I’ve promised you a whipped soap recipe that doesn’t use stearic acid to stabilize it, and here it is. This one uses raw cocoa butter (USA / Canada), imparting a delicious chocolatey scent along the way. It’s still wonderfully light and airy, but it does end up with a slightly different texture than whipped soap stabilized with stearic acid—more marshmallowy than totally light and fluffy.
Cocoa butter is mostly saturated fat (around two-thirds), and of that it’s primarily stearic acid and palmitic acid. This makes for a brittle, hard butter, but it definitely doesn’t have the hardening kick that pure stearic acid does. This accounts for the difference in texture—a bit softer, and more moisturizing than the pure stearic acid. This alternative is especially good for those who find high concentrations of stearic acid to be irritating.
The process for making this whipped soap is a touch different than the stearic acid version. The steps are more or less the same, but after you add the glycerin I won’t blame you at all if you immediately think you’ve made a huge mistake as the entire thing will liquify, and you’ll start to think it’ll never thicken up enough to whip. But have no worries, it will. A bit of an ice bath and some patience, and you’ll have yourself a tub of fluffy soapy goodness in the end.
Just before adding the glycerin.
After adding the glycerin—don’t panic!
I’ve really been enjoying having a big, luxurious jar of cocoa-scented cloud-like soap in my bathroom lately. It looks wonderfully light through the glass, like fine sea foam. I can scoop out a small puff of it to wash my hands or face, and I bet kids would be thrilled by the squishy/foamy/fluffy texture of it as well. Give it a go—what’s not to love?
It eventually starts to thicken up.
2019 update: I’m afraid I can’t offer much in the way of detailed troubleshooting information for this project as I haven’t made whipped soap in well over 4 years and my memory of the process is limited to my notes, which you’re reading here. Sorry! As you can see, it worked well for me back in 2014, but it has been a long while since I’ve made it.
Cocoa Peppermint Whipped Cream Soap
100g | 3.5oz cream soap paste
100g | 3.5oz just-boiled water50g | 1.76oz cocoa butter (USA / Canada)
2 tbsp vegetable glycerine (USA / Canada)20–30 drops peppermint essential oil (USA / Canada)
1/2 tsp vanilla specks (optional)Combine the cream soap paste and just-boiled water in a smallish (~500mL/2 cup) leftover container with a sealing lid. Mash them together a bit, seal, and leave the paste to absorb the water for at least 9 hours—overnight works like a treat.
Move the soap paste to a glass or metal mixing bowl and add the cocoa butter (USA / Canada). Set the mixing bowl over a pan of simmering water to melt the cocoa butter (USA / Canada).
Once the cocoa butter (USA / Canada) melts, remove the bowl from the heat and blend the soap and melted cocoa butter (USA / Canada) together with your electric beaters. When the bowl is cool enough that cracking isn’t a worry (for glass, from the sudden temperature change), set it in an ice bath and start whipping. Once it’s thickened to a creamy paste, add the glycerin. The mixture will immediately liquify—no worries.
Continue to whip the mixture in the ice bath—it will eventually start to thicken and then whip, like very slow-to-whip cream. A stand mixer would be useful here, and if your mixer is loud, I recommend earplugs as well to prevent hearing damage.
Once it’s all light and creamy, sort of like partially melted ice cream, blend in the peppermint essential oil (USA / Canada) and vanilla specks. Lightly spoon the mixture into a wide-mouth jar and enjoy!
Back to light and fluffy—phew!
What is cream soap paste and where do you purchase it? Thank you!
Hi Julia! You make it 🙂
How do you make the base?
Whoops! I could have sworn I linked to the how-to in the recipe, but apparently not. It’s fixed now 🙂 Good catch!
I really would love to try to make this, just as soon as I find the time. I make my own personal care products but haven’t really had much time lately. Do you ever mentor or offer advice in terms of product making or business? Can you email back to let me know please? I absolutely love your blog and you are adorable! I’ve posted it in my yumprint account, hope that’s ok?!! Thanks for all that you share, take care & keep the greatness coming!
