Hi all. I am embarking on my first attempt at soap making and after a lot of research I have just about got my recipe sorted out and was planning to give it a go this weekend, but I want to use cucumber and aloe vera (fresh) instead of my water.
What is a recommended percentage of Aloe Vera to use? Would 50% be too much? Is it best to add it at trace or with the cucumber?
Could I use pureed cucumber instead of the other 50% and add the lye to that... or would it burn?
If I added some fresh mint leaves and maybe matcha tea or the only essential oils I can get hold of - Tea tree and Eucalyptus - how much is recommended percentage wise? a few drops/teaspoons or a large dollop?
I have a crockpot, so I'm not sure it'd be better doing it CP or HP...
My current recipe is as follows. I live in Tenerife, so the availability of fats is limited. The fats I have included are the only ones I have access to. The only other one I can get hold of is lard (manteca), but my daughter is a vegetarian, so she doesn't want me to use that.
Soap Recipe
1 Avocado Oil 10%
2 Sunflower Oil 10%
3 Beeswax 1%
4 Olive Oil 44%
5 Coconut Oil, 76 deg 35%
6 38% water, 5% superfat
Quality
Hardness 39
Cleansing 23
Conditioning 56
Bubbly 23
Creamy 15
Iodine 63
INS 154
Fatty Acids
Lauric 17
Myristic 7
Palmitic 12
Stearic 3
Ricinoleic 0
Oleic 41
Linoleic 14
Linolenic 1
What is a recommended percentage of Aloe Vera to use? Would 50% be too much? Is it best to add it at trace or with the cucumber?
Could I use pureed cucumber instead of the other 50% and add the lye to that... or would it burn?
If I added some fresh mint leaves and maybe matcha tea or the only essential oils I can get hold of - Tea tree and Eucalyptus - how much is recommended percentage wise? a few drops/teaspoons or a large dollop?
I have a crockpot, so I'm not sure it'd be better doing it CP or HP...
My current recipe is as follows. I live in Tenerife, so the availability of fats is limited. The fats I have included are the only ones I have access to. The only other one I can get hold of is lard (manteca), but my daughter is a vegetarian, so she doesn't want me to use that.
Soap Recipe
1 Avocado Oil 10%
2 Sunflower Oil 10%
3 Beeswax 1%
4 Olive Oil 44%
5 Coconut Oil, 76 deg 35%
6 38% water, 5% superfat
Quality
Hardness 39
Cleansing 23
Conditioning 56
Bubbly 23
Creamy 15
Iodine 63
INS 154
Fatty Acids
Lauric 17
Myristic 7
Palmitic 12
Stearic 3
Ricinoleic 0
Oleic 41
Linoleic 14
Linolenic 1
