The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 80.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 20.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 5 % |
| Water | 38 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 69 |
| INS | 134 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 29 29–54
Cleansing 14 12–22
Conditioning 67 44–69
Bubbly lather 14 below 14–46
Creamy lather 16 below 16–48
Computed from the fatty acids of the fats above. The bands are what the craft has settled on, not chemistry — a bar outside one is not wrong.
Try it differently
8 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
- 3 % superfat
- 8 % superfat
- Babassu Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- Palm Kernel Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 3 % superfat and Babassu Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 3 % superfat and Palm Kernel Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 8 % superfat and Babassu Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 8 % superfat and Palm Kernel Oil instead of Coconut Oil
Where these proportions come from
Craft convention: a castile with enough lauric oil to lather, conventionally 70–85 % olive. Ours sits at 80 %.
A canonical formulation: the proportions the craft has settled on for this kind of soap. Not transcribed from a document, and not copied from anywhere.