The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 55.0 % |
| Shea Butter | 20.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 10.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 5.0 % |
| Rice Bran Oil | 10.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 8 % |
| Water | 38 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 72 |
| INS | 122 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 28 below 29–54
Cleansing 7 below 12–22
Conditioning 69 44–69
Bubbly lather 11 below 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
11 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
- 5 % superfat
- 10 % superfat
- 12 % superfat
- Babassu Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- Palm Kernel Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 5 % superfat and Babassu Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 5 % superfat and Palm Kernel Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 10 % superfat and Babassu Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 10 % superfat and Palm Kernel Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 12 % superfat and Babassu Oil instead of Coconut Oil
- 12 % superfat and Palm Kernel Oil instead of Coconut Oil
Where these proportions come from
Not a medical claim. "Gentler" here means less lauric acid, which is a fact about the fatty-acid profile and nothing more.
Our own construction: lauric oils held to 10 % because the cleansing figure tracks lauric and myristic content directly.
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.