Once I find a basic soap recipe, can I just add to it? Basically, I think I want a recipe with a higher amount of olive oil (don't know enough about oils to know what else to look for), and I want to add honey, colloidal oatmeal, and maybe some dairy (milk/buttermilk/cream?).
I don't want to make my own recipe for my first batch. I'm terrible at math and reading all the equations and mathematical stuff is making my head hurt lol
So when I get the basic recipe made and when it starts to trace, I just add the honey and oatmeal? Would I use the dairy in place/addition to the lye water? How much honey and oatmeal to add, I keep seeing 1Tbsp PPO, is that good?
Will this give me a pleasant scented bar? And how long would this take to cure/be usable?
Last question - At what point does the big log/brick of soap get cut into bars?
Thank you! I'm so excited to make soap (as I mentioned in my intro post, I'm trying to do this for my wedding favors)!
I don't want to make my own recipe for my first batch. I'm terrible at math and reading all the equations and mathematical stuff is making my head hurt lol
So when I get the basic recipe made and when it starts to trace, I just add the honey and oatmeal? Would I use the dairy in place/addition to the lye water? How much honey and oatmeal to add, I keep seeing 1Tbsp PPO, is that good?
Will this give me a pleasant scented bar? And how long would this take to cure/be usable?
Last question - At what point does the big log/brick of soap get cut into bars?
Thank you! I'm so excited to make soap (as I mentioned in my intro post, I'm trying to do this for my wedding favors)!