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Olive and bay bar

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The oils

Oil Share
Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) 85.0 %
Coconut Oil 15.0 %

How it is made

Process Cold process
Alkali NaOH
Superfat 5 %
Water 38 % of the oils
Iodine value 73
INS 127

What the numbers say

Hardness 26 below 29–54
Cleansing 10 below 12–22
Conditioning 70 above 44–69
Bubbly lather 10 below 14–46
Creamy lather 16 below 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.

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2 variations

The same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.

Where these proportions come from

Our own construction, standing in for the Anatolian olive-and-laurel bars while laurel berry oil is missing from the database.

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.

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