If you are talking CP. Up here we have olive oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, crisco (veg.oil) and lard. I think there are others but I havn't used them. You can do a lot with these. I am still very new to this so others on here will be of better help. My first recipe looked like this (all from grocery store) Coconut oil (76 degree solid) 17% Lard 55% Olive 28% Good Luck! *And always use a lye calculator before you do any soaping! ***Oops...I bet you are not asking about soap...sorry!:embarasse -Joanna