Mitch23 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 To critique a recipe for me? Just want to ask before I go ahead and post it...I'm sorry if I'm getting to be a pain lately, just reaaalllyyy bored and am driving myself crazy trying to decide...Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Cellar Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Post away, I am sure a soaping guru will come along to help. We all learn by these types of posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Well, let's have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Post away girl.. Just be forwarned.. 10 people may review it and you'll get 10 different opinions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch23 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Thanks everyone! Really appreciate it! Here goes:Olive- 17.5%- 11.2 ozsSAO- 12.5%- 8 ozsMac Nut Oil- 12.5%- 8Castor- 5%- 3.2EPO- 2.5%- 1.6 Coconut- 15%- 9.6PK flakes (same as coco)Lard (same as above)Shea butter- 5%-3.2Water- 24.32Lye- 9.1Now, the thing I'm worried about is the olive (trying to keep it low). Don't want this batch to come out like my first, SLIMY, and if I remember right that is what does it. If so, is it low enough?Also, hoping to get enough time to TRY a swirl maybe... see any probs with that?TIA!MitchOh, pooh forgot to add: From Sooz: Hardness-36, Cleansing-19, Condition-55,Bubbly lather-24, Creamy lather- 21, Iodine- 61, INS- 144 (????????? lost here!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I think it looks good.. You've got a 50/50 soft hard.. Not too much pko or coconut for my tastes. Your sooz numbers are good...If you want to try a swirl, use max water for the best results and more workable time to get that swirl in there.Edited cause I really can spell "tastes"....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Yep, looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 The numbers look good to me, but the recipe sure seems complex. I prefer to keep my recipes more simple when I can, but then again I'm a klutz so that's just to decrease my odds of screwing something up. 3-4 good oils is all I need for decent soap, but that's subjective. Lots of recipes make great soap. And half the fun of making something is tweaking your recipe and coming up with your very own. So I understand the fun of playing with your formula!Let us know how it turns out! Sounds like it will make a nice bar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Hey Mitch, try this link for sooz qualities. It took me forever to notice the tabs at the top of the sooz page. This is the soap qualities tab. I refer to this page often when formulating.http://www.soapcalc.com/soapqualities.aspHTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwahlton Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I agree with AJ. I "used" to make soaps using a lot of different ingredients. Gene helped me a couple weeks ago with a "cheap" simple recipe and I absolutely love it. I like to keep my oils/butters to 3-4, less chance of screwing up and you can still get a great bar of soap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch23 Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 Thanks, everyone for the help! When I did my first batch I only used four oils, and felt like I wanted to do more with it, so that is the main reason for me adding a few more to this one. I'll decide after I make this one if I still want to use more/less.Carrie, thank you sooo much for that. I had seen it (or at least one that looked very close, diff color if memory serves me right) before, but couldn't for the life of me remember where. Got it printed out now!Now it's just to decide where I want to order my coloring from... sooo many choices!Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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