Soaping is so much fun, you'll want to make more, and it helps to try lots of recipes to discover what you personally like best. Good luck! I love hemp oil and use it when I can, even if it IS a butt about short shelf life and risks of DOS. If you decide to keep hemp oil in your inventory, add some rosemary oleoresin extract (roe) as soon as you open it, and keep it sealed in the fridge and it will be good for up to a year if your bottle is fresh. I've made several hemp soaps that lasted 6 months to a year before developing DOS but that's about all you can expect. If that recipe speaks to you, its not a bad one to start with. For myself, I'd lower the coconut oil to 15% and make it up with the hemp and olive oil. I would also ditch the titanium dioxide and just use the clay (because I like clay in soaps - I would mix it with the lye water to be sure it hydrates), and ditch the organic matter on the top which just clogs the drain. But that's just me
And yes you can infuse any oil you like with just about anything you like - just strain it well before using. I cant think of an example where the SAP value would change. Unfortunately in my experience the only things that survive lye is color, and sometimes not that either. But it wont hurt.
Try it first to see if you like it. Then try one additive (1tsp - 1 Tbls PPO) at a time, such as clay, oat flour & honey, kitchen spice like paprika (speckled peach), baby carrots or spinach, dried parsley or rosemary, etc. This is what I like to call a "good learning recipe". You could try a lot of different goodies and liquids to compare the differences that each brings to the soaping table.
I commend you on your decision. I like this recipe just as it is. You may not want to tweak it at all. (haha Fat chance of that happening! We soapers could find "perfection" in a recipe and still won't be able to resist tweaking!) The SAT/UNSAT is in good balance; the quality values are very acceptable; the INS value predicts a soap that will unmold/cut within 12-48 hours and cure in 4-6 weeks. Linoleic and Linolenic fatty acids are below 15. What's not to like?!
Try Walmart for shea butter. I found it on line but they may have it in a store near you.
^^^^^ Ditto. I just used hemp that had been in my fridge for a year and it soaped fine. That hint of green makes pretty soap and its skin-loving qualities are worth it.
