Can 5% shea butter be felt in cp?

[KentuckySilks]

So I’ve been reading through a lot of posts here and was wondering what the consensus is for if you can actually feel Shea butter at 5%. I can start out at 10% but wanted to know your all’s thoughts. Thanks!
By the way, my recipe is.
Lard 44%
Coconut oil 26%
Avocado oil 20%
Castor oil 5%
Shea, butter, 5%
2% super fat
36% lye concentration
2% citric acid.
2% sorbitol.

 

[KiwiMoose]

The only way to know for sure is to make two test batches - one with your usual 10% and the other wiht 5% to see if you can feel a difference. If you do that, make sure you increase each of your other oils by 1 or 2% each to compensate, because if you increase one of them by 5% you will never know if the difference in feel is from the higher concentrate of that one oil.

 

[AliOop]

Looks like a nice recipe to me. Because I prefer lower cleansing, I'd swap the percentages for coconut oil and avocado oil, so the soap is less stripping. You will still have plenty of bubbles due to the solvent action of the sorbitol, and the chelating action of the sodium citrate (that will come from the reaction of the citric acid with the NaOH).

As for the shea butter at 5%, yes, I do notice a difference. One, the bar is a bit harder, and two, the lather is kinder to my skin.

 

[KentuckySilks]

The only way to know for sure is to make two test batches - one with your usual 10% and the other wiht 5% to see if you can feel a difference. If you do that, make sure you increase each of your other oils by 1 or 2% each to compensate, because if you increase one of them by 5% you will never know if the difference in feel is from the higher concentrate of that one oil.

Oh my gosh great point! I would have just taken 5% out of one oil!! Thanks

 

[KentuckySilks]

Looks like a nice recipe to me. Because I prefer lower cleansing, I'd swap the percentages for coconut oil and avocado oil, so the soap is less stripping. You will still have plenty of bubbles due to the solvent action of the sorbitol, and the chelating action of the sodium citrate (that will come from the reaction of the citric acid with the NaOH).

As for the shea butter at 5%, yes, I do notice a difference. One, the bar is a bit harder, and two, the lather is kinder to my skin.

Lard soaps are pretty hard, and I even use higher percentage of lard sometimes, got some experimenting to do- I have a recipe w 18% CO and plenty of bubbles so will likely be making tons of new soap variations