STEPHENSONS CRYSTAL RANGE ARE PREMIUM BASES USED BY ARTISANS, PROFESSIONALS AD CRAFTERS ALIKE.

Vegetable based melt and pour soap bases, made from natural ingredients and features...

•Good moisturizing from a very high glycerin content which provides a non drying pleasant skin feel.

•Free From Parabens, Artificial Fragrance & Colours, Petrochemicals, Formaldehyde, Mineral Oils

•Cruelty-free, Vegan and Halal Certified

•Excellent foaming and cleansing coupled with good moisturizing content and neutral odour.

•The product and its ingredients have not been tested on Animals

•Free from Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

•Glycerine rich-High Glycerin Content.

•Free from Synthetic Surfactants

• Sulphate Free

 

LATHER SCALE: 1 (being little lather) - 10 (being massive lathery bubble happiness).

This base sits at 6 on a lather scale.

Melt Point: 61C/152F

INGREDIENTS: Aqua, Glycerin, Sodium Stearate, Propylene Glycol, Sorbitol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Palm Acid, Palm Kernel Acid, Sodium Citrate, Titanium Dioxide, Pentasodium Pentetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate.

 

 

UNDER 1KG - Your soap base will come sliced in small bars measuring not more than 2cm deep in a flatish envelope to make posting faster & cheaper

1KG & 2KG will come in cubed in bags. 

Weights displayed include packaging. I use carbon neutral sugar cane mailers that weigh between 3g and 10g

If you have ordered less than a Kilo of soap base you will want to cut it into smaller chunks, this will aid the melting process.

Microwave directions - Melt in a microwave at 10- 20 second intervals on a medium setting, stirring gently in between. Be careful not to let the soap boil.

Double Boiler (Bain Marie) method - Half fill a saucepan with boiling water. With the water lightly simmering place a heat restistant bowl containing your soap above the water to melt. 

Remove from the heat and allow the soap to cool slightly.

Add your fragrance, many soap makers work at 2% for Essential Oils and 3% for Fragrance Oils depending on your oils. A concentrated Fragrance will require less. Please check with your manafacturer for percentages as they can differ from oil to oil.

Now you can add your preferred colour, Wonder Colour, Mica, natural powders such as red/white/green clay used sparingly, flowers and herbs will all add natural colour. Mixing the additives with a little Isopropyl alcohol or vegetable glycerin beforehand can eliminate clumping when mixed into the liquid soap base.

Pouring water into your molds will give you a rough estimate or how much soap base you need per mold. If your soap mold carries 80ml of water, this will equal 80G of soap base.

Pour the soap slowly into soap moulds.

Spritzing the surface with isopropyl alcohol eliminate bubbles for a nice smooth surface.

 Leave to cool preferably at room temp to reduce glycerin "sweat" and set for preferably 6 hours then ease them from the moulds. 

STEPHENSON SHEA BUTTER BASE SITS AT A 6 ON THE LATHER SCALE

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