venus78 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hi everyone,Sorry for having so many questions:embarasseI'm going to try a no palm recipe. I found one in Alicia Grosso's bookwith Olive 64%Coconut 31%Castor 5%Doesn't 31% coco dry skin?I don't have a lot of choice of solid oils. Do you have any ideas about this recipe? should I change it and lower the coco to eg.20%? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 The only time I use a high percentage of CO is when I'm making salt bars or if I do a coconut oil soap with an extremely high SF percentage. Go to the grocery store and get some lard to sub in for PO. Take the amount down for the CO and you can take the amount down for the OO and add in the lard. That high amount of OO in a soap will require a longer cure time -but OO soaps will be get very hard with the proper cure but the lather can be somewhat slimey. Some folks don't care for that but it doesn't bother me. The lard will help add hardness to the bar and will keep some coditioning qualities as well. Be sure to run your numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venus78 Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 ok. Thanks a lot Meridith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Lard actually makes a really nice soap. Let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieJeanette Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Hi everyone,Doesn't 31% coco dry skin?For some people it does, and for other people it doesn't. It all depends on each individual's skin preferences. MarieJeanetteP.S. I second the lard. It makes a great bar of soap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeInPdx Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I will third the lard, although you can drop the coconut down to 20%, up the olive to compensate, and still have a lovely soap. I use a 40% lye solution in this case so it doesn't take forever to get hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcrafter Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Doesn't 31% coco dry skin? No. 31% of coconut is not enough to be a drying soap, especially since 64% is olive. Olive is super moisturizing. You'll get a bar that is moisturizing and lathers well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeInPdx Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 If you're worried about drying effects, you can also up the superfat a bit to mitigate any drying effects.My hands are the only dry skin on me, and they respond really well to higher superfats. Of course, a touch of lotion does better yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcrafter Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Trust me,,with a formula of basically one third coconut and two thirds olive, it is not going to be drying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 some of my soaps are 75% coconut oil and are not drying.nothing is carved in stone - you can formulate to control all sorts of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inherowndominion Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I find most people that have a problem with coconut oil heavy soaps tend to have reactions to coconut oil in soaps period, or have very sensitive skin. My mother in law is like that, if it has ANY coconut oil in it, she reacts.But your recipe seems fine, you have a high percentage of soft oils, so it should be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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