Thanks everyone, I would normally never go for a high percentage of something generally so expensive, but i work for an oil company (whom oils i can't actually afford to soap with, yet) and they want me to make a soap for Christmas presents for their customers, with their beautiful oils. I'm really excited but this last minute request has me pretty stressed with Christmas around the corner. I won't really get to test my test batch before having to have the actual gift bars curing. We get avocado oil in bulk so its actually cheaper than some of the standard oils I'd generally use. I've never personally used more than 15%.
Extra question, i was considering adding beeswax to help harden up the soap. I do this with my vegetarian soaps often. Although i like to soap at lower temps i have been melting it in with the oils and so far i haven't had any seize up in my soaps. However this isn't a risk i can really take for this big batch I'm working on.. What is your experience with benefits of beeswax and adding beeswax? I understand most people melt and add at thin trace, I think what i do is irregular so my risk may go down if i try it at a higher temp. but i do not like adding my essential oils at a high temp and its going to make my soap non-vegan so i'm already on the fence. Avocado, coconut, olive oil, almond and castor are my oils at the moment, but i can always add shea and coco butters if i want, i need to keep the cost down and they will kick it up more than anything.