Shea Butter Soap Base 46 kg

Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base: Your Foundation for Luxurious Handmade Soaps

Unleash your creativity and craft nourishing, artisan soaps with our premium Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base, proudly manufactured in England by S.F.I.C. Farms Ltd. This 100% natural, opaque, and matte white soap base offers a neutral scent profile, making it the perfect canvas for your unique aromatic and skin-loving additions. With a gentle pH range of 8.0-9.0, it's designed to be kind to the skin, providing a rich, creamy lather and exceptional moisturizing properties thanks to the inclusion of natural shea butter.

Description and Key Features

Our Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base is a high-quality, easy-to-use foundation for soap making. Its opaque white color and matte finish provide a beautiful, clean appearance, allowing any added colors or botanicals to truly pop. The neutral scent ensures that your chosen fragrances, whether essential oils or synthetic aromas, will be the dominant aroma of your finished soap, without any underlying competing odors. As a 100% natural soap base, it offers peace of mind for those seeking natural and gentle skincare options. The inclusion of Shea Butter, renowned for its moisturizing and emollient properties, enriches the soap, leaving skin feeling soft, hydrated, and supple after use. Its ideal pH range of 8.0-9.0 is suitable for most skin types, ensuring a gentle cleansing experience.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas in Handmade Soaps

The Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base is incredibly versatile, making it a favorite among hobbyists and professional soap makers alike. Its ease of use and beneficial properties allow for the creation of a wide range of customized soap products:

• Moisturizing Body Soaps:
  • Craft deeply hydrating bar soaps ideal for daily use, especially beneficial for dry or sensitive skin. The added shea butter helps to replenish the skin's natural moisture barrier.
  • Perfect for making luxury bath soaps that provide a rich, creamy lather and a feeling of indulgence.
• Facial Cleansing Bars:
  • Formulate gentle facial cleansing bars that effectively remove impurities without stripping the skin of its natural oils. The moisturizing properties are particularly good for mature or dry facial skin.
  • Ideal for creating makeup remover bars that are gentle yet effective.
• Exfoliating Soaps:
  • Easily incorporate natural exfoliants such as ground oatmeal, poppy seeds, coffee grounds, or finely crushed nuts to create exfoliating body or foot soaps. The base's smooth texture holds these additions well.
  • Great for gardener's soaps or mechanic's soaps that require extra scrubbing power.
• Aromatherapy Soaps:
  • The neutral scent of the base makes it an excellent vehicle for essential oils, allowing you to create soaps with specific aromatherapy benefits (e.g., calming lavender, uplifting citrus, invigorating peppermint).
  • Perfect for making meditation soaps or stress-relief bars for a mindful bathing experience.
• Novelty and Gift Soaps:
  • Its easy melting and pouring properties make it perfect for crafting intricate shapes using various molds, ideal for unique gifts, party favors, or seasonal soaps.
  • Combine with mica powders, liquid dyes, or natural colorants to create visually stunning, multi-layered, or swirl-designed soaps.
• Shaving Soaps:
  • While not a traditional shaving soap base, the rich lather and moisturizing properties of the shea butter base make it suitable for a gentle shaving bar, providing good glide and post-shave skin comfort.
• Pet Soaps:
  • For those crafting natural pet care products, this gentle, natural base can be used to create mild pet shampoos or cleansing bars, ensuring a gentle wash for furry friends.

The Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base simplifies the soap-making process, eliminating the need for handling caustic lye while still allowing for complete customization in terms of additives, colors, and fragrances. Its quality and natural composition make it a preferred choice for creating premium, homemade soaps delivered right to your door, anywhere in the world.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Oatmeal & Honey Comfort Bar" Soap

Create a soothing and moisturizing soap bar perfect for sensitive or dry skin, infused with the goodness of oatmeal and honey.

Instructions for Preparation:

1. Preparation: Sanitize all your equipment (heat-safe container, stirring utensil, molds). Prepare your soap molds by ensuring they are clean and dry.
2. Melt Soap Base: Cut the Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes (about 1-inch) to ensure even melting. Place the cubes in a heat-safe container (e.g., a glass measuring cup or microwave-safe bowl).
3. Heating: Melt the soap base slowly using a microwave (in 30-second bursts, stirring in between) or a double boiler method until it is fully liquid and smooth. Do not overheat or boil the soap base.
4. Additives (Optional): Once melted, if using, add the cosmetic-grade mica powder and stir thoroughly until the color is evenly dispersed.
5. Incorporate Actives: Add the colloidal oatmeal and raw honey to the melted soap base. Stir gently and continuously to ensure they are well mixed and dispersed. The honey might cause some initial cloudiness, but it will usually re-dissolve.
6. Add Fragrance (Optional): If using essential oils, wait for the soap base to cool slightly (to around 130-140°F / 55-60°C) before adding them to prevent the essential oils from evaporating quickly. Stir gently for about 1 minute.
7. Pour into Molds: Carefully pour the prepared soap mixture into your chosen molds.
8. Cooling: Allow the soaps to cool completely at room temperature for several hours, or place them in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes to speed up the hardening process. Do not put them in the freezer.
9. Unmold and Cure: Once completely hardened, gently unmold the soaps. While melt and pour soaps don't require a cure time like cold process soaps, letting them sit for a day or two in a cool, dry place can help them firm up further and prolong their life.
10. Store: Wrap your finished soaps tightly in plastic wrap to protect them from moisture and preserve their fragrance.

Recommendations for Use:

• Additives: When adding botanicals or exfoliants, ensure they are finely ground or small enough not to clog drains. For liquids like honey, keep the percentage low (1-2% of the soap base weight) to avoid making the soap too soft or impacting lather.
• Fragrance: Always use skin-safe fragrance oils or essential oils at recommended percentages. For melt and pour soap, a general guideline is 0.5-2% of the soap base weight.
• Temperature Control: Melting the soap base slowly and at lower temperatures helps preserve its beneficial properties and prevents bubbling.
• Bubbles: If you notice bubbles on the surface after pouring, lightly spritz with rubbing alcohol (91% or higher) to disperse them.
• Storage of Unused Base: Store any unused Shea Butter Melt & Pour Soap Base in its original airtight packaging in a cool, dry place to prevent moisture absorption, which can lead to "sweating" or condensation on the finished soap.
• Packaging: Once unmolded, homemade melt and pour soaps should be wrapped tightly in plastic wrap or shrink wrap to protect them from air and moisture, which can cause them to "sweat" or develop a gritty texture over time.

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