Hi Ash! I’m not sure I’d be overly useful in terms of business mentoring as I don’t have a business, nor do I have any training in business. I also don’t make products in bulk to sell, so I’m afraid I likely wouldn’t be of much use there, either. I’m more of a “make one of each, and do that 10 times” kind of girl 🙂
Does this recipe for the soap fill 1 small jar or a few?
Thank You
Esther
This filled the jar you see here, and that’s it 🙂 It’s approximately 500mL.
I love your blog. This Whipped cream soap sounds heavenly. Have you ever tried making a version of the African black soap?
Thanks, Anjolie! And no, I haven’t tried DIY Black Soap—it’s a very involved process requiring a lot of ingredients and equipment I don’t have access to.
Love your blog ! Thank you for your posts .
Question : What is soap paste ? I am in the US and have never seen this before. Can I make it with regular bar soap ?
Thank you,
Terry
Hi Terry—you make your own 🙂 And no, definitely don’t try this with a bar of regular soap!
Hi! What’s the purpose of the glycerin? Is it just used as a humectant, or is it necessary for the whippiness, like for stability or something? This recipe totally fascinates me, so cool!
Hi Victoria! The glycerin is really what lubricates the soap and cocoa butter so it actually whips—it’s definitely not optional! It does also help with moisturizing, so that’s a plus 😉
this looks gorgeous! x
Thanks, Sandra!
This looks lovely! I love cocoa & peppermint together… Smelling like it is even better! 🙂
😀 Don’t eat it 😉 😛
did you make the cream soap paste of bought a ready? Looks sooo awesome1 I want to try it, but soap cream paste looks not familiar.
Asso, I’m wondering if you know how long it will stay fresh without preservatives?
I make the cream soap base 🙂 Also, preservatives aren’t an issue with soap as the pH is too high for bacteria.
Ok…I’ve made you’re original recipe for the plain soap paste. Came out great! I made no substitutions or changes to it all – and the stages looked just like your photos. Awesome…but now I’m having major problems trying to dilute/soften/pretty much do anything else to the soap paste. I was trying to make this recipe and added the hot water to let it sit and soften. No such thing happened – it immediately went into a seizure state and became much harder than the original paste. I let it sit for almost a whole day and no changes. So then I resorted to other things. First time around I added a bunch of water – and cooked it a little while – it almost immediately became thin liquid (and just a note xantham gum does not thicken soap in any way – I tried 🙂 Second time around I let it sit much longer – almost a day – added small amounts of water cooked it, microwaved it, no softening. It becomes like very stiff mashed potatoes or cold butter. I know if I add a bunch of water again it will just become liquid. So now that I’ve thoroughly cooked it, mashed it and etc. I don’t know what else to do to it besides make soap water. lol. Does anyone have any ideas/tips/thoughts? I’ve been researching and will continue but any ideas would help. Especially since the original paste was so lovely. 🙁 Oh but through everything it still has a lovely lather and cleaning.
Hi Eleni! I’m sorry you’re having so much trouble with the softening 🙁 How much water did you add, and how much paste were you using? What were you softening it in? Was it covered? How long did you let it sit? More details, please 🙂
Since I was attempting to make this recipe I started with the amounts of paste/water called for. The water was most definitely boiling – I poured it over the paste and that’s when it immediately changed. The original un-touched paste was vaseline like (but a little more gummy) and pretty much the same color. After pouring the boiling water over it the paste changed to a more whitish color and very stiff – the consistency of cold mashed potatoes even almost like cold butter.
