Just an update on my Double Rice (Nov 2020) and subsequent Triple Rice Dec 9, 2020) soaps:
The recipes are slightly different for these two soaps, and I don't remember why, but I suspect it was related to running low on one or two of the oils, or wanting to sub some oils. In any case, it's not a good comparison. I may have to come back to this. Also the proportion of rice water and rice purée was quite different between the two, so I really do need to come back to this and re-visit the proportions in order to get a good idea of if I like this. Besides the Double Rice was re-batched, whereas the Triple Rice was not.
Re-batched Double Rice soap has really hardened more than I expected in spite of the extra glycerin (see below quotes). I can still press a dent into the bars with my fingers, but the soap is much much firmer and I'm just going to use it. The lavender color is pleasant and not as bad as I expected after having to destroy my swirled colors by re-batching, so I am not sure if I will use these for felted soap as I had thought I might. The bars are two months old at this point, so ready to use. As far as lather and bubbles, good, but I wouldn't say any better than I normally get.
Triple Rice soap made on 12/9/2020 still seems a bit drying at 5 weeks cure and a cleansing number of 13 (higher than what I used in the above soap). Also this one is too rough. I used Bob's Red Mill rice powder, but at such a small amount (only 2.15% of the total recipe) so I wasn't expecting it to be so rough on my skin. And I also used far less puréed rice (1/3rd less than in the previous Double Rice soap), but it was the same consistancy as in the previous soap. I'll give it another few weeks & try it again as it just hasn't cured long enough yet. I almost forgot to mention: This soap is super hard! In fact, event the sliver end cut I have used to test (twice now) at sink side, is hard as a rock.
Composition of the two soaps (per
soapmakingfriend):
Double Rice
Olive Oil 19.62%;
Avocado Oil 12%;
Sunflower Oil 9.86%;
Rice Congee (water substitute) 9.23%;
Coconut Oil, 76 deg 8.62%;
Palm Oil 8.62%;
Rice purée (use SB) 6.21%;
Soy Wax, GW415 6.15%;
Castor Oil 2.83%;
Unknown percentage:
Vegetable Glycerin (mixed with colorants) | Triple Rice
Rice Bran Oil, HO (Riceland) 19.36%;
Palm Oil 12.9%;
Coconut Oil, 76 deg 9.03%;
Cocoa Butter 7.74%;
Soy Wax, GW415 6.45%;
Shea Butter 3.87%;
Palm Kernel Oil Flakes, hydrogenated 3.23%;
Rice Powder 2.15%;
Rice purée (use SB) 2.15%;
Rice Congee (water substitute) 2.15%;
Castor Oil 1.94%; |
For both: Less than 1%: EDTA, ROE, Corn Silk; Not calculated: Colorants in both