Coconut Lime Cold Process Soap - Why you should always do your own testing!

When I first started soap making, I was told you couldn't make a "pretty" Coconut Lime soap as it went brown. I decided to test this for myself.
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[@acherrybloom6382]

Your little coconuts are adorable!

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥

[@loriewilson7369]

The soap look awesome the coconuts looks great way to go👍👍👏👏

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@tanyabonnett4174]

I absolutely love coconut but all the coconut cream fragrances have a high Vanillin amount, but a short time ago I saw someone make an amazing Coconut cream soap that wasn't dark brown, and to my delight its a Bramble berry fragrance. I love coconut lime and Lemongrass and Persian Lime, I also love grapefruit and coconut, I'm so happy to see you make this beautiful soap in the Coconut lime fragrance, its a beautiful soap

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈 Others have mentioned Coconut Cream by BB. Might check our Aussie Soaps and see if they have it.

[@tanyabonnett4174]

@@SoyandShea They do have it as I too am going to buy it, I got it as a sample some time ago and bought it from Aussie candle supply, the candle version has too much vanillin but exactly the same fragrance and it is one of my best selling melts and candles, everyone loves it, even those people who tell me they don't like coconut love it and buy it, it discolours to Ivory as I watched it being made without any colours other than a little TD and soaped like a dream.

[@SoapyOaksFarm]

Great tips and beautiful design Keeley

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥

[@ArreisMorsCI]

Looks beautiful!! I can only imagine how scrumptious it smells!!! I LOVE coconut lime!

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@soapsforlove4168]

It's nice to know that this fragrance does what it does. The soap is super cute. Love the mica drizzle in the swirls. Really nicely done. You surly proved that person wrong when they said you can't make a coconut lime soap look good. HAH, you did it!!

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈 never have liked being told something is not possible 😆

[@simonavandersandt7465]

Cute little coconuts!!! Well Done :)

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@SimplyLovedSoaps]

I so love these coconut embeds!

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥

[@maynestreet9675]

I’ve had a bottle of Coconut Lime from Eroma for ages and ages but never used it because I read the same thing. Thank you, thank you sooooo much Keeley . Will definitely try it now.

[@SoyandShea]

I've got a feeling the recipe for Coconut Lime has changed so it doesn't darken like it once did. Definitely give it go

[@hollybarkersmith3509]

Very cool!!

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥

[@nancykelly9712]

Ahhhhh you hate coconut lime?? You are different, I've never heard of anyone not liking lime before, coconut yes but not lime?!! I'm proud of you for making something you don't even like, good for you!! 😂 It's lovely as usual too!! 😍 💞

[@SoyandShea]

Sorry for the late reply - I seem to have missed a number of notifications. I love the smell of lime and I love the smell of Coconut, I just don't like the combination of the two together 😂 I have always found the things I dislike the most sell the best!

[@nancykelly9712]

Isn't that the way!! 😂

[@cheryl739]

Keeley, what a Coconut Palooza! 👍. So cute. I love those mica drop swirls 😀

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥

[@Hilary_ClarbySoaps]

Gorgeous soap! I’m also not a big fan of coconut lime fragrance...or coconut fragrance in general, but lots of people like it. Love your coconut embeds. Thank you for also explaining the mica drizzle technique too. I love how informative your videos are. Good luck with your Christmas gift sets 💕

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you for watching 🍈🥥 I like all the other coconut fragrances but it's just Coconut Lime that I can't stand

[@rachaelt3294]

I hate the taste of coconut but I love the smell with other scents. Coconut Lime Verbena is a favorite although I haven't made a soap with it yet. ♡ Every batch of soap is so different from the next! It's an adventure everyime! Lol ♡ I love this bar! It really brings the scent to life! ♡

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈 it's so true that each soap is a new adventure. Even when soaping the same recipe and FO, it can be different due to weather or resulting swirl

[@rachaelt3294]

@@SoyandShea I learned not to soap in 90 degree weather pretty quick... lol You are always so relaxing to watch. I'm over here yelling at my soap and then having to do voice overs! Lol

[@SoyandShea]

@@rachaelt3294 yes I learned that last year too 🤣

[@mitalimmadan4021]

I loved it 💖

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@littletawelan443]

Love Love Love it xxx

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@jeffreym68]

Looks wonderful, and I love that combination.

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@edcraig8532]

I love the color combo.

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥

[@babesbrowny1]

Looks lovely, I love how the the coconut look with the lime inside. Great job and thanks for the tip 😊

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you for watching 🥥🍈

[@babesbrowny1]

@@SoyandShea your welcome

[@brandypayne8781]

💚🥥I’m right there with you on that fragrance! It’s a hard one to like! And this turned out beautifully!! Such cuteness with those embeds! I just love it!!🍈🥥

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈 so many love this fragrance but it just doesn't do it for me

[@loisreed3326]

It’s one of my best sellers in soap lol love the colours

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥 I think this may become a firm favourite in the range

[@Maggieclayton57]

Lovely ☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥

[@JenSpice]

Great job Keeley! Love the coconut and lime design. I'm having the same dilemma with blueberry. We'll see what I can come up with...

