Secret-Beauty Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Hy everybody.I have this problem, and I am strugling to figure it out for 2 days now.I;ve made a few days ago, Candybee's Coconut soap recipe. All measured as in the recipe.The soap wasn't lathering so well, and I Pm'd Candybee with this. I rebatched it, melting and adding some extra soap base. After few days, the lather seems to be a little bit better.But my main problem now, is that the soap is drying like crazy . I have this itchines also, and my hands look so bad.... First, I wasn't sure where is this problem from, but then, my husband told me that he washed himself with the coconut soap, and his hands looked exactly like mine.It's so strange, because using the base only with coconut fragrance, it's ok. I have a client crazy about the simple coconut soap. So I wanted to offer him a lovely soap, adding coconut oil, coconut milk, castor oil and glycerine.I must say that I am making lots of soaps with this base, using mostly colour and fragrances, and I have no problems like this one.Do you think that some of this ingredients, are bad? My only doubt is that I used Coconut oil for use in the kitchen. Maybe it isn't good for soaps (((What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 It may be the coconut oil. Some people are simply allergic to coconut oil and others find it dries their skin. Use a different recipe without added coconut oil or switch out for another oil good for sensitive skin.Lots of oils are good for sensitive skin and can be used in place of the coconut oil: olive oil, shea butter, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, babassu. Just to name a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret-Beauty Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Yes, maybe it is the Coconut oil. And I think I am kind of allergic, because the itchiness made me crazy.If it is the CO, I'm so sad. wanted to use it in all my soaps, as it is also a hardening agent.Maybe it's best to try the CO in other soaps also, to see the results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmzaha Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 You can replace CO with Palm Kernel for the hardness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Other additives that help with hardness are olive oil and palm stearic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret-Beauty Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Thank you all for the advices. Yes, I used OO for hardness, but I wanted to make the coconut soaps, with CO. It was all coconut . Fragrance, oil and milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Check your ingredients on your base. Most bases already have coconut oil in them. Perhaps adding additional CO was just enough to make your skin itch.Another way to make coconut soap is use coconut milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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