Very light or white soap?

[jenneelk]

Very light/white soap or Argon shampoo bar?

Can I get this without using white mica? I did a 100% GM but it was a light brown which I think was due to the higher olive oil. It didn't burn though since never went above 76.

Hoping someone has a recipe that's nice and light while being a good 'general purpose' soap?

Copy and paste of my current oil list

olive oil extra virgin
coconut 76
coconut 92 (as aloe butter)
fractioned coconut
avacado
sunflower
safflower
lard
crisco
castor
palm
palm kernel flakes
sweet almond
hemp
rice bran
jojoba
grapeseed
apricot
argon
babassu
unref cocoa butter
unref shea butter
unrefined olein shea
refined shea
glycerin
karanja
lanolin
macadamia
mango butter
mineral oil
neem
olive oil A
tallow
wheat germ oil

Also cream and goats milk.

 

[jenneelk]

Or if u had these.. What would you make? Is there a good one in there for soaps I don't know of? Argon for shampoo bar?

 

[CaraCara]

The only ones I can vouch for are lard, coconut and olive oil.

 

[jenneelk]

That would make white or almost white? What's the OO%?

 

[kazmi]

Palm, PKO, refined shea, and coconut are the only ones that I know of that come out white/light. Avocado, rice bran, EVOO and any of the unrefined butters will come out a creamy color without them.

I haven't experimented with lard or crisco yet and most of the others you've listed so I can't comment on those.

 

[jenneelk]

Ok so no OO I haven't done but will look up. Thanks!

 

[Cosmo]

Can I get this without using white mica?

I just wanted to clarify that titanium dioxide is used to make a white soap, not white mica.

 

[Obsidian]

As expensive as argon is, I would save it for something like lotion or conditioner. You can't get a pure white bar without some kind of colorant but I have made nice light creamy bars with mainly crisco, coconut oil and a little olive oil. My 100% lard bars are really light too but I don't care much for the feel of them, should have added some coconut oil.
100% olive oil bars should be quite light. You want to use light olive oil though, not the greener virgin oils. Some scents will cause the bars to darken, vanilla is one.

This is a pretty decent recipe, it was the first I came up with on my own and is really simple. I replaced all the water with goats milk.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2m30gtz.jpg

 

[jenneelk]

Thanks Cosmo and obsidian.
I am still getting used to these colorant terms and meanings :/ I'm not used to using them in my other products but might now that I'm finally learning them!
And I'll check out the recipe. I plan to do a large batch of Castile but was hoping for something that would cure in a few months.
Thanks again!

 

[pamielynn]

Goat milk will darken unless you can avoid gel. Olive and palm can add a darker hue, as well.

 

[Cosmo]

I agree with Obsidian 100% about the Argan oil! jenneelk, I would suggest holding off on a large batch of castile right away. If you want to make it try a smaller batch first. Castile can be tricky and take foooorrrever to trace, but can cure quickly with a water discount.

For a harder, faster tracing, and whiter soap bar palm, coconut, and light olive oil can be used. (I mean light as far as the light colored oil that can be found at the grocery store.) With the right recipe these can make a beautiful, faster curing, white bar.

For a white bar using almost any oils, try titanium dioxide. There are water dispersable and oil dispersable types, so be aware of which kind you get. Water dispersable mixes well in water, and oil dispersable needs to mixed in oil before adding to soap.

HTH!

 

[Aunt Polly]

I get a nice white bar using lard, coconut oil, and refined olive oil (not virgin), sometimes add a little castor oil.

 

[funastrum]

How much titanium dioxide should be used per pound of soap for white?

Thanks

 

[Cosmo]

I personally would start at a 1/4 tsp per pound of oils and go from there. If you have darker oils you will need more than if you have lighter colored oils. Be careful not to use to much, though. It can cause a crackling effect in soap.

It also quickens trace for me with my recipe. I'm not sure if it does this for others, though.

 

[Candybee]

I make an olive oil, coconut oil, lard, and castor oil soap thats white. I use regular olive oil at or sauteeing olive oil at 45%.

If I add goat milk it comes out more cream colored or light tan. Also, EVOO will turn it a cream or even a light tan color too.

 

[mel z]

For a naturally white and no added TD, tallow. Comes out perfectly white every time. Everyone else has mentioned the others, but tallow, to me, makes the whitest bar with no additives.

 

[cerelife]

100% CO (with a 20% SF) makes a nice mild bar of soap that is pure white. This is also a good recipe for very delicate FO's; I've found that the really light ones retain more scent in this than in other recipes.

 

[EmpressCoco]

my whitest soap is a basic soap receipe
32% olive
32%palm
32% coconut
4% castor

coconut milk is an EO like lavendar and stick in the fridge to avoid gel ..its white and it STAYS white and is very hard (eveyone loves this soap the most and I hate having to keep making it because its so basic)


Ive had some white soaps that became Ivory after sitting around for a while but that one always stays white

 

[newbie]

I'm with Mel. Tallow is one of the best for a white bar. Tallow, coconut oil, olive oil (non-virgin) and a bit of castor in the right proportions make a kick-ass bar that's very white.

 

[jenneelk]

I just did CO, lard, castor and Shea oil and its light... Not white with the Shea oil but close!