I came up with this recipe as a shampoo bar. I was really trying to maximize the castor oil and beeswax, for conditioning, lather, and maintaining hardness.
Olive Oil 30%
Palm Oil 30%
Coconut Oil 15%
Castor 15%
Beeswax 5%
Canola 5%
About 1 tsp honey per bar
Used all goats milk in place of water
Soapcalc results
Super fat 5%
Water 34% of oil weight
Hardness 37
Cleansing 10
Conditioning 63
Bubbly 24
Creamy 38
Iodine 62
INS 135
It turned out better than I hoped. It set up super-quick with all the beeswax, but not too hard to handle. I love the silky hardness. Even though the bubbly number is only 24 there is a ton of lather, which is important to me. I like all the soapcalc numbers except for maybe the cleansing at 10. My question is whether or not it would fine for a general purpose bar as well? Does the low cleansing number matter for that? Low cleansing is good for a shampoo bar, but not for all-over body? What would be the weakness as far as an everyday bar?
Thanks so much
Olive Oil 30%
Palm Oil 30%
Coconut Oil 15%
Castor 15%
Beeswax 5%
Canola 5%
About 1 tsp honey per bar
Used all goats milk in place of water
Soapcalc results
Super fat 5%
Water 34% of oil weight
Hardness 37
Cleansing 10
Conditioning 63
Bubbly 24
Creamy 38
Iodine 62
INS 135
It turned out better than I hoped. It set up super-quick with all the beeswax, but not too hard to handle. I love the silky hardness. Even though the bubbly number is only 24 there is a ton of lather, which is important to me. I like all the soapcalc numbers except for maybe the cleansing at 10. My question is whether or not it would fine for a general purpose bar as well? Does the low cleansing number matter for that? Low cleansing is good for a shampoo bar, but not for all-over body? What would be the weakness as far as an everyday bar?
Thanks so much