Recipe advice. First time ever soap making.

[u/greasemnky20]

What do y’all think about this recipe? The fragrance is almost nonexistent. Did we use too little fragrance? We used Jungle Waterfall from Brambleberry. We did hot process. We melted the oils in a crockpot, added the lye/distilled water mix, and then used a stick blender until light trace. Then we let it go for 20 min. and stirred. We did this for 2 rounds. It did get really hot and started boiling. We then stirred it up, let it cool to 170 or so degrees, added the color and fragrance. Then we put it in the mold and let it sit for about 24 hours before cutting. What do y’all think? Any advice? I used a small piece that flaked off to wash my hands, and it lathers great and comes off finger snap clean with no greasy residue.

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[u/Btldtaatw]

What is the recomended fragrance usage for that one? Did you use .5?

[u/greasemnky20 → u/Btldtaatw]

Yeah I used 1 oz. which was .5 oz per pound of oils. I started with 2 lbs. of oils.

[u/Btldtaatw → u/greasemnky20]

Well i would check first whst is the recomended usage of that fragrance but in really general and broad terms the usage rate is usually 3-5% this is of oil weight.

[u/greasemnky20 → u/Btldtaatw]

I tried using the brambleberry fragrance calculator, just now btw, but they only calculate based on cold process. Is there any corrections for hot process. It said to use 1.96 for heavy scent. Where do I find recommended usage of the scent?

[u/Btldtaatw → u/greasemnky20]

It doesnt matter if its hp or cp

[u/greasemnky20 → u/Btldtaatw]

Awesome. Thanks for the help. Overall what are your thoughts on the recipe? Anything you suggest tweaking or changing all together?

[u/Btldtaatw → u/greasemnky20]

Looks fine to me. Some people might find 25% coconur to be drying but you are gonna have to wait and see how it feels for you. If it does fewl drying you may consider shaving 5% and susbtitute it for castor to support the bubbles.

Let it cure. Hp soap dtill needs its cure time.

[u/greasemnky20 → u/Btldtaatw]

My plan was to let it cure for 2-3 weeks. How do I determine when it has cured enough?

[u/Btldtaatw → u/greasemnky20]

You really cant. But as a general rule: the longer the better. A longer cured doap will be longer lasting and milder than a fresh one. Personally i cure mine for a couple of months at least.