Making Papaya Soap

Papaya has been in the Philippine market for so long with its claims of whitening the skin. Well, a whiter skin is not an interest of White Americans but most asians dream of it.

 If you live in a place with the market full of caucasians, I don't think this is a necessary soap to make.

 But you have to give emphasis on the fact that Papaya does not only whiten skin,

 it actually offers more than it. It is such a skin miracle fruit! 

The Papaya fruit is rich in Vitamin A. Vitamin A is known to reprogram a damaged cell. Meaning, Vitamin A normalizes skin functions back to normal. 

It also stimulates the Dermis where all important skin elements are. 

What else is in the Papaya fruit?

AHA is found in the enzymes of the fruit. 

AHA exfoliates the skin and exchanges dull skin for a more glowing one as it also lightens skin pigmentations. 

It is also known to have anti-aging qualities. 

Well, isn't the fruit a wonder for the skin? So, ask me. How do we incorporate this to a cold processed soap? But before I do teach you, do you already know the BASICS of making CP soap? If yes, let's start. 

In some soap and lotion craft stores,

 Papaya enzymes or "Papain" enzymes are a big hit. 

Well, this is in the Philippines. 

A Papain enzyme ingredient would look like this:

It is light-orange in color. It is supposed to be in a flowy powder form but my stock was exposed to humidity. So, lesson: Do not expose this ingredient in humid places as it forms clumps. But it still works fine. It is really smelly. This ingredient is WATER SOLUBLE. It is hardly soluble in oil. 

So, let's make your Papaya additive that will be incorporated at soap trace:

You will need:

1 oz. Vegetable Glycerin

5 ml. Moringa Extract

5 ml. Chamomile Extract

2 oz. CDEA (mild surfactant, foam booster)

This is for a 32 oz. Coconut oil batch.

First:

Here, I am adding 1 oz. Vegetable Glycerin. 

Glycerin is a hydrous ingredient. It is waaater. 

So the Papain enzyme will dissolve in it. 

Aside from Glycerin, I will be adding 5ml of Moringa Extract (whitening) 

& 5ml of Chamomile Extract (soothing). 

These are water soluble extracts. 

Now, dissolving the Papain enzymes 

could be tricky so just keep mixing it. 

After the papain enzyme has dissolved, 

add 2 oz. CDEA (I will talk about this tomorrow). 

Just to give a heads up, 

CDEA is a mild coconut-derived surfactant. 

It is a foam booster. 

Taaaa-dah! You made your Papaya soap additive. 

Check out the next post as we make the master batch of Papaya Soap. :)

References:

Papaya picture: http://www.nieceyroy.com