Adding Shea Butter to Pure CO Soap

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AustinStraight

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Hi! I've made quite a few batches of pure coconut oil soap with a 20% superfat and I loved all of them! But if I wanted to increase the luxury factor by adding a bit of shea butter, how much shea butter would I add? I was thinking maybe 5% shea butter, but then how much do you think I'd have to lower the superfat to account for the shea butter? Does 95% CO, 5% shea with a 19% superfat sound good? Thanks!
 
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I don't quite understand your train of thought when you want to drop the superfat because you're adding shea. Can you explain your point of view a bit better?
 
The only reason the superfat is so high is because it's pure coconut, so I figured if I added something which wasn't nearly as drying as coconut, I would lower the superfat to prevent it from being greasy. Right?
 
Thank you, I'll try making it with 7% shea butter (5% seems just a bit small... go big or go home, right?) with a 20% superfat when I get some more lye.
 

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