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Sodium cocoyl question
I had cooled off my oils to 50 degrees and my sodium cocoyl which i have melted with water and have cooled off to 50 degrees (I have mixed 1 part of sodium to 3 part of water)
After the final mixing and pouring in the mold after 24 hours later my Bar shampoo
isn’t getting hard enough, not as hard as i had expected.What seems to be the problem?
Thanks for any feed back.
Roberto -
11 Replies
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@Roberto how much oils you using?
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1000ml oil with 144Sodium cocoyl with 330ml water
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+ 30 ml fragrance
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If you want advice you’re going to have to list the entire formula.
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Hi Perry,
This is the formula from my topic;
Thank you for some feedback.
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There are a number of problems here.1. This is not a shampoo bar formula - It seems like half of a soap formulation (with no sodium hydroxide) with some mysterious “sodium cocoyl” ingredient added.2. What is the full name of the “Sodium Cocoyl” you are using? There are many ingredients starting with “Sodium Cocoyl”. Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate? Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate? Sodium Cocoyl Sulfosuccinate?3. What are you trying to create here? A soap bar for washing hair or a syndet shampoo bar?I would recommend joining swiftcraftymonkey’s website for some good starting formulations (https://swiftcraftymonkey.blog) for shampoo bars. -
Hello Ozgirl,
making hair shampoo bar. Am using sodium cocoyl isethionet
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Your bar isn’t getting hard enough because the oils and sodium cocoyl isethionate are liquid at room temperature. You can’t substitute a surfactant for the lye and expect a saponification reaction to happen.
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Ok perry, thank you for this feedback, So how can I make my bar shampoo? -
Thank you
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