Colloidal oatmeal

[Carly B]

Would there be any logical reason why colloidal oatmeal would affect lather? I have a standard 40% tallow recipe (an aside---after three years of soaping, I no longer feel compelled to experiment with different oils and ratios for EVERY batch), which is hubby's favorite, and I usually add powdered goatmilk to every batch (unless I have a request for vegan soap).

I had some Vanilla Oat Milk fragrance from Scent Memory, so I decided I would add some colloidal oatmeal and make an "Oat'n Goat" soap.

The lather is amazing. I always use a nylon pouf in the shower with my soap, which increases the lather exponentially, but I was still amazed. The lather is so thick and glorious it's like washing with whipped cream. The only thing different in this soap vs my standard tallow soap is the fragrance and the colloidal oatmeal. I've heard of using sugars to increase lather, but I've never seen anything about colloidal oatmeal doing that. Would it be residual natural sugars in the oats? I only added about a tablespoon for the pound of oils, so it wasn't a lot.

 

[AliOop]

The oats have starch in them which definitely increases lather for me. One of my favorite soaps that I make is a lard/tallow mix with goat milk powder and colloidal oats. It's amazing!

 

[Catscankim]

I have an oat milk (homemade) soap with no other additives. I used it full-water replacement. I didn't know that oats would increase the lather. Now it makes sense, because it is one of my favorite soaps because of its lather.

Thank you for pointing this out @AliOop

 

[VikingChick]

I love this! I bought a package of colloidal oatmeal for my lotion experimentation, but at 1% I’ll never use it all! I was wondering what to do with if but (duh) didn’t even think of soap. I even have some powdered GM; I wonder if it’s still good. I know what I’m doing this weekend!