Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 I made a soap with brown sugar in the recipe. What motivated me to do it was that I had some old hard brown sugar and wanted to use the new bag I have here for cooking, so I used the old stuff for making soap! It made such a nice smelling soap and it lathers SO darn well! I like it a lot! I don't know if white sugar, turbanado sugar or sucanat would be as nice .... haven't made soap with either of those. I just wanted to share this good thing *Smile* Chris (list mom) Free Salt! January Special http://www.alittleolfactory.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 I read somewhere that sugar can enhance the lather in soap, but hadn't tried it yet. How did you add it? Margaret Natural Indulgences LLC >I made a soap with brown sugar in the recipe. <snipped> _______________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Margaret, I was skeptical about this too, but I have to say that I think it does make a difference. I add my sugar to my lye water BEFORE the lye. If you add it later, it does not dissolve. Eva , " Margaret Helm-Duell " <naturalindulgences@h...> wrote: > I read somewhere that sugar can enhance the lather in soap, but hadn't tried > it yet. > > How did you add it? > > Margaret > Natural Indulgences LLC > > >I made a soap with brown sugar in the recipe. <snipped> > > _______________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Thanks Eva, >snip> I add my sugar to my lye water BEFORE the >lye. If you add it later, it does not dissolve. Do you use refined or brown sugar? Also, wonder if it was added at trace, and didn't dissolve if it would gently exfoliate as well as increase the later?? Any thoughts? Margaret _______________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Hi Margaret, Hm, I honestly will use whatever I have handy! Most often in our house that is a lightly refined sugar, like turbinado or sucanat. I am not a chemist, so I cannot be sure WHY the sugar does not dissolve, just know that it will not. Whatever happens with the sodium and chloride bind with the hydrogen and the oxygen atoms, and the reaction that takes place there, affects the ability of the solution to dissolve the sugar. It does not really work as an exfoliating factor either, because it chunks up in a weird way, almost freezing like hot sugar water in cold water, like crystallizing. I generally will use 1 tsp/sugar per pound of water. Eva > > Do you use refined or brown sugar? > > Also, wonder if it was added at trace, and didn't dissolve if it would > gently exfoliate as well as increase the later?? Any thoughts? > > Margaret > > > _______________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Hi Margaret I actually added mine to the oils. I heated them up, melting the solids oils as usual, stirred the oil/sugar mixture and let the sugar fully dissolve. Then I added my lye water and stirred to trace as usual ... *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com Margaret Helm-Duell [naturalindulgences] Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:32 PM Re: Brown Sugar In Soap I read somewhere that sugar can enhance the lather in soap, but hadn't tried it yet. How did you add it? Margaret Natural Indulgences LLC >I made a soap with brown sugar in the recipe. <snipped> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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