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥 I'd love to do a blueberry soap but they all have such high Vanillin 😔

[@kristimpson1995]

Wonderful looking soap! Just goes to show, you don’t know till you try. Very true about how fragrances behave in cold or hot.... and defiantly what your soap recipe consists of! Me personally, I don’t like coconut smell, till I tried coconut cream by BB. Wonderful creamy slightly sweet, like a fresh slice of coconut. But .... not my favorite. Hahaha. 🥰😉

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥 I love the smell of coconut but just hate this fragrance oil 😆 will have to see if I can find the BB one

[@soapbeit5952]

Awesome soap! Glad you brought up the oil pockets. I recently had that happen in my sweet pumpkin spice soap. Almost 2 weeks into cure...small pockets reabsorbed, larger ones still oily. Will see at 4 weeks how it is. Wasn't sure if safe to use and/or sell.....and its gorgeous soap! I learn so much from you! What do you think?

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥 I've never has an issue with soap and FO leaking as long as it reabsorbed within its cure time. Did you fragrance rice at all?

[@soapbeit5952]

@@SoyandShea No ricing. Thank you for sharing that. I will cut into a bar at cure time to see if its reabsorbed.

[@SoyandShea]

@@soapbeit5952 hope all works out. If it doesn't absorb, rebatching may work 😊

[@soapbeit5952]

Thank you for helping :)

[@patrickrowland2833]

Beautiful job, as yet again

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@LittleIowaHomestead]

Wonderful to know! Your soap is awesome 💕

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥

[@HANNN3R]

Hello! Excited to see this soap.

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you for watching 🥥

[@gemd2541]

@soyanshea Oh Keeley, you have done it again. I love the fine whispy shades the mica drop crates. I have never thought to do something like that, but will have to give it a go. You are so generous in showing everyone your creations and 'how to' videos, you are a credit. And I wholeheartedly agree with you on what you get told in the soap forums. You can get totally demolished by some comments. I say, do what works for you in your environment as what works for one person, may not work for someone else in the environment. The one I most dislike, is 'soap at room temperature'. Ha, I am in Canberra, so that would be at 16 degrees and most of my hard oils would be solid! Hope you have a great weekend and keep up the great work. :)

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥 Yes the soaping at room temperature is a tricky one. I've learned a room temp of 23-28° works for me.

[@waynegross2113]

Keeley, you are so right. Testing your own is so important. Just because something works for one doesn't mean it will work for all. That includes everything from candles to facial scrubs, lotions, whatever! I learned a few hard lessons. Especially with candles. No two batches are ever exactly the same. I made a batch of candles before Christmas last year, everyone adored them the fragrance hot and cold throw were awesome. I had a customer request more in July. I said ok. I take very precise notes, so no problem. I made them excellent cold throw, NOTHING in the way of hot throw. I do mean nothing. I don't even know what went wrong. Just did a small batch a week ago and they are perfect again. What???? So confused, but it must have something to do with climate! My best guess any way, lol! Beautiful soap and thank you for sharing! ~ Jill Gross

[@SoyandShea]

Yes testing is so important. As so many things are derived from plants, their growing patterns for the year can great change the end results from batch to batch

[@chellemotsinger1200]

Hi Keely I love this

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈

[@LizzyAnna]

Put the lime in the coconut... lol! I don't like Coconut Lime either. That is turned out beautifully.

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🍈🥥 Glad I'm not the only one 😆

[@LovelessYayaoi]

The way you are toward coconut & lime, I'm the same way when it comes to grapefruit scents... always smells like a funky armpit to me 😂

[@SoyandShea]

I love that 😆 it's great how we all like different things

[@treenzcar7691]

Such cute coconuts 🥥🥥 When you spritz the top is the mica mixed with oil?

[@SoyandShea]

Thank you 🥥🍈 It is just straight mica powder I dust the top with 😊

[@Spinning-wvr]

I LOVE coconut lime,but I did get one from one soap supplier I did not like...matter of fact I made a dry oil in a dropper bottle and wear it everyday with a coconut lime lotion

[@SoyandShea]

I know so many that love this fragrance. It sells well in all my bath and body items and candles. I like woody smells 🥥🍈

[@vixenligon1167]

I feel the same way with coconut lime verbena fragrance oil. It is disgusting. To me it smells like fruit that has gone bad. I'm trying to find a good coconut fragrance oil for my 100% coconut soap that doesn't discolor or accelerate, separate or rice my soap.

[@SoyandShea]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way 😆 I hope you find that elusive perfect coconut smell

[@jodicoman5141]

I feel the same way making Patchouli soaps.

[@SoyandShea]

I think Patchouli is a love or hate smell 😆

[@labella9291]

Complains that everyone says coconut lime fragrance goes brown... Proceeds to add brown tone mica (bronze) to the top of said soap... Said soap is an olivish green with brown added to it (top bits where it's bit blended)... .... .... .... Surely I'm not the only one that caught the irony.

[@SoyandShea]

The aim is not to have an entirely brown soap or one that discolours. The green represents the lime, white for coconut flesh and the brown and bronze represents the husk. I don't see any irony in it only colour matching and a nice green soap.

[@jenniferahough4983]

You're not alone. I cant stand anything with coconut scent no matter how little is in it, love to eat coconut though. I'm also weird in that I love strong coffee, but dont ever give me cold coffee or coffee cake/sweets. It's vile 🤢

[@SoyandShea]

I don't mind coconut smell, it's just the combination of lime and coconut I think smells off 😆 I too definitely prefer hot strong coffee ☕

[@GallifreyLives]

Whats it like celebrating Christmas in the middle of summer?

[@SoyandShea]

😆 you get used to it or some don't even know the difference. As I child, I grew up in UK so had many cold Christmases.