At first I wasn’t worried – I put a lid on the container and left it overnight and till the next afternoon. It had barely changed except that the water had absorbed a small amount of soap making it cloudy. No amount of mashing or attempting to stir changed it – it would stick in an entire blob on the fork. I then got frustrated with it and microwaved it, put it in a double boiler, microwaved it some more. Nothing just super sticky. After that I added a bunch of water (covering it completely). Then microwaved it again and it melted into soap water – and xanthum gum didn’t fix it – don’t do that just FYI – it takes forever to rinse off. 🙂
Second time around – I added the 100g of water and let it sit for a week or so while I looked at it and thought about it. The longer sitting didn’t help really – and just last week I got tired of looking at it and added a bunch of water and cooked it and now its soap liquid about the consistency (but cloudy) of Dr. Bronners soap or very thin dish soap. I did put it in a soap pump and added some fir needle oil – it does lather well and holds the essential oil scent nicely – just have to be gentle with the pump or soap water goes everywhere.
A possible idea is maybe I didn’t cook it long enough (but it did seem to go through the stages). So I don’t know. I do like the idea of liquid soap and that it holds essential oils scent so well. But I guess I did have to eventually have to problems with some type of soap as I’ve never really had any troubles at all with soaps made with sodium hydroxide. 🙂
Sorry that was so long, but thanks for any ideas or tips.
Hmm. Are you using my liquid soap paste recipe or the cream soap paste recipe? I’m a bit confused since we’re talking about a cream soap recipe here, but yours ended up totally liquid. The diluted cream soap paste shouldn’t be liquid, it should be sort of vaseline-like and still quite thick. Can you perhaps take some photos for me? I’d love to see what’s going on.
I finally got around to finishing up my batch of soap. And yes I made the liquid soap recipe (oops – guess that wouldn’t have worked for the cream soap anyways 🙂 although I never got that far). I also read up a lot on making liquid soaps (a liquid soap making book is in the mail too – yay!).
I found out I did need to cook it longer – left in the crock pot on very low for almost a whole day and then gradually added water until it was the thickness I liked.
I still have no idea why my soap didn’t seem to soften or dilute as easily as yours. who knows. But at least it didn’t turn to soap water. And bonus the extra cooking time actually made it clear up some – and using different oils also affect that I learned. My new soap making adventure!
I’m glad you ended up with something that’s working for you! I can’t wait to find more time to play with different liquid soap pastes—I just need to order another jumbo bucket of coconut oil 😀
Hey Marie,
I loved the thought of whipped soap…..tried it and and it was AMAZING… but now I need your HELP!
How long should the whipping process be? I thought I had the right consistency, and decided to let it sit overnight in an open glass container…just to wake up without it being whipped anymore 🙁
It went down to half of what it originally was….and absolutely NO whipped consistency at all. I followed your directions to the T…I just didnt know if maybe I didnt ‘whip’ it long enough….
Thoughts….PLEASE???
Hmmm. I’m afraid I didn’t time it, and it’s been so long I can’t remember. It was an awfully long time, and for quite a while I thought I was going to have to tip this into the bin. How warm is your storage area? I wonder if that could be it? Mine is now at least 3 months old and it’s still nice and fluffy.
Thank you so much for the quick reply!
I did end up getting it to that stage…but I added a little kaolin clay to the mix and this morning it was decently hard…gummy and pretty sure I am going to have to pitch this one 🙁 I know kaolin clay can sometimes make things hard….but this is too hard for shaving..
Still ‘looks’ fluffy’…just super gummy and A LOT harder!
To answer your question though…I am in TN, and its VERY humid…and although I have the air on, it’s still 78 in here…over 100 outside. While the mixture was in the cold water..it was perfect…but letting it sit at room temp completely changed the composition of this whipped soap 🙁 Again, I think that might be the kaolin…but I am going to do another batch (100g)
Thoughts?
So, I was thinking about this, and I’m starting to think you might not be doing anything wrong, you might just be expecting something different. I described this soap as “marshmallowy” because it’s quite light, but definitely sort of gummy/squishy/spongy, especially when compared to stearic acid stabilized whipped soap, which is all light and fluffy.
oh and, do you think it could go in a pump bottle? I was thinking that would be nice for those shaving 🙂 Even for me when shaving my legs!
