Thursday, March 17, 2011

Grapefruit and Evening Face Bar

Made some soaps with my new supplies, including a free sample of Sleepy Time EO from BB. Used all the oils I have now, tweaking the amounts to try and get highest conditioning value possible. Discovered jojoba actually detracts from conditioning index, so was going to leave it out but forgot. Had to recalculate and add more NaOH and water... Was kind of a mess.


Grapefruit:
40g grated grapefruit peel
14g (0.5oz) pink grapefruit FO (BB)

Evening Face Bar:
unknown amount of cream of wheat (little less than an aluminum weighing tin's worth)
14g (0.5oz) sleepy time EO (BB)

Had trouble with the grapefruit. After an hour of baking and cooling, clear phase separation between top and bottom. Had to manually remix it to get it to set in a more homogeneous state. You can see the white streaks from the top-crust that got mixed back in. Not sure what's going on with the citrus soaps anymore... The face bar seemed fine and they both came from the same batch, although there is a strange discoloration in the center. I'm guessing this'll go away as the bars dry.
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  1. MonkeyMarch 18, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    my lemongrass soap was also green in the middle when i cut it but it was gone by the end of my curing. maybe you should try letting things cure via time instead of oven...

    i ordered stuff from brambleberry so will make a large batch of soap when it arrives! i think last time i kept the oat pieces a little too large in the soaps, they are kind of rough...

    oh i also ordered some finely ground apricot and walnut seeds to use as exfoliants. will let you know how that works out.

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