Please help in Palmolien and canola oil recipe

[fnddoctor]

I am a beginner in Cp soap making
Now I am planning to make a cp soap.
My available oil s.
palm olien, Canola, coconut oil, castor oil and rice Bran oil.
Can any one make me some perfect, moisturizing and nourishing recipe from these oils?
Thanks in advance

 

[Ekuzo]

If this is your first time making, my advice would be to keep it as simple as possible. If you have access to olive oil, try combining it with coconut and palm (with each of the 3 at around the same %) and see how you like it. Then take it from there and change whatever you don't like - in the meantime you'll get more knowledge on the soap qualities and what they mean, you'll know the cause and the effect to a certain extent.

If the canola you have is of the high oleic type, you can use that instead of olive oil - but you'll have to check to be sure. If there's high oleic sunflower oil around you, you can use that too (instead of the olive oil, that is).

I see people on the forum like to use rice bran as substitute for olive, even at high % - but it's too high in linoleic fatty acid for my taste. Check the label for the monounsaturated/polyunsaturated ratio to see if it can successfully be used as olive oil substitute or not.

Castor oil at low % is good, but keep it simple the first time - later you can add it in your recipe as well and see how you like it. Unlike the other 3 oils I mentioned in the first paragraph, castor oil is not a necessity (while the other 3, arguably, are).

Don't expect the soap to have moisturizing or nourishing properties. Usually the difference you'll notice is that some soap can clean more 'aggressively' than others, but it doesn't give you the feeling from using balm or lotion - it's purpose is to cleanse after all.

HTH and good luck!

 

[artemis]

... and, if you are a beginner, also stick to small batches.

 

[Ford]

Hi, basic Trinity recipezee....
33% olive oil, 33% palm oil, 33% coconut oil
You could sub canola or rice bran, or split the two. For the olive oil. Using what's on hand. Is a good way to start. Any access to butters, Cocoa, Shae, Kokum? If you add castor or a butter or both. Take from the coconut oil first.

 

[DeeAnna]

...palm olien, Canola, coconut oil, castor oil and rice Bran oil...
...perfect, moisturizing and nourishing recipe from these oils?...

There is no such thing as a perfect soap. What is nice for you might not be for me. And vice versa.

Also the five fats you listed will require more compromises than I'd prefer. You won't get a soap with an ideal blend of these qualities -- abundant lather, physically hard, long lasting in the bath, and also mild to the skin.

If you want something that moisturizes the skin, you won't get good cleaning. If you want cleaning, you can't get good moisturizing. Let soap do what it does best -- cleaning -- and depend on a lotion or other leave-on product to do the moisturizing.

And soap does not "nourish" the skin, no matter what the internet bloggers say.

So getting back to your first question, of the five fats you have, here's a blend of fats I would suggest:

5% castor oil
15-20% coconut oil
50-65% palm olein
with the rest being canola or rice bran. I personally would keep the total % of these two fats no higher than about 20%

If your skin tends to be dry or sensitive, use the lower % of coconut. If you like a "squeaky clean" skin, then use the higher %.

Based on these fats, the soap will be more soluble in water and thus it will not last as long in the bath. If you use a higher % of palm olein, it's more likely the soap will somewhat be longer lived.

Keep your superfat on the lower side -- no more than 5%.

Use 33% lye concentration to start with.

Learn to use a soap recipe c@lculator to get the correct weights.