Teercreations Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 At one time or another I have promised to show others the stages of Cream soap making. Here are my stages as they cook. If your wondering what cream soap is think of Noxzema but softer and creamier.Here is the stage after you add your lye/water to your oils and stir/stickblend.Second stage: This is where you can see the soap starting to soaponify.Third stage: This is the hard rocks of soap where all the oils have soaponified.Fourth stage: This is fully cooked and starting to go from rock stage to clear/translucent gel stage. Its much easier to stir here.Ok this isnt a stage its just where I figured out after transferring the soap to a bigger container that I cant fit my hand held mixer down there far enough to mix the soap! I felt real stupid after this brain fart! But it still shows how white and creamy the cream soap becomes the more its mixed.Final stage: White creamy fluffy cream soap.So what do yall think?Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Thank you so much for putting these up. I've been curious about this soap and this answers some questions Great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaG Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Thanks so much for showing this. I have been wondering about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhardy1234 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Cool, do you have arecipe for that?? and directions?? I tried once from Failors book. I had so much base, I could have made a mountain of cream soap. Your looks a lot better than mine ever did.How did you cook it?? In a crock pot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 very nice. to make cream soap do you use sodium or potassium hydroxide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaW Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Mmmm that looks wonderful. Like a super thick frosting. Thanks for posting the pics. I have tried liquid soap but haven't gotten around to the cream soap yet. This has inspired me to give it a try soooon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildangel112 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 OMG, that looks so decadent. I may have to hunt up a recipe and give this one a trysanta cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinInOR Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 That's wonderful! Another thing I've always wanted to try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieM Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 That has been on my to try list for some time now! really nice to see the process..thanks so much for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landa Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 This is so cool. This is next on my list of things to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michi Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 OMG that looks sooooooooooooooooo comforting/creamy and yes decadent like someone else mentioned, and definitely brings back memories of when I used to use Noxema as a teen. I never even thought of being able to make cream soap, had forgotten all about noxema even, so thank you for posting and sharing. So, do you just scent it normally like you would your soaps/lotions, whatever? Or do you make it for a specific application (ie. face cleanser etc.)?Again, thank you for sharing your process pics. it will really come in handy for those who will try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindym Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 That looks great Pam. Think we should make this a tutorial for the board with a recipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowlite Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 That is really cool!Here's a link to snowdrift they a few different recipeshttp://www.snowdriftfarm.com/form_whippedsoaps.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmspath Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Wow - that looks awesome, I never have thought about - very impressive.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooChelle Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 You are the stuff! Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinInOR Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 So where did you get your potassium hydroxide? I've been not trying liquid soaps or this cuz I haven't found a supplier yet for small quantities, not that I've looked very hard.ETA - I see snowdrift sells it, any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teercreations Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 Ok I am going to try to answer all the questions in this post if I can remeber them all. First off I researched every post and place I could find. Cream soaping is really not talked about much to tell ya the truth. I found the snowdrift recipes and two recipes on the Soap dish and other than Catherine Failors book. Those are the only places I have found recipes per se for cream soap making, its pretty much design as you like. You do need a calculator for the process. Please dont ask me how to calculate KOH and NaOH for cream soaping...cuz I really dont know where to begin. I have soul gazer sundries cream soaping calculator for that process. Here is the link to that one www.soulgazersundries.com Also make sure you get some Phenolphthalein to test your soap to make sure its neutral. Its not like cp where its neutral after two or three weeks. I got Pheno stuff at www.Lotioncrafter.com and its the only place I found that sold the stuff in small enough quantities that I wanted. You only need a drop of Pheno to test and thats it.....so an 1 oz lasts forever! (or it has me)mhardy asked for recipes....and actually this batch is Failors Castor Cream Soap recipe. I did cook it in a crock pot on high for about 2 1/2 hours. Then When I got to the 4th picture ya need to turn it on low so it doesnt scorch and burn. Cook it for a little while longer....it all depends on how fast your getting to the stages, how high your crock pot/or oven gets etc. I dont want to say cook for another 1/2 hour when you really need to cook another 1 hour. Lets say this if you soap doesnt get to the vasaline stage and get translucent then you need to cook. If you dont cook more it wont kill your batch it will just make it an absolute bear to stir and mix (ask me how I know).Crafty1 asked if you use KOH and NaOH and the answer is both. You will need much more KOH than NaOH though. For example my last batch was 2.2 oz KOH and .39 oz NaOH.Michi asked how you scent it.....I like the natural scent actually. So far most of my cream soap that I have tested with others is natural. But I plan on scenting with essential oils and the like. (If I can ever find a EO combination that I like and wanna wash my face with.) I havent put any FO's in it but there is nothing that says you can't just make sure they are body safe. You can make all sorts of things with this. Think of it like a luxury base. You can add clays and make a shaving cream, scrub stuff for of course scrubs body and face, or just a facial cleanser. This batch I was able to get 16 2 oz jars. With just the ingredients not packaging or anything my cost per product is .29 each. But it all depends on how luxury you go on your oils and butters and of course how much that cost you.Umm I cant really think of anything else. Other than you need to read Failors book it really explains it all.....brambleberry has it I know. You can also join the creamsoaps group on yahoo to learn more --- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CreamSoap/Have I confused anyone?Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhardy1234 Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I always have asocciated cream soap to like the FBB. I've done the Failor one and I didn't have a double boiler, so I had a stock pot inside another stock pot. It does take a while but it is nice to work with. I've made a scrub base with it and added sugar. Works great! I just bought the cream soap calculator a few weeks ago but haven't had the chance to play with it yet. I need to go to the thrift store and buy a few more crock pots!!!Love the pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I can't see any pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teercreations Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 ok I have no clue why the pictures wont show up here through that link so here are all the pictures in the files as they should be shown.Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teercreations Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 and here is the final stage pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Ok Girl. I'm confused. Every site I go to has totally different directions. Like snowdriftfarms site makes it sound like it's ready to be jarred in 10 minutes, others it takes hours or even days. I did find a cream soap calc at snowdrift, they recommended 75-90% Naoh to 10-25% Koh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindym Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I can't see them:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindym Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Oh I feel a tutorial coming on. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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