Pearly liquid soap

All things lavender · Jul 6, 2013

I made glycerin liquid soap for the first time about a week ago. After dilution it was crystal clear. Waited for it to cool. Added lavender EO before bottling. Clouded right up. It's been sitting for a week....it's clear except for the top layer is pearly. Will it eventually clear completely?

FGOriold · Jul 6, 2013

You should always add your fragrances or essential oils while the liquid soap is warm to hot so that it can better incorporate (your mixing oil with a water based product). Not completely sure if adding the EO to cooled soap is the issue but I have used lavender EO in liquid soap and have not had any clouding or other issues (it does thicken it a bit though).

Maybe heat your soap back up and mix it well, then let it cool again to see if that does not clear things back up for you.

barnabyblack · Feb 19, 2014

I recently started making a castile with olive, coconut and jojoba. My first batch was great the second I used too little lye. My first batch was clear paste as it should have been but when I added distilled water it got cloudy. After a few days of diluting it started to clear up again but now I am getting a hardened layer over night. I am not sure why this is happening as I followed instructions to the tee. Any suggestions out there?

barnabyblack · Feb 19, 2014

Sorry All Things Lavender I meant to reply as well as ask my question!!! I've gotten cloudiness after adding EO and it goes away after a small duration. If it does not you can try an emulsifyer like polysorbate 20.

Lindy · Feb 19, 2014

barnabyblack said:
I recently started making a castile with olive, coconut and jojoba. My first batch was great the second I used too little lye. My first batch was clear paste as it should have been but when I added distilled water it got cloudy. After a few days of diluting it started to clear up again but now I am getting a hardened layer over night. I am not sure why this is happening as I followed instructions to the tee. Any suggestions out there?

Actually that is not a Castile, castile is only 100% olive oil as far as oils go. Anything else is just soap no matter what Dr. Bronners says...

Back to your regularly scheduled thread....

lady-of-4 · Feb 19, 2014

Lindy said:
Actually that is not a Castile, castile is only 100% olive oil as far as oils go. Anything else is just soap no matter what Dr. Bronners says...

Back to your regularly scheduled thread....

*snort* You beat me to it Lindy. lol.

Now, as far as the pearly...I noticed that as well with my first ever batch of glycerine method yesterday. And i didn't add anything to it aside from spritzing the top with alcohol to get rid of bubbles. So it may not be your oils after all hun.