The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 40.0 % |
| Hemp Seed Oil | 15.0 % |
| Shea Butter | 15.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 15.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 5.0 % |
| Jojoba Oil | 10.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 8 % |
| Water | 38 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 80 |
| INS | 109 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 27 below 29–54
Cleansing 10 below 12–22
Conditioning 62 44–69
Bubbly lather 15 14–46
Creamy lather 22 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
17 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
- Rosehip Seed Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil
- Evening Primrose Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil
- Black Cumin Seed Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil
- Tamanu Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil
- Neem Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil
- 6 % superfat
- 10 % superfat
- Rosehip Seed Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 6 % superfat
- Rosehip Seed Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 10 % superfat
- Evening Primrose Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 6 % superfat
- Evening Primrose Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 10 % superfat
- Black Cumin Seed Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 6 % superfat
- Black Cumin Seed Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 10 % superfat
- Tamanu Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 6 % superfat
- Tamanu Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 10 % superfat
- Neem Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 6 % superfat
- Neem Oil instead of Hemp Seed Oil and 10 % superfat
Where these proportions come from
Our own construction. Jojoba is a liquid wax and largely survives saponification, so it reads as superfat rather than as soap.
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.