The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 40.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 25.0 % |
| Shea Butter | 20.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 5.0 % |
| Sunflowerseed Oil - High Oleic Acid | 10.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 5 % |
| Water | 38 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 59 |
| INS | 145 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 37 29–54
Cleansing 17 12–22
Conditioning 60 44–69
Bubbly lather 21 14–46
Creamy lather 24 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
14 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
- Kokum Butter instead of Shea Butter
- Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Oil) instead of Shea Butter
- Mango Butter instead of Shea Butter
- Sal Butter instead of Shea Butter
- 3 % superfat
- 8 % superfat
- Kokum Butter instead of Shea Butter and 3 % superfat
- Kokum Butter instead of Shea Butter and 8 % superfat
- Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Oil) instead of Shea Butter and 3 % superfat
- Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Oil) instead of Shea Butter and 8 % superfat
- Mango Butter instead of Shea Butter and 3 % superfat
- Mango Butter instead of Shea Butter and 8 % superfat
- Sal Butter instead of Shea Butter and 3 % superfat
- Sal Butter instead of Shea Butter and 8 % superfat
Where these proportions come from
Our own construction: the hardness palm would have given, taken from shea instead.
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.