Okay I think I got a recipe

[melstan775]

Just worked with soapcalc for what I have onhand, and it's not the ingredients I thought I would have, I will say that much. I wish I had some babassu or palm, but I don't, so here is a recipe I came up with using what I do have - olive oil, crisco, castor oil, and coconut oil. I'm as close as I can get to a hard enough bar, but the coconut seems to add a drying quality, so I upped the superfat percentage % to counteract that. If anyone has any ideas for a better bar for what I have and/or more creamy lather, all suggestions are welcome, please and thank you. <3

 

[nebetmiw]

Make it up see if you like it. I like a higher CO even with my hard water in shower. But I also find OO to be too greesy for me and pore clogging. Type of water you use makes a differnace. Distilled is best not tap.

 

[CaliChan]

I would make up that recipe, Im not a big fan of crisco myself just cause i try to stay away from palm products but I have made similar bars in the past and after a nice long cure they were actually really nice. if you want the later to get creamier than you already have it i would just add some goats milk,

 

[sistrum]

I think you formula looks just fine. Like the op said try it out and see what you think. If I was making this for me the only thing I would change is take 5% of the castor and add it to the crisco and change my lye Concentration to 33%. (in fact this is the recipe I think every soaper should start out using, just with palm instead of crisco.)

If you find coconut drying try some palm kernel oil next.

Good luck, Sissy

 

[lsg]

You can also add a little salt to the bar.