Landa Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I dont know what in the heck I am doing wrong. It is also very drying. Made my skin look like scales,lol. Should I try another recipe? Somebody help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 You got some very nice swirls, what's wrong with it, Besides being drying? What recipe did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landa Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Those little swirls are not supposed to be like that I dont think.They are a different consistency from the rest if the soap kind of like grease or oil that dried or something. It looks so weird and not right. Castor oil 2 ounces Cocoa butter 4 ounces Coconut Oil 4 ounces Olive oil 12 ounces Palm oil 10 ounces lye 4.3 ounces water 12 ouncesThat is the recipe I used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Ahhh, must be my tired eyes. Looked fine in the pic...As for the recipe, hopefully a more experience soaper will pop in. I'm still rather new, but the numbers don't look bad in Soap Calc. The only thing I can guess at is that possibly the quantity of Coconut and Palm can be drying to some people.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landa Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 I figured it out. Its the cocoa butter. If not tempered properly, it will cause white streaks!!! Whew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 You have 12% cocoa butter aswell, which is a bit high, you might want to keep your butters back to 5%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landa Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Yeah I figured that. I stayed up late to figure out my problem,lol. I got that recipe from the Kathy Miller site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 How long did you let it cure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landa Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 LOL it hasnt. I just made it Friday,ahahahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 I dont know what in the heck I am doing wrong. It is also very drying. Made my skin look like scales,lol. Should I try another recipe? Somebody help me.Freshly made soap IS very drying. You need to let it cure for 4 weeks.e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Actually I've found if your soap is drying right away, it will probably still be drying after it cures. I personally don't use any coconut oil and use palm kernel and try to keep it around 15 - 20% because of that. Your recipe has 43.75% coconut oil and palm, which is very high and very drying to some people. Try this variation, it brings your coconut oil and palm down to 26.6% and should help boost the moisturizing and still give you a good hard bar. Add 3 TBS of sugar melted in some of the water to your lye water and it will help boost your lather, for a great bar of soap. Castor - 2 ozCocoa Butter - 3 oz.Coconut Oil - 4ozOlive Oil - 17ozPalm - 4ozLye - 4.06 ozWater - 9.95 ozYou can also shred up your batch of soap and add about 5 or 6 oz. of it to something like this recipe along with the sugar and it should also be a nice bar without losing your moisturizing and lather. Castor - 2 oz.Cocoa Butter - 2 oz.coconut Oil 4 oz.Olive Oil - 18 oz.Lye - 3.52 ozWater - 8.63 ozJust a thought........HTH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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