Last week I used this recipe:
4 oz. Coconut Oil
6 oz. Olive Oil
6 oz. Palm Oil
1 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
2.2 oz. Lye
6.8 oz. Water
I used the higher amount of water that the lye calculator said to use. It was going well, it came to a nice, creamy trace like my other batch did(different recipe). It was when I added the fragrance oil that it didn't look so nice. It went from a creamy smooth texture to an applesauce like texture. Before I started, I was trying to figure out how much fragrance oil to use. I kept seeing 0.8-1 oz. of fragrance oil per pound of soap. I wasn't sure if it included the weight of the water and lye or just the oils/fats. I calculated based on the whole recipe and came up with 1.6 oz. of fragrance oil using the 1 oz. of fragrance oil per pound of soap. Is that too much? I used 1 oz. of Tahitian Vanilla and 0.6 oz. of Sandalwood Amber, both are from New Directions.
A while after I had poured the soap into the mold, it had liquid sitting on top. Did I just not mix long it enough after I add the fragrance oil? After a week, the soap is drying out, but still fairly soft. That could be due to the higher water amount, correct?? It's texture still isn't smooth like my other batch. Also, it started out a medium tan color and now it's darn near chocolate brown. Does anyone know why it changed so much?
I've read that some fragrance oils can ruin a soap batch. Can someone please tell me what to look for when buying fragrance oil, so that I know it is not going to ruin my soap?
4 oz. Coconut Oil
6 oz. Olive Oil
6 oz. Palm Oil
1 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
2.2 oz. Lye
6.8 oz. Water
I used the higher amount of water that the lye calculator said to use. It was going well, it came to a nice, creamy trace like my other batch did(different recipe). It was when I added the fragrance oil that it didn't look so nice. It went from a creamy smooth texture to an applesauce like texture. Before I started, I was trying to figure out how much fragrance oil to use. I kept seeing 0.8-1 oz. of fragrance oil per pound of soap. I wasn't sure if it included the weight of the water and lye or just the oils/fats. I calculated based on the whole recipe and came up with 1.6 oz. of fragrance oil using the 1 oz. of fragrance oil per pound of soap. Is that too much? I used 1 oz. of Tahitian Vanilla and 0.6 oz. of Sandalwood Amber, both are from New Directions.
A while after I had poured the soap into the mold, it had liquid sitting on top. Did I just not mix long it enough after I add the fragrance oil? After a week, the soap is drying out, but still fairly soft. That could be due to the higher water amount, correct?? It's texture still isn't smooth like my other batch. Also, it started out a medium tan color and now it's darn near chocolate brown. Does anyone know why it changed so much?
I've read that some fragrance oils can ruin a soap batch. Can someone please tell me what to look for when buying fragrance oil, so that I know it is not going to ruin my soap?