[soapcraft] Re: Vitamin E
- From: clear marie <clear.marie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:40:19 +1200
Olive is my favourite conditioning oil, then Avocado & Shea Butter as they
both have unsaponifiables (will naturally increase the superfat) ..
Sunflower & Canola are great too, but you can't use too much or they make a
soft bar, and they have a short shelf life .. Using Goats Milk for part or
all of the liquid works wonders too ..
The other thing to keep in mind is that formulating for a lower cleansing
value your soap won't strip off all the skins natural oils off to that
squeaky clean/tight stage to begin with .. So I keep Coconut Oil low and use
Castor to increase my bubbles instead ..
There's a lot of good info on the various commonly used soaping oils that
may be helpful here:
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soapmakingoils/tp/qualitiesofsoapmakingoils.htm
~ Clear
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Mandy Coleman <mok.mansions@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> I am not sure but the lye might gobble up all of the goodies in the vit e
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> *From:* soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Rouse Pauline A
> *Sent:* Thursday, 5 August 2010 3:26 p.m.
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> *To:* 'soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> *Subject:* [soapcraft] Re: Vitamin E
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> Ok. Just thought I would ask and see if it can be used in soap making to
> perhaps make the soap not so drying.
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> Pauline
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> *From:* soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *clear marie
> *Sent:* Thursday, 5 August 2010 3:24 PM
> *To:* soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [soapcraft] Re: Vitamin E
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> Why do you want to add Vit E oil to soap Pauline? A well formulated bar
> shouldn't have issues with rancidity (DOS), and I think the Vit E would be
> of better value saved for lotions and creams, scrubs etc ..
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> ~ Clear
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> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Rouse Pauline A <
> Pauline.Rouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> At what stage of making soap would you add Vitamin E oil and would it have
> to be calculated in with the other oil so I can get the lye correct? Would
> 3%-5% be enough for a batch of soap?
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> Pauline
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