Cocoa Butter Glycerin Soap Recipe
About 40 oz 1134 g of soap base 1 92 oz 54 g cocoa butter 12.
Cocoa butter glycerin soap recipe. Goat milk soap recipes need little shea butter if at all because the goat milk already makes the recipe creamy and rich. All of them will work similarly and the recipe will remain the same. 1 2 tablespoons cocoa powder. This recipe called double butter uses 25 percent butters.
Coconut milk melt and pour soap base. Castile soap made mostly with olive oil is also softening and may not need shea butter. Because we are going to be using solvents to dissolve some of the soap crystals it s best to use oils that make a harder bar of soap. Because butters will dampen the lather of your soap some we upped the coconut to 35 percent and balanced the recipe with some lard olive and castor oils.
Choosing oils for a glycerin soap recipe. Humectants attract and aid absorption of moisture into the skin. One of the ingredients that people use whenever they are making homemade soap is shea butter. I soaped at 90ºf with a 5 superfat.
Recipes with high percentages of butters come to trace quickly. I don t think you would need much. Shea butter is good for the skin and can leave the skin supple and more vibrant. 5 shea butter soap shea butter soap.
The low water white soap was a 44 lye solution while the high water portion was a 28 lye solution. Your bar will also have creamy bubbles. Honey melt and pour soap base. Glycerin is a humectant.
The benefits of adding cocoa butter to your soap recipe. 1 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint. This will help ensure you ll still end up with a hard long lasting bar of soap despite the solvent process. The recipe was 33 olive oil 28 palm oil 23 coconut oil 11 apricot kernel oil and 5 cocoa butter.
Organic oil clear glycerin soap base. Shea butter melt and pour soap base. I would imagine you could add glycerin to a whipped body butter recipe but it may be difficult to incorporate since it is water soluble and you are wanting to place it in an oil product. 6 10 drops of peppermint essential oil.
To make your own soap recipe you will need. Makers of goat milk soap may add shea simply for the aesthetic value. Don t bother buying a plastic mold just reuse a plastic or cardboard container. Goats milk melt and pour soap base.
Even at 7 of your total recipe you will feel the difference in your finished bar. As you can see there are lots of options when choosing a soap base. I suggest starting with a simpler recipe such as oatmeal honey soap before trying to make your own melt and pour soap base.