slow-burn Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Our first big job for our new mod, lol! Or anyone else that can help me Ok, call me a dweeb :blushing: But since I am new to all of this, I have been doing a ton of reading, and playing with sooz. When you click on qualities of aloe butter, it adds 2 iodine and a bunch of INS. I haven't been paying alot of attention to the INS, cuz I can't manage to get a bar that is "balanced at 160" without using a ton of coconut, which I now know is the wrong thing to do, lol!Anyway, is adding aloe butter to help balance the bar? It didn't show any other qualities or fatty acids, just the iodine and INS. And if aloe is good for the skin, wouldn't the aloe butter have the same benefits, and if so, how come nothing shows up? Sorry to be a PITA! I sure hope someone can help me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 I have no freakin clue.. Never used it. Aren't those speciality butters just the extracts blended in with hydroginated soy? Plug in the number for crisco and see if it's the same.. Just out of curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow-burn Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Nope, Crisco is nothing like that. It actually has hardness and other qualities, including fatty acids. However, as I said the Aloe butter is zilch on everything except 2 on iodine, and 200+ on INS. So I guess I am just trying to figure out what benefits it would add other than bringing everything else down while upping the INS Maybe I am just being too big of a PITA :rolleyes2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Label appeal baby.. Label appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow-burn Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 LOL, good answer! Can't seem to find anything else that it would add! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 It was coconut oil not soy.. Wonder what had me thinking soy? Sorry about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Ok girl.. I just priced this, and it's crazy. It's more than likely 1-5% aloe extract and the rest straight up coconut oil. You can make this at home and save mega bucks. That's just crazy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow-burn Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 That may be, but wouldn't it still have the coconut qualities to it? The one that is on sooz has NO qualities. I am not understanding that if the aloe butter is made up mostly of coconut. What the hell am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 I don't know girl.. I went to MMS to look at theirs, and it's white. My aloe extract is light yellowish tan, so it couldn't be all that high of a usage. INCI = Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil (and) Aloe Barbadensis Leaf ExtractAnd even on MMS the sap values are way different.. Oh ROBIN! Help! Or anyone! lol!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow-burn Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Hmmm, will have to check mms out. On sooz sap is .179 and coconut was .183 (I think it said) Where as the coconut has other qualities as well as fatty acids and a iodine of 10 and an INS of 258.I am sorry to be a pain, I just would like to understand this. If it doesn't do much for soap, why would one use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Label appeal baby.. Label appeal.Need I say it again? LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow-burn Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Yep, the third time is a charm, didn't your mamma teach you nuttin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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