npsmama Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Hello!I have these oils at home:palm oil (lots!)grpaeseed oilcocnut oilshea butterSAOwheatgerm oilhazelnut oilcan I make a nice soap with any/some of these?I'd love to make a shampoo bar.I've made soap before but am only on my 3rd batch (well, 2nd successful)thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Try punching your oils into a soap calc and come up with your own unique recipe - that is what i do when I have a bunch of oils and need to make a bar of soap.http://www.soapcalc.com/calc/SoapCalc.asphttp://www.soapcalc.com/calc/soapcalc18.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npsmama Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 What a great site!!Thanks!I realise I need castor oil but I haven't been able to buy it here (UK). I'll keep looking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 You don't need castor oil. It's nice to have cause you can use it to bump up the bubbles without going high on the coconut oil (which does dry MY skin, though some report their is fine). It's a "nice to have". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Coconut will be fine for bubbles. Just make sure your bubbly lather number is higher than the creamy one. Trying dissolving 1 T of sugar in your water before adding lye and that's a bubble booster (to some degree, though it works better if the bubbly lather number is higher than the creamy one lol.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 In my soaps I found 1 TBS. of sugar per lb. of oils helped with lather more than castor, which I actually found no difference when added!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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