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Liquid soaps

Liquid shampoo

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The oils

Oil Share
Coconut Oil 30.0 %
Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) 35.0 %
Castor Oil 20.0 %
Jojoba Oil 5.0 %
Avocado Oil 10.0 %

How it is made

Process Cold process
Alkali KOH
Superfat 0 %
Water 100 % of the oils
Iodine value 62
INS 141

What the numbers say

Hardness 33 29–54
Cleansing 20 12–22
Conditioning 59 44–69
Bubbly lather 38 14–46
Creamy lather 30 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.

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7 variations

The same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.

Where these proportions come from

Our own construction: the body-wash system with more castor and a little jojoba.

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.

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