I don’t think so—mine is really quite gummy when compressed, and I think that would be a recipe for a clogged pump :/
Ya, i realized that it is a bit too gummy for that….would the soap still be ok with only 1tbsp of glycerin…since the soap and glycerin is prob what makes it so gummy?
Maybe decreasing the amt of glycerin might help….or is 2tbsp perfect?
I know odd q…but thought id ask to see if you already tested that 😉
What makes this whipped soap more gummy is the use of cocoa butter instead of stearic acid—have you tried the stearic acid stabilized method yet?
No I have not. I really kind of wanted to stay away from Stearic acid just because it’s not completely natural…I think it goes through some kind of chemical process or change right?
So I was really trying not to use that. But, I may have to…idk. What are your thoughts on Stearic acid?
Stearic acid is present in a lot of hard fats, and according to Wikipedia “stearic acid is prepared by treating these fats and oils with water at a high pressure and temperature (above 200 °C), leading to the hydrolysis of triglycerides. The resulting mixture is then distilled. Commercial stearic acid is often a mixture of stearic and palmitic acids, although purified stearic acid is available.” I put it in the same category as emulsifying waxes—naturally occurring compounds that have been isolated. I’m not madly in love with it as an ingredient as it’s hard to tell where it’s been sourced from (could be palm, coconut, or animal fats), but at this point I can’t replicate its effect on whipped soap with any other ingredient :/ So, basically, it’s not ideal, but I have never seen a light and fluffy whipped soap that doesn’t use it, and most use huge quantities (over 50%), so I’m not sure if it can even be done without it. I’ll keep playing, of course 😉
UGH!!!! I am so close to crying….lol.
MARIEEEEEEEE…..i got it FINALLY to the whipped stage but after sitting overnight…once again it built up this layer on top that is A LOT harder…but still LOOKS fluffy…just isnt!!!!
Here’s what I am using EXACTLY! (its for a 500g batch)
190g water
36g NaOH
50g KOH
250g Olive Oil
150g coconut oil
75g shea butter
25g castor oil
5% superfat and 38% water (which is what it automatically defaults to)…then I did EVERYTHING to the T when it came to this soap (except this time I only used 1 Tbsp of glycerin).
Maybe I did what Eleni did and didn’t cook the soap long enough when I first made it…but i’ve made things like this before and know the stages pretty well.
I DO NOT know what I am doing wrong 🙁 should I have done the one more Tb of glycerin???
BUT here’s the thing too….my soap when I add the water, doesn’t absorb into the soap like it does above in the pics. Yours is gooey and smushy looking, mine is clear and runny. Then, when I add the cocoa butter and whip it…it also doesnt look like the pic above…it looks like the finished product! Real thick…beautiful looking.
Thoughts on that?
HELP MARIE! I’d really like this for my husband’s shaving needs and my legs….LOL
p.s.
Sorry I write so much on here….I’m kind of a perfectionist and when I don’t get something I freak out…LOL. Maybe I’ll try ONE MORE BATCH and see what happens if I do not add the glycerin?
Anna—I really don’t think you’re doing anything wrong, I just think you’re expecting this to be exactly like the stearic acid stabilized whipped soap… which it will never be. I described it as “marshmallowy” because it’s thicker and gummier than the stearic acid stabilized stuff. I swear it sounds like you’re getting exactly what I got, so I do think you’re doing everything right!
I guess from the pics I just imagined it to be soft…not get harder you know??? But it really IS marshmallowy like you said!
Thank you so much for putting me at ease!!!! I REALLY REALLY appreciate you Marie. I bottled my last batch for the hubby to use on his face…but once wet it DOES seem very silky and nice like shaving cream would be.
