Is this a good starting recipe???

[heirloomoriginals]

I think I finally got a handle on this percentage thing (math isn't my strong subjest, LOL).

Coconut 20%

Palm 20%

Soybean 20%

Canola 15%

Sesame 10%

Stearic Acid 10%

Cocoa Butter 5%

I just need to order some palm and get my cocoa butter and I can actually make some soap. I also need to pick up a martha mold next time I am in town.

Steph

[eugenia]

Soybean 20%

Canola 15%

Sesame 10%

Stearic Acid 10%

Steph, instead of the soybean/canola/sesame combo, I'd use 10-15% of one of them with olive oil as the base. Never used stearic.

e

[heirloomoriginals]

OKay, here is my new one:

20% Coconut

20% Palm

15% Olive

15% Sesame

15% Soybean

10% Stearic

5% Cocoa Butter

I am using the Stearic because I have some and I want to use it.

Here are the numbers:

Hardness 46

Cleansing 14

Conditioning 51

Fluffy 14

Stable 32

Iodine 63

INS 146

[ignitethesenses]

Sorry, as a newbie myself I can't offer much about the recipe..

...but I read in a thread not too long ago that more than 1% stearic would give you soap on a stick...

[eugenia]

Other than the stearic, it looks fine. You've got 55% hard oils and that's a lot. Palm is what stearic is made from; I'd probably go 1 or 2% on that as well as cutting the palm if using stearic and add to the olive. It may trace too fast and too quickly with the 10% stearic. Try to keep the total hard oils at 40-50%.

e

[heirloomoriginals]

Thanks to both of you. Maybe I will nix the stearic for now until I practice a bit. I may order some sweet almond or apricot kernal as well.

Steph