The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Coconut Oil | 25.0 % |
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 30.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 15.0 % |
| Shea Butter | 15.0 % |
| Avocado Oil | 15.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 5 % |
| Water | lye water at 33 % |
| Iodine value | 61 |
| INS | 143 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 35 29–54
Cleansing 17 12–22
Conditioning 61 44–69
Bubbly lather 30 14–46
Creamy lather 31 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.
- Rice Bran Oil instead of Avocado Oil
- Argan Oil instead of Avocado Oil
- Camellia Oil (Camellia japonica seed oil) instead of Avocado Oil
- Moringa Oil instead of Avocado Oil
- 3 % superfat
- 8 % superfat
- Rice Bran Oil instead of Avocado Oil and 3 % superfat
- Rice Bran Oil instead of Avocado Oil and 8 % superfat
- Argan Oil instead of Avocado Oil and 3 % superfat
- Argan Oil instead of Avocado Oil and 8 % superfat
- Camellia Oil (Camellia japonica seed oil) instead of Avocado Oil and 3 % superfat
- Camellia Oil (Camellia japonica seed oil) instead of Avocado Oil and 8 % superfat
- Moringa Oil instead of Avocado Oil and 3 % superfat
- Moringa Oil instead of Avocado Oil and 8 % superfat
Where these proportions come from
IFRA category 9 for fragrance, as a rinse-off hair product.
Our own construction. A true soap shampoo bar is alkaline and behaves nothing like a syndet bar; an acidic rinse is part of using one.
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.