cre8tivelegance Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Hi Everyone!I've been reading everything I can on soaping for the past 4-5months. I'm not one to jump into anything unless I research it thoroughly. I started out in this world with my candles......love my formula! Then I wanted to expand so I got into lotions and body washes.This still has fulfilled my addiction so now, I want to take the plunge with CP soap. What I was wondering and hoping for, was some input to my recipe and any suggestions on what to do different if it doesn't look quite right.Hardness 36%Cleansing 19%Conditioning 58%Fluffy 19%Stable 16%Iodine 77%Also, I thought I'd add my mango butter as an additive @ trace. I was thinking somewhere between 2-3oz. How is this going to impact the overall quality of my soap (harder? softer? too oily?)I realize I need to just make it and see what happens but would appreciate any help or tips on what I should do different, if anything and what else I should be aware of? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Posting your recipe and size would help so that we can see what ingredients you are using to get those numbers and offer suggestions.As far as adding mango butter at trace, you have to be careful that you don't add too much at trace as it can affect the lathering qualities of your soap and make it softer. I do love mango butter in soap. You can incorporate the mango in with your recipe instead of at trace and just superfat it at 5% to get some of the qualities of your oils and butters left in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tivelegance Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 I've tried every kind of combination with including Mango Butter in the recipe itself and it doesn't give me the results I'm looking for with hardness, conditioning and cleaniness. How much would be too much @ trace for a 2lb batch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tivelegance Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 Can anyone help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovelyLathers Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 It is difficult to help with out seeing the other ingredients and the % of each. If you can please post them. It will help a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Your hardness is just fine, actually you can probably even go down to 32 and still have a nice hard bar. Mango will raise your stable/creamy lather tremendously. I use butters at 15% normally for each batch.Its hard to tell you how to incorporate the mango into your recipe because you would have to lession another oil in its place to make room and you arent posting your recipe, so I can not help you any further. Dont be shy, we really do like helping and are not out to steal anyones ideas. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Your numbers look fine to me. The 2 lather numbers are a little lower than I'm used to, but with a good cure time they will probably lather just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tivelegance Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 thanks for your input! I'm gonna take the plunge and see how it turns out. I'll post my results. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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