Teach Soap

Hi,
I love making anything with Cocoa; so when I saw this MP base advertized where I sometimes buy SFIC bases, I thought this sounds wonderful!
Well, it is the worse base I have ever used. I don't think it is a SFIC base, but I don't know. It's not packaged like their other bases from SFIC.

Has anyone ever used a Cocoa Butter MP Base?

Can I just add a small piece of this to my other bases to use it up?

I never mix my bases. All my bases are from BB or SFIC & from the nameless Cocoa Butter MP Base Company.

I'm really afraid I will ruin any soaps made with it.
It was so hard to work with, the soaps are like rocks and not attractive rocks!

Any ideas?

einnoc

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Do you have the ingredient list from the nameless company? It's possible that it is a synthetic base. If the ingredient are very different, I wouldn't add it to your good base. Save it to just have fun with.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

What a great idea!

Nameless Company = Cocoa Butter (hint: where is the nameless company??? "Where the west was won!"

This is a white base that contains 5% unrefined cocoa butter. It produces a smooth creamy lather. Cocoa butter is very stable and contains natural antioxidants, making it desirable for skin care products.

Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerine (kosher, of vegetable origin), Cocoa Butter, Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Sorbitan Oleate (emulsifier) Soybean Protein (conditioner) and Titanium Dioxide (mineral whitener).

Red is not true for this Cocoa Butter!
The ingredients look all right, don't they?

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The ingredients look ok. If you want to play with it some more, try 3 to 3.5 grams more of a butter like mango or shea. Cocoa butter is normally very hard. That could be why the base hardens up like a rock.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Thank you, SB. I will try that. I have some mango and shea butter I can add to it.
einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"