The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 30.0 % |
| Shea Butter | 20.0 % |
| Avocado Oil | 15.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 15.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 5.0 % |
| Argan Oil | 10.0 % |
| Macadamia Nut Oil | 5.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 8 % |
| Water | lye water at 33 % |
| Iodine value | 68 |
| INS | 130 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 32 29–54
Cleansing 10 below 12–22
Conditioning 64 44–69
Bubbly lather 15 14–46
Creamy lather 26 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.
- Marula Oil instead of Argan Oil
- Baobab Oil instead of Argan Oil
- Moringa Oil instead of Argan Oil
- Camellia Oil (Camellia japonica seed oil) instead of Argan Oil
- Prickly Pear Seed Oil instead of Argan Oil
- 6 % superfat
- 10 % superfat
- Marula Oil instead of Argan Oil and 6 % superfat
- Marula Oil instead of Argan Oil and 10 % superfat
- Baobab Oil instead of Argan Oil and 6 % superfat
- Baobab Oil instead of Argan Oil and 10 % superfat
- Moringa Oil instead of Argan Oil and 6 % superfat
- Moringa Oil instead of Argan Oil and 10 % superfat
- Camellia Oil (Camellia japonica seed oil) instead of Argan Oil and 6 % superfat
- Camellia Oil (Camellia japonica seed oil) instead of Argan Oil and 10 % superfat
- Prickly Pear Seed Oil instead of Argan Oil and 6 % superfat
- Prickly Pear Seed Oil instead of Argan Oil and 10 % superfat
Where these proportions come from
Our own construction. Expensive oils mostly saponify like cheap ones; the superfat is where they are noticed.
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.