And uh…sry for the freak out…lol. Like I said, the perfectionism gets to me sometimes :/
Happy to have helped, especially since I didn’t really have to do anything lol 😉 And hey, you’re a total champ for trying this so many times—glad to know my results are repeatable!
This looks absolutely stunning! I am so excited to try this – it would be perfect for a “sensory exploration” in my preschool classroom…and it’s much less toxic than the canned shaving cream we’ve used in the past! I would worry slightly about the enticingly chocolate-ish scent (keeping chocolate out of the mouths of 2-6 year-olds is impossible). Would deodorized cocoa butter work just as well? (I can’t see why it wouldn’t, but I’m no expert…)
I guess this means more ingredient ordering in my future – adding KOH to the cart now…
Hi Chelsea! You can definitely use deodorized cocoa butter instead 🙂 Thanks for reading and enjoy your sensory explorations, they sound like tons of fun!
This looks so yummy- like vanilla ice cream! Where did you get the vanilla specks from? In your shea vanilla body wash, you say vanilla flecks. Is there a difference between the two? If so, where can I buy both vanilla flecks and specks?
Saffire Blue sells them 🙂 And there’s no difference between flecks and specks, that’s just me having fun with my thesaurus 😉
I love this! I’m going to try making liqiod and creamed soap as soon as I get super comfortable with bar soap. I’ve made a few batches now.
have you tried using mango butter instead of cocoa butter or maybe a 50/50 mix? I know it’s not as thick as cocoa butter at all but of all the butters it has the highest amount of stearic acid (well at least out of the easier/cheaper ones for me to source – I know there is a more exotic butter that has a higher stearic acid content) do you think that would make a difference? I guess I can always try myself 🙂
thank you for this recipe!
Hy Lynnie! I haven’t tried any butters other than cocoa at this point for whipped soap, but I do have quite the list at this point 🙂
This looks fantastic! I want more whipped recipes though! I guess 5, to use up all 500g soap base I’m going to make!
I have three so far! This one, labdanum fir, and lemon meringue 🙂
Hello i wanted to know which kind of preservative your recommend using in this cream soap because of the high ph?
Hi Nina! You don’t need a preservative because of the high pH 🙂
I was figuring that a super high pH…. I just feel weird selling something thats not preserved that will be in the shower or even with wet hands!
Well… all soap as has super high pH, isn’t preserved, and is stored in the shower and touched with wet hands 😛 Also, if you’re going to sell things made from my recipes I’d really appreciate a monetary donation as it does take me a lot of time and money to devise these formulas 🙂
Hi Marie!
I was wondering if I could make a shower cream/gel from this fluffy/creamy soap? If I manage to make something useful and a bit more liquid, that would be wonderful. There’s just the issue of the thing being stable enough to be used for some time, since it usually spend these products rather sparingly in comparison to other people 😀 (or I just have too many options to choose from).
Thank you for all your wonderful recipes! If I manage to make something “runnier”, I’ll let you know.
Hi Lidia! I’d recommend making this as written first so you get a feel for the texture… I don’t think it’ll do anything close to a “gel”, but you might find it to be creamy enough as is 🙂 And in my experience it’s very stable and doesn’t deflate much, even over a year 🙂
HEAVEN!!! AB-solute heaven!!! thank you for saving my sanity by saying I’ll think I made a mistake!
For helps sake, I’d like to say that I campletely confused the measures for naoh and koh (dyslexia and excitement, not a good match!!), replacing one for the other in my recipe and it still turned out fantastic. Just so others don’t freak if they do this!
I split my batch in 2 and made half lavender and half choc mint adding some cocoa and lavender mica to each and I could barely contain myself from grabbing a spoon and scarfing it down! thank you soooo much!! My bday friends are veeeeeeery happy!! (mb I can try a more manly recipe next time, as I don’t think any of the blokes will appreciate lavender puff in a jar!!) 😉
Also, I would like to very politely ask if I may, the captcha thing is veeeeery hard to get sometimes, if you have dyslexia or something like that. sometimes I have to try 3 – 4 diff ones. is it possible to get a different kind? or to add the hearing thing pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaase?????
