Geck0,
I'm gonna use your 100% CO recipe! Got some FO's coming in from brambleberry next week and went to sams club today and picked up a ton of CO! Can you give me some idea as to the differences between the 2 recipes you gave me? Thanks!
I have two base recipes...one for Regular Soap and one for Goat Milk Soap.
My Regular Soap is 10% Cocoa and Shea Butters, 20% Coconut and Palm Oil, 35% Olive Oil and 5% Castor Oil.
My GMS has weird percentages because I rounded off the weight, but it is 21.21% Coconut and Palm Oils, 12.12% Shea Butter, 40.91 % Olive Oil and 4.55% Castor Oil.
I use a 30% Lye Concentration, 5% SuperFat, 1 Tea Sodium Lactate and 1 Tea Kaolin Clay PPO in both.
Because I use an organic Cocoa Butter and don't like to color my GMS, I leave it out and adjusted the other oils so I get a light, creamy looking GMS.
I freeze my Goat Milk and Distilled Water and use an ice bath with a little salt in it for the Goat Milk; the salt keeps the water much colder. By freezing the Distilled Water, I don't have to mix it in the garage or wait until hubby leaves the house because he can't handle the fumes.
When making my Regular Soap, I start with my Cocoa Butter and melt it about half-way in the microwave. While it's melting, I mix up my Lye Solution and add my Sodium Lactate. I then add my Coconut and Palm Oils and melt them, then add in my Shea Butter and use the residual heat to melt it (if you overheat Shea Butter, it gets grainy). I then add my Castor and Olive Oils, and Kaolin Clay.
What I do next is dependent on what kind of soap I am making...solid color, ITP Swirl, layered, drop swirl and what kind of colorants (micas, oxides, clays) and fragrance. If I'm doing a single color, or playing with a new color or FO, I'll add the color to the Oils/Butters then add my Lye Solution and blend to emulsion. And for a new FO, I make sure my mold is ready to go.
