The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 100.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | KOH |
| Superfat | 0 % |
| Water | 100 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 85 |
| INS | 106 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 17 below 29–54
Cleansing 0 below 12–22
Conditioning 81 above 44–69
Bubbly lather 0 below 14–46
Creamy lather 17 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
1 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
Where these proportions come from
North African black soap is olive oil (often olive pomace or crushed whole olives) saponified with potash, giving a soft paste rather than a bar.
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.