WOOO! I’m so glad everything turned out 😀 It sounds like all of your variations are just deliciously delightful 🙂
I will try and remember to look for a different captcha… I am currently trying to tread water in all my comments and correspondence lol!
You absolutely rock! with everything! Just remember to be your awesome self and not over stress! we’ll wait as long as you need. That’s how it should be.
Thanks 🙂
I love this! Instead of using your soap paste recipe (I didn’t have the ingredients to make it) 🙁 I tried using an unscented locally made tallow soap bar, thinly shaved. I followed the rest of your recipe and…..IT WORKED. :). The strong smell from the soap I used ended up over powering the cocoa butter to a degree, but the peppermint and the vanilla oil I used covered that up. I didn’t have vanilla specks, so I tried vanilla scented jojoba oil from NOW brand instead. The ingredients whipped PERFECTLY and rinse clean. No oil residue (I was worried about that because of the tallow soap bar I used). Once I get the ingredients I would love to try making your soap paste recipe as I’m sure it would work in your other recipes better than my soap substitution would. I’ve been looking for an easy recipe I can make so I can stop buying commercial shaving cream. I’m guessing this may be it. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. 🙂
Yay! I’m so glad your substitution worked out 🙂 I should try something similar to see how they compare…. hmmm…. 😉
I was so excited to find this recipe! Marshmallow fluff face wash? Yay!
I tried making it–followed your directions & ingredients to a T with the exception of the ice bath as I only have a stand mixer, not hand beaters. Room temp was around 73 degrees F at the time. It whipped up nice and fluffy and increased in volume way more than I expected (like 5x the volume)…but within a few hours I saw large bubble-like “holes” (air pockets i guess) showing through my glass mason jar and by the next morning the fluff had…unfluffed. It totally deflated and is filled with these air pockets.
I’m wondering if my creamed soap paste is the problem as I had a similar deflation when I tried to make whipped soap with stearic acid using the same paste. I did the “zap” test when I made the paste and it didn’t zap.
Any thoughts? Appreciate your help!
You know, it sounds like you might actually be whipping it too much. Your stand mixer is going to be way more powerful than the hand mixer I used, so it might just be whipping way too much air into the soap—far more than it can support. Try whipping it less and see how that goes?
Ohhh…that’s honestly something that hadn’t occurred to me.
I took a photo a few days after I posted initially–i’ve just emailed it to you. It separated into 2 different layers on me–1 semi-solid white layer at the top and one thick liquid-y amber layer at the bottom. I’m not sure what to think!
I’ve seen the photos, and that is so strange! It’s like all the liquid oil seeped right out of the paste, but… why?! Perhaps try whipping it less… I wonder if the whipping could have been so strong that it “broke” the soap apart? That is a rather dubious explanation :/ I have never seen that happen before. Weeeeeeeird.
Hello dear
Your blog is inspirational to me 🙂 I love it, no I adore it 🙂
Based on your suggestions, experiments I have made Blizzard Soap, of course, I made some changes, but anyhow, I love it.
Nevertheless, I am more excited to make a cream soap. I am waiting for my Potassium to arrive 😉 So, please, please, don’t you ever remove cream soap recipe from your blog 😛 I do have a copy, but reading your blog over and over again is kind of … encouraging :))))
Sincerely
Rima
Hi Rima! I’m so glad you love my blog 🙂 I definitely don’t have any plans to take down any recipes, so read away to your heart’s content!
So I made this and I loved it, but after a few days it separated. Can you help me figure out why?
Did you change anything? Can you give me more details? Mine is two years old and hasn’t separated, though it has deflated a bit.
