You never mentioned about the superfat %. Like I said I went with 5% so I hope that is okay.
It's easy to miss... here's where to find the SF% in my recipes.
11.4 oz. water (323g) (38%)
4.1 oz. NaOH (116g)
(5%) <<<
In general, I use the
Default Settings in
SoapCalc the first time I formulate a combo I've never made before and tweak from there if necessary.
I have very sensitive skin and soaps high in coconut, and from what I can tell olive oddly enough bother me.
I have very sensitive skin too! Like so many others, it's the reason I learned to make soap. You are not alone in having an aversion to high coconut and olive oil. Both, however, are mainstays of many formulas.
Before you dismiss olive oil all together, you might want to try making
ZNSC. It truly is amazing for those of us with sensitive skin.
As someone recently wrote:
I absolutely love your no slime castile. You made a believer out of me who totally hated Olive oil heavy soaps.
As for coconut, I use 10% - 15% along with 5% castor (conditioning and boosts lather) for ZNSC and lard soaps.
You can also try subbing PKO for coconut in most recipes. Since you seem to like keeping things simple, try
Zany's Palm Olive made with PKO and sub RBO for the olive if you like. If you have more shea butter to use up, you can sub that for all or part of the palm oil in the recipe. Just be sure to run it through a calcullator before soaping.
OR to get the elegant feel of a palm-based soap
20% PKO & 80% Palm:
I haven't tried making this yet, but I like the SAT/UNSAT balance and the Soap Bar Quality Values across the board.