My soap makes my skin feel dry

[debbs]

Hi iam a newbie at soapmaking ive made a couple of bars but dont like the feel of them they make my skin feel a bit dry. Would appriciate help. My receipes were for hp

80% Palm oil
10 % coconut oil
10% caster oil

My other receipe was

82% beef Tallow
8% coconut oil
10% caster oil

I also added to this one 3 tbsp of coconut milk powder added to the oils before adding the lye water.

I would like a more moisturizing soap. Should i have put some shea or cocoa butter in or even olive? Also ive heard that lard make a nice bar.

Just seems like at the moment iam waisting all my ingrediants of soaps i dont like. :? :cry:

 

[carebear]

At what level did you super fat? Might be best if you give the actual amounts of the oils, lye , water, and additives.

 

[dagmar88]

*scratch* I wouldn't expect anything but a hard bar with those recipes?

I'd personally cut down the palm/tallow and replace with something like at least 30% olive oil or ricebran oil.
Go check out www.soapcalc.net the calculate the new amounts of water & lye needed.

 

[debbs]

3.2 oz caster
2.56oz coconut
26.24oz beef tallow

12.16 oz water
4.16 lye
suferfat fat/discount 10%

next receipe

25.6 oz palm oil
3.2 oz coconut oil
3.2 oz caster oil

12.16 oz water
4.259 oz lye

super fat/discount 8%

 

[AmyW]

As odd as it sounds, try a lower SF. My daughter's skin gets soooo dry and starts flaking off with my 8%+ SF soaps. She does best with 5-7%.

My favorite bars are 1/3 tallow or lard, 1/3 coconut oil, and the other 1/3 is olive, castor and cocoa butter, 6 or 7% SF

You might try added goat's milk, cow's milk or coconut milk too

 

[Giangxamar]

Well, as far as I know, for only the first recipe, palm is not a good one in conditioning, it only gives fluffy and lasting lather and give the bar the good hardness. Castor and coconut is good for conditioning but the level was low, so I think that's why.

I have my first batch with 30%palm, 35%coconut and 35% olive and to me it was still a little bit dry. But when I use another recipe with around 55% olive and coconut, and some other like lanolin, palm, castor, cocoa and shea it turns out good.

Olive oil attracts moisture from the air to your skin but in my opinion it wont be very good when you live in a low humidity place.

 

[debbs]

I thought that the more you sp your soap the more moisturising it would be and niecer on your skin :? Iam very new and still trying to get the hang of it. I will give those receipes a try. Is there any thing i can do with these soaps i have, or should i just throw them.

 

[Bubbles Galore]

Hi Debbs, even though you're HPing, your soap will still improve with a good curing. I haven't made many batches of HP but I love that I can add extra oil at the end. Have you tried that?

Here is a good basic recipe that I normally make CP.

39% Olive oil
28% Palm
28% Coconut
5% Castor

6-8% lye discount or superfat.

 

[debbs]

Jenny thanks for your help. if i hp this receipe and did a sp/discount of say 6% i could add 1% of super fating oils ( say shea,jojoa, or something) at the end of cook and that would make a sp of 7%. Am i on the right path or could i add 1T per pound would it be oils or soap :?

I did try a recipe a while back and added shea at the end of cook , but think my recipe had to much oo in or i added to much shea at the end of cook cos it still a bit soft but hardening up slowly

 

[Bubbles Galore]

Yes, you can make it a 6% lye discount recipe and after cook add 1 tablespoon of extra butter or oil per pound of oils as extra superfat. Will be nice I think. :wink:

 

[honor435]

coconut and palm are hard oils, could be drying, add some oo, you will like it much more!

 

[srenee]

I agree. Shea butter helps as well.