Still working towards a more moisturizing bar. This time, tried 5% superfatting as normal, and then an additional 5% of sweet almond oil at trace. Added cinnamon to the vanilla scent from candlescience.
Oils:
240g TJ's olive oil (60%)
100g Palm oil (25%)
60g Coconut oil (15%)
20g Sweet almond oil (+5% at trace)
Lye:
55g NaOH
152g water (distilled water)
Scent:
28g (1oz) vanilla fragrance oil (CandleScience)
12g cinnamon
Texture:
40g oatmeal
Notes:
- combined at 45C
- used blender at lowest setting, increments of 10s until trace, took about 30s total
- added texture, fragrance oil, and superfatting oil
- blended in 10s increments for an additional 30s until pudding-like consistency
- cast in saran wrap lined box
- baked at 65-70C for 3 hours, then let cool in oven for 18h
- at trace, mixture was brownish. after casting and 3h bake, turned a dark brown.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Lemongrass Coconut Soap
Used same recipe as before except used coconut milk instead of cow's milk. Recipe again:
5.6 oz olive oil
2 oz coconut oil
0.4 oz crisco
1.1 oz lye
1 oz water
at light trace added:
0.4 oz lemongrass essential oil
mixed well then added:
2.1 oz coconut milk
I'm curious about how the coconut milk will affect the lather, reports from other sites suggest that it should give a very rich creamy lather. We will see. Meanwhile, the lemongrass oil smells disturbingly of mosquito repellent. I really hope it mellows to something more palatable, the last thing I want to think about in the shower are mosquitoes.
Update 2/24/11: I just cut the soap and to my amazement the center is a pale green color! The outside is a light yellow; not sure if that green will remain after curing but it's a nice look. The mosquito smell has faded a bit but it now actually smells like ginger candy. Very odd.
Update 2/24/11: I just cut the soap and to my amazement the center is a pale green color! The outside is a light yellow; not sure if that green will remain after curing but it's a nice look. The mosquito smell has faded a bit but it now actually smells like ginger candy. Very odd.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Lavender-Oatmeal
First bar with new oils from Brambleberry. Superfatted with sweet almond oil at trace step. Already smells amazing.
Oils:
200g TJ's olive oil (50%)
80g Coconut oil (20%)
120g Palm oil (30%)
22g Sweet almond oil (+5% at trace)
Lye:
59g NaOH
152g water (Brita filtered water)
Scent:
28g lavender fragrance oil (CandleScience)
Texture:
4g dried lavender
32g oatmeal
Notes:
- combined at 45C
- used blender at lowest setting, increments of 10s until trace, took about 30s total
- added texture, fragrance oil, and superfatting oil
- blended in 10s increments for an additional 30s until pudding-like consistency
- cast in saran wrap lined box
- baked at 65-70C for an hour, then let cool in oven for 12h
Oils:
200g TJ's olive oil (50%)
80g Coconut oil (20%)
120g Palm oil (30%)
22g Sweet almond oil (+5% at trace)
Lye:
59g NaOH
152g water (Brita filtered water)
Scent:
28g lavender fragrance oil (CandleScience)
Texture:
4g dried lavender
32g oatmeal
Notes:
- combined at 45C
- used blender at lowest setting, increments of 10s until trace, took about 30s total
- added texture, fragrance oil, and superfatting oil
- blended in 10s increments for an additional 30s until pudding-like consistency
- cast in saran wrap lined box
- baked at 65-70C for an hour, then let cool in oven for 12h
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Almond Cybilla Soap
A full post containing all kinds of extraneous thoughts can be found on monkey obsessions but there was an interesting thing that happened with this soap so I thought I'd mention it here to, for our records. Basic recipe containing milk was used (see Lemon Milk Castile from before). There was a dramatic color change that occurred during the first week or two of curing. See picture below. Almond scent is still quite strong and true though, which is all I care about. I looooove this smell.
Here it is before curing:
After:
I cut this soap about two days after I put in the mold but I think next time I"ll wait a full week because it was still a bit soft and I couldn't get perfectly clean edges.
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