Making Whipped Cream Soap (Easy shortcut) from Melt and Pour Base?

by Nook
(Asia)

I was intrigued by a forum post years ago that said oft, fluffy whipped cream soap can actually be created through melt-and-pour bases - just with a combination of oils and water, and whipped with a stick beater when hot until it resembles the thick fluffy consistency of cream.


Sounds like an unbelievable way to do it without the curing process - the soap is ready when cooled!

How true is that? The problem as I understand with MP bases is that they eventually harden into bars (adding more Vit E oil or Olive oil makes it quite oily and unstable) and I want to keep the consistency as thick fluffy cream that acts as a shaving soap too, highly fragranced and yet washes off without the oily feel.

Has anyone tried this "cheat" method before?

Answer:

I'm afraid I haven't any experience with this so I can't help but hopefully someone else will be able to lend some advice.

Goog luck,
Cathy

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by: Anonymous

I often use m&p soaps to make soaps for gifts, this time I added some epson salts which, i believe caused it to not set up well, but i did end up with very smooth creamy soap, my question is can this be stored in tins?
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starstarstarstarstar 		Adding water to mp soap base
by: Cathy

Just remember that if you add water to a melt and pour soap base it will now be a hydrous product which will likely require a preservative to prevent the growth of mould and bacteria.
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by: jo

Thanks Doriette. I would really like to make this recipe for cream soap with MP base - soap in a jar. Can you tell me the measurements, especially for the Epsom salts?
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by: Noura Ali

I have tried this recipe:

35 gr MP
10 gr oil (like sweet almond)
52 gr water (distilled or demineralized)
1% preservative
Fragrance and mica for color

Melt M&P, use hand mixer, add heat oil by whipping, lukewarm water and preservative


it worked very well. You can add exfoliants


Thanks ^_^
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starstarstarstarstar 		Another Cream Soap recipe
by: Diane

Hello Everyone

Another cream soap from french blog and I am very satisfied. I make a lot of cream soap in crock pot, really I prefer this one, simple and fast.
I used half the recipe because I hate wasting oils if it does not work.

First, run your soap recipe in SoapCalc to see if your soap has over 14 palmitic below at your right (in view or print recipe) because I tried with bastille soap (12 palmitic) and the water is separated from the foam.You need a soap with a high content of palmitic

100 gr grated soap
150 gr water (hydrosols, aloe ect.)
Melt completely in double boiler,

add 15 gr shea butter – 15 gr glycerine mix well (Optional I add 1% stearic acid 3 gr melted with glycerine)
Cooling and add 10 gr coconut /goat milk powder and 3 gr fragrance +1% presevative and refrigerate to cool completely - whisk until desired consistency
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cream Soap with MP Recipe
by: Diane

Hello Everyone

I found this recipe on french blog.

small recipe

35 gr MP
10 gr oil (like sweet almond)
52 gr water (distilled or demineralized)
1% presevative
Fragrance and mica for color

Melt M&P, use hand mixer, add heat oil by whipping, lukewarm water and presevatif

finish with fragrance and color
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starstarstarstarstar 		Can this be used as a shampoo?
by: Kiera

Can you use this as a shampoo as well if you use Castille Soap or a Shampoo bar?
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starstarstarstarstar 		Measurements
by: Michael

I stumbled onto this web site by doing a Google search as I am looking to make a soft soap shaving cream. I saw the you used 500g of soap base but how much water and epsom salts did you end up using? I would really like to try this.

Thank you.
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by: Nook

Curiously though, what amount of fragrance oil do you add to such a mixture? Would there be any adverse texture problems if too much is added?

Are preservatives necessary for this? Do you also allow the soap to set for an additional 24 hours thereafter?
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by: Doriette

Yes its normal epsom salt we buy from pharmacies....glad it worked out for you too...i have been selling it like cakes and it works wonders....it looks just like parfait salts in a jar but feels simply creamy..
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by: nikki

I tried it with the epsom salt and warm water and it works! I make sure to crush the epsom salt into a powder so people can't feel it, and I only add about 2 tbsp of water becuase I want it to lather really well.
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starstarstarstarstar 		Epsom salt...?
by: Nook

Hi again there Doriette...do you mean the epsom salts (Magnesium Sulfate) we get from pharmacies?
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starstarstarstarstar 		Really?!
by: Nook

Hi Doriette,

That's quite a life saver! I'm so willing to try it out - if you don't mind telling me how that goes and how to go about that!
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by: Anonymous

Stephenson's base sounds like the ideal case really. :) Unfortunately, many shops carrying that base don't ship internationally (yes, restricted by shipping policies) and I"m forced to think of another way to go about this, short of going the cold process (and long) way.
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by: Heavenly Scent Soaps

Stephenson's makes a nice whipped soap base that I've had good success with. I've not tried making whipped soap from regular melt and pour base.
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by: Anonymous

I have once tried experimenting and managed to create quite a good whipped soap in a jar.
I melted 500g soap base and added warm water slowly to it.I started blending with a hand mixer and adding epsom salts to the mix till it cooled off. I found that adding epsom salts in a high quantity will make the soap not harden. It stayed creamy and liquidy .
Will be trying this again lately so will post update :)
Doriette

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