I'll definitely be using this recipe again.

 

[honor435]

didnt you just make this? i hope it was hp, or its not ready, it will get better with time, lots of time with all that castor, try some other recipes, you WILL like them, that much castor will be spendy?

 

[phpworm]

Yeah I just made it 4 days ago.. CP. It passed the zap test.

 

[holly99]

It's kind of funny, I've been keeping up on this thread and hadn't heard of using large amounts of castor before. Then I got a new book called "Soap and Other Obsessions" and they use 25% castor in many of their recipes.

It will be interesting to see how it cures out.

 

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[carebear]

Yeah I just made it 4 days ago.. CP. It passed the zap test.

good, that means it's safe - but it'll get milder and the lather will improve over the next 4 weeks. so set a bar where it'll be nice and dry for that period and try it then!

 

[holly99]

It's kind of funny, I've been keeping up on this thread and hadn't heard of using large amounts of castor before. Then I got a new book called "Soap and Other Obsessions" and they use 25% castor in many of their recipes.

It will be interesting to see how it cures out.

Do you like the book? I really want a copy but it's soooo expensive, was going to cost me $90 and that's a lot of FO's I'd rather have ..

I really haven't looked it through completely but I'm just ok with it right now. I thought I'd read that it had lots of beautiful pictures but it's just black and white. I'll have to flip through it more to really form a good opinion on it.

 

[phpworm]

I have the book and love it.. Being new to soaping it has really helped me get a good grasp on things and the authors have been extremely helpful answering my questions via e-mail.

It covers a lot more than soaping though, which I don't really have an interest in right now. There are a few color pictures in the back of the book but that's it.