You guys must have a hard time trying to be all things to all people. My "basic" recipe is 60-70% lard, w/the balance being olive, coconut and castor. Coconut for the castor to work alongside for bubbles, and the olive b/c there seems to be synergy in using even fairly low numbers of it w/lard.
I do add other "standard" things that seem to boost bubbles/conditioning, at least for me. Full aloe for water sub for lather and conditioning, sugar solution (50% strength) at 1TB/ppo, SL and EDTA (I add them for other things, but they allegedly help w/the lather) and coconut milk powder at full strength, again, I like the conditioning and the *kind* of lather it generates, medium-ish sized bubbles but consistent and sort of loosely fluffy, if that makes sense.
Lather is a many-splendored thing, but it is kind of a tough nut to crack. Ie; finding the right mix/addictives to balance adding conditioning and bubbly oils/SF percentages/type of lather, etc. I am not a lather fanatic, thank goodness, it would make the addiction/testing process that much worse and it is bad enough already
