Second try at castile soap, using halved recipe of my first attempt. Will add some Body Shop fragrance oil to give it a Satsuma scent.
Oils:
100g TJ's olive oil (50%)
50g Whole Food 365 virgin coconut oil (25%)
50g Crisco (25%)
Lye:
28g NaOH
152g water
Scent:
~0.25oz of body shop satsuma oil
- messed up on the water, forgot to halve it
- brought both solutions to 40C
- used robot mixer for 15min before realizing it wasn't working, then hand stirred.
- the result of incomplete mixing initially was curd-like precipitate:
- got a clear trace stage - could dribble from spoon and leave a texture on surface, but solution never seemed to get thicker from there, possibly due to higher water content.
- cast into saran wrap lined iphone box:
- given the higher water content, will leave it in the oven to keep it warm and hopefully accelerate the saponification and drying process
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