My First Soap Batch-little lather

[SusanFrank]

Hi eveyone,

I just made by first batch of soap on Wednesday(12/14/11),it was lavender soap.It turned out pretty well and it was a hard bar of soap.I cut some of today(12/18/11) to try it out and wash my hands but I found it took a substantial amount of effort before it would lather well.I was just wondering whether this is because it has not fully cured yet or whether it is my recipe.

I made a 1lb of soap with the following:

4.8oz Olive Oil. 30%
4.oz                      Coconut Oil    25%
4 oz                      Palm Oil         25%
2.4 oz                   Shea Butter     15%
.8 oz                     Castor Oil        5%
2.25 oz                 Lye
6.10 oz                 Distilled Water

I am also finding hard to sell the lavender eo,I put in 3 teaspoons into the 1 lb of soap,is this too small or might it have to do with the particular eo itself..

Thank you in advance

 

[debbism]

Was this CP or HP? If it was CP, then you would need a full 4-6 weeks cure time

 

[msnydersoaps]

Your recipe looks good to me. You have plenty of "lather oils" in there. I would not increase them at all.

Fragrance would depend on if you did HP or CP, so I can't answer that one for you now.

You probably just need more cure for the soap to be really nice.
I find my bars are very different after a good cure than they are two days after cutting.

 

[SusanFrank]

Thank you both for the responses.It is cold process soap,so hoping the lather will improve with time

 

[msnydersoaps]

I think your lather will improve.

I use 1 oz of EO per pound of oils, mints and patch much less. I only do CP.

 

[Soapy Gurl]

You should have a light scent. I use up to 1oz per pound of oil and a minimum of .5oz ppo. 3tsp in a tbs and 2tbs in an oz... correct if I am wrong!

 

[nebetmiw]

Debbism is right. Your Formula is OK. You just need to let it cure for a full month to get good lather.

 

[SusanFrank]

Thank you all for the feedback