I love using Dove soap -- any comparable recipe?

[kniquy]

Just as the title states, my family has always used dove soap, we generally love the lather and non drying properties from this soap. Has anyone come across or developed a similar soap recipe?

When looking at the ingredients I can't really decipher what oils they use to make it. I'd love to make a similar property soap but with mostly natural ingredients.

 

[Kamahido]

The main ingredients are Beef Tallow or Palm Oil and Coconut Oil or Palm Kernel Oil.

 

[BattleGnome]

Soaping101 has a recipe

 

[Dean]

Interestingly, the hardness factor of the Soaping 101 recipie is higher than recommended by the calcs.

 

[DeeAnna]

Dove contains a large amount of synthetic detergents as well as soap. For example, sodium lauroyl isethionate is a syndet and is also the main ingredient in Dove. If you want to make just soap, meaning a cleanser made from fat + water + NaOH, you won't be able to duplicate Dove.

The hardness number in soapcalc doesn't apply to Dove due to the syndets.

 

[Misschief]

I've made the Dove copy recipe from Soaping 101 and really like it.

 

[maxine289]

I've made the Dove copy recipe from Soaping 101 and really like it.

Was looking at some of the Soaping 101 recipes. What is it called?

 

[shunt2011]

Was looking at some of the Soaping 101 recipes. What is it called?

It's posted in a link above.

I too have made it and it's not a bad soap at all.

 

[Misschief]

The link to the video, which contains the recipe, is up thread in Battle Gnome's post. In the video, she calls it Sensitive Skin Unscented Beauty Bar (Dove clone).

I do recommend watching the video as she goes through the ingredient list and formulates the soap, explaining step by step. I learned a lot from watching that particular video.

 

[dibbles]

Sensitive Skin Unscented Beauty Bar

 

[maxine289]

Sensitive Skin Unscented Beauty Bar

Thanks very much. I’ll try it.

 

[DeeAnna]

The Soaping 101 recipe looks like a nice, mild soap, and I can see why people like it. But calling the Soaping 101 soap a clone of Dove is a big stretch -- it's the mixture of the soap and the syndets that give Dove its particular qualities.

If you're basically looking for an extra-mild soap, this recipe gets rave reviews by people who use it as a regular bath soap: https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/shampoo-bar-thanks-lindy.30946/ It's called a shampoo bar, but it's really just a nicely formulated mild soap that works well for many people's sensitive skin.