Originally Posted by
Nervin
That sounds like it wasn't a Glycerine Melt and pour.. It was a Cold Process/Hot process based soap and it sounds like either lack of water in the process, or it was heavy on the coconut oil.. CP/HP soaps (Or tallow as I have seen people call it) most can't be re-batched my remelting them. It just forms a nasty mess.. Glycerine melt and Pour was designed to do just that, for the people who want to make soap but do not want to mess with the Lye process. Still need Lye to make GLycerine, but because you can just simply melt it down.. add your additives, and fragrances then just let it harden for two days then Ta Da, you have soap.. The other takes about two to three weeks to make..
Sounds like it might have had Koalin clay in it too.. that stuff is for oily skin and will also dry a bar of soap pretty quickly..
Key Ingredients:
Olive, Almond & Grape Seed Oil: Plant-based, lightweight natural conditioners that help moisturize and condition skin. Prevent dryness and tightness associated with traditional soap. Olive is high moisturizing.. Almond is mid... and Grapeseed is more for lather.. not so high on the moisturizing though..
Peppermint Extract: A natural astringent that helps control oiliness. Anything that says astringent it means it's going to be oil stripping.. so not only are they stripping oils with soap properties but with additives as well
Rosemary Extract: A natural astringent that helps control oiliness and fight bacteria on the skin’s surface.
Mild Cleansers: Gently clean skin and break down pore clogging residue while providing a thick, luxurious lather.Again oil breakdown
Shea Butter and Glycerin: Softens, moisturizes and protects the skin through a lubricating, protective cushion.
The bad part is I ran most of these combinations through my property calc and all of them say that this soap SHOULD be highly conditioning.. with a creamy lather and super soft.. so there are other fillers in it that they don't list.. Definitely wouldn't order that one again.. It's more of a oily skin soap.. although by the sound of it more like working at a greasy spoon, and using the cooled down grease trap as a face holder type oily.. that's a lot of oil stripping stuff..