shea soap, would these work ?

[mainframe]

Ok I think I'm hooked :twisted: My first attempt batch is still curring good I hope So I want to keep things moving and go for a good shea butter soap. Open to any suggestions and pointers.

Here is ingredients I was playing atm what do you soapers think
Shea butter loves me soap

Oils
13.5oz - olive oil
8.5oz - shea butter
3.0oz - coconut oil
6.5oz - castor oil

Additives
1 1/2cp - butter milk powder
2oz apricot oil
1oz almond oil
Honey suckle FO (not sure how much)

4.5oz lye
12oz distilled water

 

[lotionlady]

Can't speak to the milk powder, but the recipe looks like it should probably work. Looks like about a 5% SF. I've used that high of a percentage of castor before without a problem but some say it can be sticky. If you were using the castor for the lather, you can also up the CO instead if you want.

 

[mainframe]

Awesome and thanks for the reply. I only used 3oz of Coconut oil because I have no more atm. The milk powder is suppose to give it more lathering capabilities from what I heard. I was a little skeptical to use that much castor oil but hopefully it works out ok . I'm so new to this though, I have alot of trial and error ahead of me :twisted:

 

[dragonfly princess]

Sounds good, but um.............WE NEED PICS!!!!!!

 

[IanT]

hahaha....yes pics...we love the pics

 

[zajanatural]

Looks like a good recipe. Only way to know is to try it out :wink: I use 18% castor in all of my batches and my soaps do not come out sticky, rock hard within 12 hours of pouring too.

 

[IanT]

Looks like a good recipe. Only way to know is to try it out :wink: I use 18% castor in all of my batches and my soaps do not come out sticky, rock hard within 12 hours of pouring too.

** but before you do run it through a soapcalc to make sure its SAFE!!

 

[zajanatural]

Looks like a good recipe. Only way to know is to try it out :wink: I use 18% castor in all of my batches and my soaps do not come out sticky, rock hard within 12 hours of pouring too.

** but before you do run it through a soapcalc to make sure its SAFE!!

I don't think making a soap without running it through a calculator would be a smart thing to do :wink: