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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JuliaNegusuk" data-source="post: 936606" data-attributes="member: 22643">100% coconut oil soap (20% superfat) is one of my fave soaps.  I like to make it using coconut water (from the middle of a coconut, you can get it in cans) and dessicated coconut for a bit of exfoliation, so it is near enough 100% coconut apart from the sodium hydroxide.  It is sooo white!  But some people find it drying to the skin and as coconut oil is very soluble in water it doesn' t last as long as some soaps despite being rock hard.  I use single cell moulds, I have never tried to cut it from a loaf.  One benefit of coconut oil soap apparently is that it can be used effectively in sea water, so people who sail appreciate it, which is presumably why it is so good for salt soaps too.</blockquote>

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