The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Coconut Oil | 60.0 % |
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 25.0 % |
| Shea Butter | 10.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 5.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 15 % |
| Water | lye water at 33 % |
| Iodine value | 36 |
| INS | 193 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 57 above 29–54
Cleansing 41 above 12–22
Conditioning 36 below 44–69
Bubbly lather 45 14–46
Creamy lather 20 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
2 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
Where these proportions come from
Craft convention: salt dissolved in the lye water rather than stirred in at trace, which allows more non-lauric oil than a salt bar does.
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.