Hi Marie,
I just came across your site yesterday and decided I had to try making this recipe, it looked SO amazing! Yesterday I made some liquid soap base. I wanted to try the recipe using what I had on hand, so I used my liquid soap base and it came out wonderfully! I am so proud of it, a neighbor came over today and I had her wash her hands using the whipped cream soap, she loved it too! All the children have been clamoring around the kitchen sink (where I sat the jar I made,) wanting to wash their hands over and over so they could play with it. It’s almost too good to be true! Thank you so very much for posting this, I really appreciate it. I had never heard of whipped soap before I came across your site.
Hey Carina! Welcome to Humblebee & Me 🙂 I’m SO thrilled you and your kids are loving this soap! Its marshmallowy texture is so fun 😀 You could also try making it with unscented cocoa butter so you can try different scents that don’t involve chocolate… you’ll have the cleanest kids around in no time! Thanks so much for reading & DIYing with me 🙂
Hi again Marie! Well, a few days has gone by since I made the lovely whipped cream soap. While the scent is still amazing, the soap itself no longer has that lovely marshmellowy texture, it settled a lot and got firm on the top. Using it is like using a sliver of very soft bar soap that’s been sitting in a puddle of water! I still like it, it’s just different than it was when I first made it. I like using it in the shower as I usually make my liquid soap base to make soap the consistency of Dr. Bronners Castile Soap. This is easier to spread around on the body since it’s much thicker than that. I’m guessing this happened because I used my regular liquid soap base rather than the recipe you called for using. I will have to try it again using your cream soap base recipe.
Huh, odd! The soap paste is likely part of the reason yours is behaving differently than mine, but I’m also wondering if you’re keeping yours in a sealed jar when it’s not in use—that’d definitely contribute to the drying out.
Hello Marie!
I made a batch of the cream soap base last night, and I’m planning on turning it into this cocoa-peppermint whipped soap tonight, and giving the soap as gifts for Christmas. My question is this: If I make it now, will it still be fluffy for Christmas? How long of a shelf life does this have? Thanks much 🙂
Hey Haley! It should stay fluffy for at least three months 🙂 And it’ll still work even after it starts to deflate!
Thanks Marie! I must have done something wrong then, because I whipped up a batch and it deflated after about a day. Would the stearic acid recipe work better? Any idea what I did wrong? Thanks.
Aww, boo. Did you change anything? You’re certain you used the cream soap base, not the liquid soap base? The stearic acid stuff is definitely stiffer simply because stearic acid is stiffer than cocoa butter, so that may help, but likely not if you inadvertently used the wrong soap base.
This recipe looks awesome and the texture seems so smooth.I have a question. The cream soap base (in your recipe) looks like “clumpy mashed potato” as you say. When used recipes like this the textures get smoother? like in this post?
Once diluted and incorporated into other things it smooths out 🙂
Hello again Marie!
Yesterday I made your awesome chocolate cherry body balm, and today’s project was the chocolate mint cream soap. OH.MY. GOODNESS. !! Serious playful fun and whipping going on here! First I must confess that I used a cream soap base that I had already made a month ago. A recipe with stearic acid, but that doesn’t matter because the end result is nothing less than pure decadence once again! I did a few things differently, like adding the melted cocoa butter gradually to my whipped soap base. And there was a wee bit of flying creamy sudsy bits all over the kitchen, which is what happens when the soap base increases but the size of the bowl does not! Ha! Just wanted to say, this is my new “go to” recipe for whipped soap! And it pairs perfectly with the cocoa body butter I made yesterday. All I can say is “thank you”…your recipes are amazing! Be safe and well, and happy DIY-ing! <3
I live in the tropics where summers are 40 degree with humidity hovering around 95%. Will this work ?
I honestly don’t know—that is so far from the environment I live in that I can’t even guess. Sorry!
hi marie..
I made your Cocoa Peppermint Whipped Cream Soap. it’s look so cute. but the foam of soap very little. Can you suggest that the soap has enough foam? thank you