Chef's or kitchen soap (again)

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grumpy_owl

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I found a recipe for "chef's soap" that I'd like to make, but aside from a true Castille, I have not made soap without a hard fat like lard or tallow, so I was curious. Can anyone tell me whether these proportions look doable and whether it will take much longer to cure than a palm/tallow/lard soap?
In percentages:
55 olive oil
20 coconut oil
10 shea butter
10 cocoa butter
5 castor oil

Yes, I ran it through the soapcalc and it didn't freak out or anything, but it seemed weirdly low on cleansing (13!) for a cleansy bar.
Any advice would be welcome.
 
A low cleansing number is actually pretty good. That means the soap won't strip your skin of natural oils. I am assuming that it also registered as having a high conditioning value. This bar will give you a creamy lather. If you want more bubbles, you can add sugar to the water and stir to dissolve before adding the lye.
 
Yes, lsg, thank you. Conditioning was very high--61. I'm gonna go for it as soon as I get more castor oil, which is not a thing I thought I'd run out of so frequently.
 

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