How much shea butter is too much?

[Arimara]

Wow that is surprising to me... I would have thought that much of any butter would have killed the lather. I'm happy to hear it has big fat bubbles.

I would not be. Carolyn tends to make her soaps with a lower superfat than most, which can actually help some seemingly low lathering soap recipes. I have another recipe that used 25% or less cocoa butter and I love that soap still. Nice lather with some big bubbles and overall pleasing for me.

 

[AllWin]

Shea can trigger latex allergies, maybe that's part of it.

I use max 20% and even then I had to increase the coconut to 28% to help the lather killing tendency of the shea.
It's a nice enough soap, comparable to my regular high lard recipe. I wouldn't use it regularly in that amount, too expensive.

Good advice. I try to keep it below 20% as well.