Here s what i mean.
Coconut oil soap making.
It cleans your skin so well that it strips the oils off of your skin making it feel dry.
While almost any homemade soap even a coconut oil soap will be more gentle than store bought detergent or syndet bars it s best to use a specially formulated facial soap.
Babassu oil has similar properties to coconut oil in soap.
Substitution for coconut oil in soap.
In cold process step 4 combining oils and lye when they reach an equal temperature of between 140f 60c to 120f 49c.
Traditionally soaps are made of 5 7 oils blended to balance cleansing moisturizing and lathering properties.
Olive oil palm oil and coconut oil are all well known soap making oils that create a good quality soap especially when mixed with other oils that have other properties.
When making shampoo bars coconut oil can be used at up to 100 but a little added castor oil is a nice thing to have.
Kindly help me with optimum superfat percentage.
Experiment making a 100 coconut oil soap with a 20 superfat and you might be surprised at the results.
I want to make soap using coconut oil 90 and castor 10.
How to make pure coconut oil soap for cleansing and laundry ingredients.
Making a liquid castile soap with olive oil vs.
Coconut oil itself is good for your skin.
Coconut oil soaps or soaps that are just high in coconut oil are strong cleansers.
All amounts are per weight.
Hi that sounds like nice sudsy soap.
Since your coconut oil percentage is so high i wouldn t recommend going below 15 superfat.
And if you re willing to forego some rules it can be among the foremost versatile too.
Having 20 extra oil in the soap mitigates the drying effect resulting in a bar that s really mild and good for your skin.
Lathering skin bar 20 superfat makes approximately 44 oz.
You will notice that the instructions don t vary much between making a liquid soap with olive oil and making this soap.
A coconut oil based liquid soap basically the process for both soaps is completely the same.
People usually prefer very mild and gentle soaps for facial soaps.
The more un saponified oils superfat in your soap the more moisturizing it is.
Follow the cold process method plus the following recipe specific steps.
Coconut oil is not really drying it s just super cleansing.
It takes only 3 ingredients and has an amazing lather.
Making your coconut oil soap.
Probably 20 is going to be best if you don t want a bar that is drying.