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Sephera, I've already made that higholeic sunflower soap w/o coconut oil. And it works quite well. :)

Thank you topofmurrayhill for your valuable advice! I'll definitely make use of it. Now, knowing what to pay attention to, I think I'll go for high oleic sunflower oil. I understand I shall expect such soap will be slimy like 100% OO soap. I wonder if adding 5-8% shea butter (next to 15%...

Thank you all for your help! So now I'm sure these oils are good substitutes for coconut oil, apart from the price of each. IrishLass, it was the allergy test that confirmed allergy to coconut. However, DeeAnna's comments raised new questions. I searched about the allergy to coconut and found...

No I don't.

Forgot to mention - olive oil needs to be excluded, too (allergy). :/

Simply due to allergy to coconut.

I need to exclude coconut oil from my LS recipe. I looked for the oils which could substitute for it and I think I found a few that seem to give similar soap properties as coconut oil, as they're also high in lauric acid. Among others, these are palm kernel oil, babassu oil, murumuru oil. Did...