Rebatch question

[sudsy_kiwi]

I recently made a cinnamon beer soap, and after waiting impatiently for a month I finally used it. It feels wonderful as I'm washing with it, but as it washes off I can virtually feel the oils stripping from my skin, leaving it temporarily dry. I was reading another thread yesterday in which someone said they wouldn't use Coconut oil at any more than 20%...my recipe had 40% (spot the newbie lol)

So I figured I might as well try rebatching it, since I've never done that before, and I have a couple of questions.

If I add more CO during the rebatch process, will that counter the drying effect it currently has? If not, is there something else I can add/do?

The one thing I really do like about the soap as it is, is the lovely cinnamon scent. Will this survive the rebatch, or does it get wiped out?

Anything else you think I might need to know?

Cheers
SK

 

[girlishcharm2004]

I have found that my base essential oils survive rebatching quite well.

What is the point to adding coconut oil to the rebatch? Do you want to have the same soap, but with a higher superfat in the form of coconut oil?

 

[sudsy_kiwi]

Yeah, that's what I was hoping would happen. The soap is currently quite drying so I was hoping doing this would solve the problem. But I'm pretty new, so did I have the wrong idea? Is that not how it works?

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

You're right in that it would essentially up the superfat, with CO. I'm not sure, as I have never rebatched for that reason (only once, because I left it too long and the batter solidified in the slow cooker!), if there will be downsides from adding enough CO to counter the high Sodium Cocoate content that you have.

 

[sudsy_kiwi]

How about if I used something other than CO?

 

[Susie]

That would be one option. I don't know how it will work out, though.

If it were me, I would probably grate that soap up and use it as confetti in a new, high superfat, batch of soap that is very low in coconut oil. Be careful of using too much confetti to too little batter, though. I would not go over a 1:3 ratio of confetti to new batter. In your case, with that high coconut oil, I might go with a 1:4 ratio with 10% coconut oil in each batch.

And you could use some of it in a sugar scrub. Use 1 part oil, 2 parts grated soap, and 3 parts sugar. You melt the grated soap, mix in the oil(melt again if needed), then add sugar and color/scent as desired. Just be careful to stick to safe usage rates on the FO/EO.

 

[Luckyone80]

Question - if the soap is already drying, wouldn't adding more CO make it dryer? Wouldn't you want to add something like OO instead?

 

[Obsidian]

No, CO will only be drying if reacts with lye and saponifies. SK, what was the superfat of your soap? You can add which ever oil you want to your rebatch but the amount depends on your initial SF level.

EDIT: looks like I had a post time warp:wtf:

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

CO itself is lovely on the skin. Saponified CO (sodium or potassium cocoate) is drying. It's one of the reasons why I suggest people look at the oil in soap calc rather than just reading about what the oil does on the skin, as the two can be totally different - CO is the best example of this.

 

[Seawolfe]

If the color is nice, I would chunk or cube it and use it for embeds in a new soap. Otherwise yeah sugar scrubs or household soap.