Almost got a full gel this time, which felt nice.
The olive oil was marinating with shredded lemon peels for a week prior to processing, so it got a really strong natural lemon aroma. Hoping it holds up once done curing. :)
Apart from that, no additives.
How much olive oil is needed for a batch like this? Is there any benefits of using olive oil compared to coconut?
This was 640 grams of olive oil, 160 grams coconut oil. (Roughly close to 640/160ml or 24/6 ounces.)
According to people who make a lot of soap, olive oil is gentler for the skin. A soap type called "Castille soap" is 100% olive oil and makes a silky, some say slimy, lather with no foam.
Coconut oil adds hardness and nice foam to the soap, so I'm hoping to catch the best of both effects with this one.
when i give my 100% olive oil soaps to friends, some complain about the lack of foam. They may think that—even when they know it's not true—it doesn't clean because it doesn't foam 🤷
what do you mean by "hardness" though?
Hardness I am not sure how much matters or whether I understand it, really. Allegedly pure olive oil soap take longer to be solid enough to use?
I made a batch of pure olive oil soap before this, so it will be interesting to see if I notice any difference in hardness.
First test using some flakes from the mold, shows that it foams a lot better with the 20% coconut oil. :)
Thank you! Took a small look into it and looks simple (so it probably isn't).
it is simple.
Yeah, basically that :)
I found this video to be useful - it goes into details and shows how to do stuff: https://youtu.be/EZTsW9UvNmU