Thread: Perfect soap recipe

I just bought a lbs of goat milk natural(oh wait ?Titanium dioxyd..LoL) soap base on ebay.And I'd like to make my own soap.what would be the best addition to perfect thick lather,moisture and protection of my VERY sensitive skin
Soap Characteristics:

• 100% Pure Soap
• Finest Natural Vegetable Oil based – No animals tested or animal products used (unless purchasing goat’s milk soap)
• Hypo – Allergenic
• Non Comedogenic (won’t clog pores)
• Odorless
• Transparent (except when white is added)
• Excellent lather!
• High glycerin content (attracts moisture to the skin)
• Gentle on sensitive skin (used on all my grandchildren)
• No Detergents
• No Sulfates
• No Alcohol
• No Sugar Solutions
• Easy to work with


Soap Ingredients:

Goat's Milk soap base: (10% refrigerated liquid Vitamin D Goat's Milk) Softens skin and has a delicate creamy lather. Our Goat's Milk soap is made with real liquid goat's milk as found in your neighborhood grocery store. It is a creamy "custard" color.
• Coconut Oil
• Goat’s Milk
• Palm Oil
• Castor Oil
• Safflower Oil
• Glycerin (kosher, of vegetable origin)
• Purified Water
• Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent)
• Sorbitol (moisturizer)
• Sorbitan Oleate (emulsifier)
• Soy Bean Protein (conditioner)
• Titanium Dioxide (mineral whitener used in opaque soaps)
I have seen people add some glycerine to help a thicker lather I think.What would you suggest?
For the fragrance I'm trying association between almond,vanilla,sandal,musc and white musc...

I'd try it out as is first just to see what you're dealing with. You may find the lather is great but could be a little slicker or that it withers and dies quickly but leaves behind a slippery film on your skin. Try it out and see where it's lacking so you can better make adjustments.

Originally Posted by cstewart

I'd try it out as is first just to see what you're dealing with. You may find the lather is great but could be a little slicker or that it withers and dies quickly but leaves behind a slippery film on your skin. Try it out and see where it's lacking so you can better make adjustments.

Yep what do you think about the soap itself,based on the ingredients alone?I will only add a little perfume to make it more pleasant to use...I went to an natural essences dealer this afternoon,I'll try 2combinations of fragrances:
-vanilla spicy(ginger,cinnamon,muscade aka nutmeg),I like creamy smells...
-a simple white musk & almond

for better lather, add more glycerin. if you want more slickness, add a bit of bentonite clay powder. for better moisturizing, add some shea butter.

A couple of points:

All soap made from fats contains glycerin, it is a byproduct of the saponification reaction.

Glycerin is an alcohol, so by definition, all soaps contain some alcohol

So called glycerin soaps are produced by reprocessing soaps with added glycerin

Since glycerin is an alcohol, glycerin soaps have more alcohol than natural soaps

glycerine is a moisturizer, it is hydrophilic so it attracts and holds water next to your skin

Natural soap is white to off white in color, translucent rather than transparent

Strictly speaking, soap is a detergent, so ther is no such thing as a detergent free soap

There is also no such thing as a chemical free soap, in fact there is no such thing as a chemical free matter since all matter is made up of chemicals

I can't imagine why anyone would put sugars in any soap, but it is possible that some fragrence contains complex sugars so who knows.

The term "pure" soap is somewhat missleading since soap is not a single chemical compound, but a mix a various compounds. It is not pure anything.

Originally Posted by jockeys

for better lather, add more glycerin. if you want more slickness, add a bit of bentonite clay powder. for better moisturizing, add some shea butter.

Moisturizing is ok.I'm lacking a word...slickness is power to slip on the skin?But I saw you add glycerine at the moment you make your lather,or can I add it in the soap for instant action?

Originally Posted by Biggy1

Moisturizing is ok.I'm lacking a word...slickness is power to slip on the skin?But I saw you add glycerine at the moment you make your lather,or can I add it in the soap for instant action?

yes you can add it in the soap for instant action. i do that in all the soaps i make. i only added it to the uber-lather to make extra-good foam for the video

slickness is power to slip on the skin, yes. if your soap makes very slick lather (with bentonite clay) your razor will slide along your skin better and reduce to chance of razorburn.

Several people in this forum, including myself, are interested in soapmaking. You have already received good advice from some of them. I would like to add that the ingredients alone do not tell you the complete story. You also would need to have their ratio in the formula and the way they are combined. After that, it is all trial and error, just be sure that you work with small batches as there are a lot of variables that need to be controlled... ;-). I personally would be interested in hearing about your results. Good luck with it and remember that perfection is practically unattainable but you can certainly get close, especially if you are are only thinking on making soap that works for you ;-).

Al raz.

Hi all,

I haven't been around for a while, but on this topic I posted a help file on the old site in 'Soaps & Aftershaves'. I just checked and it has been carried forward into the current help files. It is far too large to post here and I do think it does contain some helpful info.

Bill