KynkiSista
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First of all I absolutely love this forum! I've been lurking around here for a year or so and finally decided to jump in. I'm thinking of trying to tweak the general 100% coconut oil recipe, I've made it with the 20% SF and love it but I want to jazz it up a bit if you will. So my thought is to make it at 0% SF HP and add Shea butter after cook as a SF. My question is do you think that b/c of the drying effect coconut oil causes do I still need to do the SF at 20% or would a 10-15% SF be sufficient? I was thinking for a small (approx.) 1lb test batch I could do:
Coconut Oil 10 oz
Water 3.8 oz
Lye - NaOH 1.832oz
Hardness79
Cleansing67
Conditioning 10
Bubbly 67
Creamy 12
Iodine10
INS 258
Then add an additional 1.59 oz of Shea after the cook as a 10% SF
I also want to add activated charcoal to the base oil before adding the lye water. So am I nuts to try the lower SF or could this actually work?
Coconut Oil 10 oz
Water 3.8 oz
Lye - NaOH 1.832oz
Hardness79
Cleansing67
Conditioning 10
Bubbly 67
Creamy 12
Iodine10
INS 258
Then add an additional 1.59 oz of Shea after the cook as a 10% SF
I also want to add activated charcoal to the base oil before adding the lye water. So am I nuts to try the lower SF or could this actually work?