Feedback on a new soaper's palm-free recipe

rainycityjen · Dec 5, 2013

I'm a new soaper and have been spending most of my free time planning my first from-scratch batch on Soap Calc. I like the idea of choosing my own ingredients vs. following someone else's recipe, but of course I don't have the experience to play around!

I know I want to create a conditioning bar without palm oil, but have no idea how my favorite theoretical recipe will work out. Can you see anything here to be cautious about? (Ignore the absolute poundage, I was just playing around):

dixiedragon · Dec 5, 2013

Looks good to me! Have fun with it! With the amount of olive oil, it might be slow to trace, but that's okay.

Obsidian · Dec 5, 2013

What kind of skin do you have? I have dry skin and that bar would be a bit too drying or me. I would lower the coconut oil 15%-20% and make up the rest with more OO. I try to keep my cleansing number around 10-13. If you have oily skin, your recipe should be ok but most people will recommend not to use more then 20% coconut.

rainycityjen · Dec 5, 2013

Thanks Obsidian! I do have super dry skin especially in winter. I'll adjust.

Obsidian · Dec 5, 2013

You might want to add 2 tsp of salt to the lye water mix, it will help your bars be a little bit harder. Lowering the coconut can make for a bit of a soft bar.

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