Jump to content

TaylorBDBW

Members
  • Posts

    2
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Converted

  • Makes
    Soaps, Candles, Epoxy resin stuff, LAser cutter/ engravings and some more stuff

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

TaylorBDBW's Achievements

Newbie

Newbie (1/14)

  • First Post Rare
  • Conversation Starter Rare

Recent Badges

2

Reputation

  1. I am very new to this site, and kind of new to soap making, however, I do have a little knowledge here, I like to make everything from scratch (that's just me, no judgment) but the ingredients, I use when making my whipped soap base are SLSA (it's just what I started with, rather than Sodium Cocyl Isethionate) can be a little intimidating when you first start out. One thing I have realized lately is that when making this kind of stuff. Some of it can be more forgiving than you think you can go back and add a little of this or that to get your desired consistency, as long as you document your measurements you should have no real issues in creating a good solid formulation of your own...But the main ingredients I use are SLSA, Vegetable Glycerin, distilled water, Emulsifying wax, and Stearic Acid (about 5%) might want to add a little more Stearic Acid if you use a liquid emulsifier since the Emulsifying wax contains cetyl alcohol which is also a thickener. One thing though when adding stearic acid always start with less, and add more if you need to, but also bear in mind if you do add too much, glycerin will help to soften it back up. As for a preservative, I use germall plus, do keep in mind although the bottle is expensive it goes a long way. on Germallplus the usage level is .1%-.2% they say about 7-9 drops per pound. Also keep in mind the temperature when you mix it in can't be too hot. some stuff to think about when choosing a preservative is yes they are kind of spendy but so are hospital bills if someone gets sick off your product. and also if the preservative isn't the right kind then the bacteria can be more harmful than the chemicals you were trying to avoid in the first place. Not trying to scare you, just that's my take on the subject. But if you want lots of bubbles you want to look into your surfactants. SLSA and SCI are both surfactants but you can add cosurfactants to increase the foam, coco midopropyl betaine is good for bubbles it is a lighter surfactant, and decyl glucoside is a more dense surfactant producing smaller bubbles and foamier if you will...bottom line is you kind of have to play around with the mixtures to get the desired outcome, once you do that though then you know what works for you and have YOUR formulation...I know it seems a little expensive but once you get a good bath butter/ whipped soap base recipe down you can do so much! Shaving Cream for men and women, scrubs, and whipped soap that looks amazing! Not that you'll need it but good luck, u got this! 🙂
  2. Hello! My name is Taylor, I have been making soap and stuff for almost a year 8 months 23 days, and like 18 ish hours...but hey whos counting right? I am not sure how this happened but I am just NOW finding this site! I googled a question about renaming a Fragrance from A supplier to something else...was pretty much trying to figure out what is acceptable and what isn't for instance taking a fragrance called Cedarwood Blanc and calling it something a little more fun...But at the end of the day I think I'll just keep it simple, and use the provided name instead of trying to come up with something...But anyhow! Yeah, this is new sure wish I would have stumbled in here a lot sooner! Just read a tutorial on building a soap recipe, y'all just give that info away for free!!! well dang...I did it the hard way haha...but I was just perusing some of the discussions and there is a lot of useful info here. I originally wanted to make candles and sell them, and do the soap stuff on the side to supplement the candle gig...I mean you get to melt stuff down decorate it and then set it on FIRE!!! But then I started playing around with soap stuff bath and body works this and that if you will. And now I am trying to get rid of my candles ( I will revisit them later, lots to learn there) to make room for my Soaps! I just started selling at the local farmer's markets and here is the kicker! I spend all this dang money on cool butters, Spend waaaaaay too much time on Krita and Inkscape (free versions of Photoshop that aren't gimp (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) designing a logo, and then I see a video on making SLIME and how easy it is, think to myself, "hey that would be cool for the kids" want to take a guess as to what my big seller is? Thats right Borax, Water, and Elmer's Freaking School glue!!! LMAO!!! But it's all good! tons of fun either way. Well, let me close this by saying that I do appreciate all the information that I am about to gain from y'all! I live in Idaho not too many people around here make soap or candles or the like so it will be great having a place to ask some questions, instead of trying to ask a question and hope a YouTuber has the time to respond.
×
×
  • Create New...