fabulousfunfur Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I have a recipe I found with 35% coconut oil.......That seems like too big a percentage. Would this soap be too drying?Olive oil = 38.22%sweet almond oil = 1.9%coconut oil = 35.8%Palm Oil 24.04%The liquid is Soymilk and water........plus vanilla fragranceI have cocoa butter I could substitute for some of the coconut? Would that be okay? Any other suggestions? I want to make it Thursday night........so any opinions before then is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainmadness Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 IMO- I would switch the amounts of the palm oil with the coconut oil and of course, rerun it through a sap calculator to adjust the water and lye amounts if necessary.HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I've read that a certain amount of coconut oil (up to 30%) is moisturizing while more than that can be drying. Although in the same book, there was a recipe where the coconut oil amount exceeded 30% - I think it was almost 35%. If I were doing this recipe, I would probably move about 6% of the coconut over to the palm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainmadness Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 It just depends on your preference. I have purchased 100% coconut oil soap before in HI to try it- any homemade soap feels more moisturizing then the store bought kind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 any homemade soap feels more moisturizing then the store bought kind! That is so true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebcandles Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Sure, you can sub out some of the coconut for cocoa butter. Try 5% to start. I had to stop using Palm because the mix of palm and coconut in a recipe was very drying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabulousfunfur Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 Okay so I switched the palm and coconut around so I have 35.8% palm and 24% coconut. Although I also think I am going to take 5% of the palm away and add in cocoa butter in it's place. I just needed a second opinion on that. I am going to use the complete 10 oz of soymilk and no water in this recipe. Has anyone tried using pure milk and no water in a recipe? How did that work?I undertstand you make it slushy........but is it okay to completely use milk and no water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 I personally couldn't use your recipe as my skin would be terribly dry from it, I had to eliminate all coconut oil and use only palm kernel at 17%.As for the all milk.......sure it will be fine......I use 100% fresh goat's milk for the liquid in all my soaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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