I have zero experience producing any, but soap making has now permeated my nightly dreams. The delicious oils contrasting with the dangers of lye combining to make something so good for my skin is an amazing concept to me. I had to make some, but first, I spent weeks reading how.
I want to make a fairly simple Castile bar using EVOO and Coconut oil. EVOO is overkill, but it's the only inexpensive organic OO I can find. I plan on full water (25% lye concentration) and doing CPOP to gel. I read that gelled high-water bars resist melting in the shower.
SoapCalc gives me:
36.72 oz EVOO (72% to maintain the Castile gentleness and authenticity)
14.28 oz Coconut oil (28% is high, but does 7% super fat and lots of OO help the drying effect?)
7.06 oz Lye (7% super fat)
21.18 oz purified water
No essential oils.
Hardness 34
Cleansing 19
Conditioning 62
Bubbly 19
Creamy 16
Iodine 64
INS 148
Question:
At these levels will the conditioning olive oil balance out the cleansing of coconut, or should I super fat more because of the amount of coconut oil?
I want to make a fairly simple Castile bar using EVOO and Coconut oil. EVOO is overkill, but it's the only inexpensive organic OO I can find. I plan on full water (25% lye concentration) and doing CPOP to gel. I read that gelled high-water bars resist melting in the shower.
SoapCalc gives me:
36.72 oz EVOO (72% to maintain the Castile gentleness and authenticity)
14.28 oz Coconut oil (28% is high, but does 7% super fat and lots of OO help the drying effect?)
7.06 oz Lye (7% super fat)
21.18 oz purified water
No essential oils.
Hardness 34
Cleansing 19
Conditioning 62
Bubbly 19
Creamy 16
Iodine 64
INS 148
Question:
At these levels will the conditioning olive oil balance out the cleansing of coconut, or should I super fat more because of the amount of coconut oil?