any thoughts/advice for this recipe?

[babegrr]

10% castor oil
30% coconut oil
40% olive oil
20% shea butter
would this make a good soap?

 

[lpstephy85]

Hello! Not a bad one but I would back the CO down to 25-20% as it has a cleansing number of 20 at that amount so it might be drying on the skin.

 

[LuckyStar]

I agree with dialing down the coconut oil down a little bit. With castor oil, i usually stay in the 5-7 range, anything more than that and it gets sort of sticky for me;however, it is really humid where i am, so maybe that's the culprit

 

[Bex1982]

5 castor
25 coconut
20 palm
20 olive
15 shea
15 avocado

Didn't run through calc so it might totes suck

 

[IrishLass]

To me, the recipe looks pretty nice 'as-is', and I say 'go for it'! Of course, I only say that because the fatty acid profile of your recipe is actually very similar to one of my main formulas. For what its worth, I superfat it at 7% and it's very nice, not drying to me at all.


IrishLass

 

[Nevada]

Olive 70%
Coconut 20%
Shea 5%
Castor 5%
SF 8%
Longer to cure, but you will rewarded with a conditioning soap that will lather well.

10% castor oil
30% coconut oil
40% olive oil
20% shea butter
would this make a good soap?

 

[babegrr]

Thank u!