Shea Butter Soap Base 12 kg

Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base by S.F.I.C. Farms Ltd: Nourish and Create

Unleash your creativity with our premium Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base, meticulously crafted in England by S.F.I.C. Farms Ltd. This 100% natural, opaque, and matte white soap base offers a neutral scent, providing the perfect canvas for your custom soap creations. Infused with the moisturizing benefits of shea butter and boasting a skin-friendly pH of 8.0-9.0, it's the ideal foundation for crafting gentle, luxurious, and highly marketable soaps that cater to all skin types.

Description and Key Features

The Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base is a superior quality product designed for ease of use and exceptional results. Its white, opaque, and matte appearance provides a clean, professional finish, allowing any added colors or botanicals to truly pop. The neutral scent ensures that your chosen essential oils or fragrance oils are the stars of the show, without any competing aromas. As a 100% natural soap base, it offers peace of mind for both crafters and consumers, knowing that their products are free from harsh chemicals often found in commercial soaps. The inclusion of shea butter is a significant advantage, renowned for its deeply moisturizing, nourishing, and skin-conditioning properties, leaving skin feeling soft and supple. With a pH range of 8.0-9.0, it is gentle on the skin, making it suitable for even sensitive individuals. Its melt and pour format simplifies the soap-making process, making it accessible for beginners while offering endless possibilities for experienced artisans.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas in Cosmetics

The Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base is incredibly versatile, making it a go-to choice for a wide variety of handmade soap products and personal care applications:

• Everyday Hand and Body Soaps:
  • The most common application, creating luxurious and moisturizing bar soaps for daily cleansing. The shea butter content ensures skin remains hydrated, even with frequent washing.
  • Ideal for crafting guest soaps for bathrooms or unique gift sets, adding a touch of personalized luxury.
• Facial Cleansing Bars:
  • Gentle enough for facial use, this base can be enriched with skin-specific additives like clays, gentle exfoliants (e.g., oatmeal), or specific essential oils to create tailored facial cleansing bars for different skin types (e.g., dry, sensitive, mature).
• Exfoliating Soaps:
  • Perfect for incorporating natural exfoliants such as coffee grounds, poppy seeds, loofah pieces, or finely ground fruit pits to create invigorating scrub bars that help remove dead skin cells and promote circulation.
• Shampoo Bars and Conditioner Bars (Solid Form):
  • With careful formulation and the addition of hair-benefiting ingredients, this base can be used to create solid shampoo bars that are eco-friendly and convenient for travel. The shea butter helps condition hair.
  • Can also serve as a base for solid conditioner bars, providing nourishment and detangling properties.
• Shaving Soaps:
  • The creamy lather and moisturizing properties of shea butter make this an excellent base for crafting shaving soaps, which help the razor glide smoothly and prevent irritation, leaving skin soft after shaving.
• Specialty and Themed Soaps:
  • Its opaque white color and neutral scent make it a perfect canvas for creating visually stunning and uniquely fragranced soaps for holidays, seasonal events, or specific themes. You can easily embed toys, add layers, or create intricate designs.
• Pet Soaps:
  • Given its natural composition and gentle pH, it can be used to formulate mild pet soaps, ensuring a gentle clean for animal companions (always ensure added ingredients are pet-safe).
• Sample Soaps and Travel-Sized Bars:
  • Easily molded into small sizes, it's perfect for creating sample bars for potential customers or convenient travel-sized soaps for personal use.

The Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base simplifies the soap-making process, allowing anyone to produce high-quality, artisanal soaps with nourishing benefits. Its availability for worldwide shipping makes it accessible for crafters and businesses across the globe.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Oatmeal & Honey" Nourishing Soap Bar

Create a comforting and nourishing soap bar, perfect for soothing sensitive or dry skin, using our Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base.

Instructions for Preparation:

1. Preparation: Sanitize your workspace and all tools (beakers, stirring utensils, cutting board, knife) with isopropyl alcohol. Ensure your soap mold is clean and ready.
2. Melt the Soap Base: Cut the Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes (approx. 1-inch size). Place the cubes into a heat-safe glass measuring cup or microwave-safe bowl.
3. Microwave/Double Boiler: Melt the soap base slowly using a microwave (in 30-second intervals, stirring between each) or a double boiler. Do not boil the soap. It should be fully liquid and clear.
4. Add Ingredients: Once the soap base is fully melted, stir in the finely ground organic rolled oats until evenly dispersed. Then, add the pure raw honey and stir gently until completely dissolved and integrated into the soap base. If using, add the lavender essential oil now and stir carefully.
5. Pour into Molds: Carefully pour the melted soap mixture into your silicone soap mold.
6. Remove Bubbles (Optional): Lightly spritz the surface of the poured soap with rubbing alcohol to eliminate any surface bubbles.
7. Cooling and Setting: Allow the soap to cool and harden completely at room temperature (this can take 2-4 hours, or longer depending on humidity). Do not place it in the refrigerator, as this can cause sweating.
8. Unmolding and Curing: Once fully hard, carefully unmold your soap bars. While melt and pour soap doesn't require a traditional cure like cold process, allowing them to sit for a day or two in a well-ventilated area can help them harden further and last longer.
9. Storage: Store finished soap bars in airtight packaging (e.g., shrink wrap, plastic wrap) to prevent "sweating" (glycerin drawing moisture from the air).

Recommendations for Use:

• Customization: This recipe is a fantastic starting point. Feel free to experiment with other additives like:
  • Colors: Use cosmetic-grade mica powders or liquid soap dyes for vibrant hues.
  • Fragrances: Substitute or combine essential oils (e.g., chamomile, calendula for sensitive skin) or use skin-safe fragrance oils.
  • Exfoliants: Add activated charcoal for detoxifying properties, or finely ground coffee for invigorating exfoliation.
  • Oils/Butters: You can super-fat melt and pour soap by adding a small amount (0.5-1%) of extra carrier oils (e.g., jojoba, avocado) after melting for added moisturizing benefits.
• Temperature Control: Always melt the soap base slowly and avoid overheating, as this can cause the soap to become brittle or affect its lathering properties.
• Additives Timing: Always add heat-sensitive ingredients (essential oils, fragrance oils, certain vitamins) when the soap has slightly cooled but is still liquid, typically around 50-60°C (120-140°F), to preserve their integrity.
• Storage of Unused Base: Store any unused Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base in its original packaging or an airtight container in a cool, dry place to prevent it from absorbing moisture from the air.
• Safety First: Always follow good manufacturing practices (GMP) and ensure your workspace is clean and sanitized. Wear gloves, especially when handling raw materials and pouring hot soap.