Teach Soap

Could you point me in the direction of a recipe or something for this? The search just tells me its too common of terms and wont bring anything up. I have one from someone that works really well, but Id love to make my own with my own oil choices!

Ty! if you could help me use the search, I would gladly search it out lol

Here is a basic recipe I posted some time ago. A Preservative is a must. Germs, mold and bacteria are natural, but they can seriously hurt you.

Distilled water 79%
Coconut oil 7%
Shea Butter 4%
E-wax NF 3%
Sweet Almond oil 5%
Stearic Acid 1%
Preservative - the % varies depending which preservative you use (I left this as 1%, so the whole formula would equate to 100%)

Always heat and hold you water for 20 minutes to make sure that any bacteria are killed, even though you are using distilled water. The smallest batch I would make is 16 ozs. because if you go any smaller, you will need a very accurate scale that goes down to 0.000 oz. You will also need a thermometer.

Here is what the recipe looks like for a 16 oz. of lotion;

Distilled water 79% 12.64 ozs.
Coconut oil 7% 1.12 ozs.
Shea Butter 4% 0.64 ozs.
E-wax NF 3% 0.48 ozs.
Sweet Almond oil 5% 0.8 oz.
Stearic Acid 1% 0.16 oz.
Preservative - % according to the manufacturer's recommendation

The total comes out to 15.84 ozs. because I didn't add the unknow preservative.
Simmer your water. Meanwhile add your oils, butter, ewax and stearic acid and melt together. Let the water cool to 120. Do the same for your melted oils/butter. Using a sanitized stick blender start mixing the melted oils into your water. It will start turning white. Make sure it's mixed well. Add a scent if desired. Then depending on your preservative add it below 120 degrees. When everything is well incorporated, pour into NEW bottles, but leave the cap off. Put the bottles in the fridge to cool off. Put caps on when the lotion is cool. If you would put caps on right away, condensation would form in the top of the bottle and that's just plain water, which could cause problems with lotion going moldy or bad.

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thank you soapbuddy! What preservative would you recommend? And is there a certain formula to figure it out, like with soap? I will need to get some ewax. I have stearic acid and those oils on hand. And distilled water Oh and I'll need containers! And could I sanitize my stick blender with alcohol? Or wash it with a bleach solution?

any tips on using the search? Id love to be able to just look things up instead of asking the same things over and over

Oh! I just found this:

http://www.soapnuts.com/lothelp3.html

funny how changing one term in a search online gives you totally different results!

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Irena
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