New recipe advice

[LadyM]

Hi soapers!

I've been making the old classic OO, CO, Crisco recipe for many years and want to branch out. I want to replace Crisco with something, but something other than palm.

After doing lots of research it seems like maybe I should just go with more OO/CO with additional superfatting oils cause other things like sunflower or just soy are DOS prone.

Can anyone give me a suggestion for a different oil that would be nice as a third? I'm not seeming to come up with anything, but there must be something out there!

Thanks!

 

[fiddletree]

My 'go-to' soap recipe is OO, CO, and shea. I ran out of shea and just about everything else last week, so I am doing Castile soap today (72% OO, the 28% CO). The good thing about living in Italy is that olive oil is super cheap!

 

[judymoody]

I really like cocoa butter at 5-10% It adds extra hardness and conditioning to the bar. It's also has a relatively long shelf life.

 

[Sunny Side]

I wrote a post very similar to this one on another forum I ended up replacing the crisco with Cocoa butter, avocado, and castor. I also uped the OO

 

[xyxoxy]

I really like babassu. It's similar to CO but in my experience is a little less harsh. A cheaper oil would be PKO (Palm Kernal Oil) which is not the same as palm oil. It's also a good sub or blend with CO.

If you want something LIKE Palm that is NOT Palm, try lard or tallow.

I also almost never make a batch without castor oil. Be sure to keep it below 10%.

 

[Soaplady22]

I was going to suggest lard and/or tallow also.
Otherwise, avocado and cocoa butter would be very nice.

 

[IrishLass]

I vote for lard and/or tallow, too. Butters are nice as well.

IrishLass

 

[Dragonkaz]

Cocoa butter (5-10%) would get my add as a third ... and castor oil (2-5%) as a fourth. I also like the soap I've added Rice Bran Oil (8-12%) to!

Guess the above explains why my favourite soap recipe is OO, CO, Cocoa Butter, Castor Oil and Rice Bran Oil.

 

[mostho]

The good thing about living in Italy is that olive oil is super cheap!

And olive oil is great for making soaps!

 

[LadyM]

Thank you so so much everyone!!!
These suggestions are on track with what I've been thinking.

I wrote a post very similar to this one on another forum I ended up replacing the crisco with Cocoa butter, avocado, and castor. I also uped the OO

I do want to keep the new recipe lard/tallow free as well so I've been thinking along the lines of some combination of: rice bran, avo, cocoa butter, shea, castor

Did you find that your recipe made a soap that took even longer to cure or was softer? I was afraid I was running into a bunch of oils that were more superfatting of soft bar oils. Guess I'll just have to get experimenting!

Thanks again everyone, it's been soooo helpful!!

 

[mandolyn]

I've used High Oleic Sunflower oil. It's processed for a long shelf-life so doesn't develop DOS like regular. It's properties are very similar to OO. It does color yellow, though.