My 100% Coconut Soap

[Luckyone80]

I am IN LOVE with this soap and think I will be making a lot more. The batter behaved beautifully, I had lots of time to work with it before it started to set up so I will try swirls in the next batch. Its scented with Winter Gardenia from BB, I will call this "Snow White". Did I mention that I LOVE the way it turned out?!?

 

[snappyllama]

That looks so perfectly shiny and smooth!

 

[janzo]

That looks lovely. I normally do mine by HP, it is my husbands favourite soap, scented with Lavender and Amber. You have inspired me to do a batch by CP, thank you!

 

[IrishLass]

It's beautiful!

IrishLass

 

[osso]

Looks great. I love 100% coconut.

 

[Obsidian]

It looks great, I love the slick waxy look.

 

[shunt2011]

That turned out really lovely looking.

 

[lsg]

100% coconut tends to turn out a beautiful white.

 

[Luckyone80]

That looks lovely. I normally do mine by HP, it is my husbands favourite soap, scented with Lavender and Amber. You have inspired me to do a batch by CP, thank you!

Thats awesome, you're welcome!

 

[Luckyone80]

Thank you! I am pleasantly surprised.

 

[biarine]

Beautiful soap and I am sure I will love that gardenia

 

[FloridaSoaper]

What are the benefits of 100% coconut? Is it drying?

 

[rainycityjen]

Mind posting the superfat and water %?

 

[lillybella]

The Winter Gardenia from BB is WONDERFUL!!!

Is 100% Coconut a good choice for my first CP or HP soap?

 

[Luckyone80]

Mind posting the superfat and water %?

20% SF and 36% water

 

[Luckyone80]

The Winter Gardenia from BB is WONDERFUL!!!

Is 100% Coconut a good choice for my first CP or HP soap?

I only do cp and IMO it would be a good first soap to make. I had no problems with it. It does get hot so soap around 85-90 degrees and depending on your mold, prob don't need to insulate. I used a cardboard box and insulated but checked it every 15 min to see what it was doing and I uninsulated when i saw it gel all the way through.

 

[Cactuslily]

That's beautiful! I got a sample of that FO in my last order from them. Am I misunderstanding something though? I'm having issues with early setting up, and I thought someone said that coconut oil ( in high %) tended to set up way faster, yet you had time to swirl? I must be doing something terribly wrong :-(
Your soap is lovely.

 

[Cactuslily]

Also, I hear a lot about gel phase and how some people want it and others don't, yet I don't know what I should look for to recognize it.

 

[Luckyone80]

What are the benefits of 100% coconut? Is it drying?

http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/SpecialtySoapRecipes/a/100-Coconut-Oil-Soap-With-20-Superfat.htm

 

[Luckyone80]

Also, I hear a lot about gel phase and how some people want it and others don't, yet I don't know what I should look for to recognize it.

I personally love for my soaps to gel. Below are 3 different soaps in different stages of gel. The soap on the left is before gel starts, the middle is partial gel (it starts on the inside of the soap and gravitates outwards), the soap on the right is at full gel.