pure coconut soap

[jkevin]

I was watching some videos and reading about 100% coconut soap and one of them said to use an anti oxidizer? any ideas? I tried a search but found nothing

 

[lsg]

I don't know about pure coconut soap needing an anti oxidant, but you can use a few drops of Vit E or Rosemary oleoresin.

 

[jkevin]

that was the word I heard rosemary oleoresin! thanks

 

[seven]

coconut oil is very stable and has a long shelf life. i wonder why it would need anti oxidants?

 

[jkevin]

Might have been a personal preference

 

[cmzaha]

I would not worry about using ROE (rosemary Oleoresin) in coconut oil, but I do add it to my shorter shelf life oils. If looking to purchase some ROE I find the strongest one from Lotion Crafters. You can find cheaper but you have to use almost double the amount you have to use with Lotion Crafters ROE

 

[HerbalEarthling]

coconut oil is very stable and has a long shelf life. i wonder why it would need anti oxidants?

Maybe they heard "oxidize"? I know without color, it will be mostly white, slightly off-white. I made a 100% coconut oil soap but I also used colorants (madder root and charcoal) so I don't know if it has the tendency to discolor over time.

 

[jkevin]

Well I'm gonna try but coconut very high in cleansing I thought that was a bad thing or is that just for sensitive skin?

 

[lpstephy85]

Well I'm gonna try but coconut very high in cleansing I thought that was a bad thing or is that just for sensitive skin?

If you up the superfat it will help with the high harshness of being high cleansing. Is there a reason you want a 100% coconut soap?

 

[jade-15]

Well I'm gonna try but coconut very high in cleansing I thought that was a bad thing or is that just for sensitive skin?

The high cleansing levels tend to strip a lot (too much for most people) oil off your skin. As lstephy said, up the superfat to counter this.
If you make it and don't like it for your skin you can always turn it into laundry soap (a million threads on here about it!)

 

[jkevin]

just trying different things is all, most of my batches are two pounders

 

[Crombie]

100% Coconut Oil Soap

You can superfat 100% coconut oil soap 20 - 30% (whatever is your preference). The superfat is unsaponified and unsaponified coconut oil is NOT drying as coconut oil is extremely moisturizing. It will quickly become one of your favorite soaps.

 

[shunt2011]

I love 100% CO soap. I do between a 20-25% Superfat and they are great and non drying. You can also make a salt bar using 100% CO same superfat and add 50-100% of your oils wt in salt. Salt bars are my personal favorite.

 

[jkevin]

ok I'm a little slow I guess but I ran 100% thru soap calc at 30% sp still shows a 67 for cleansing am I figuring something wrong?

 

[Lion Of Judah]

no you not doing anything wrong .... remember its SF so that is the amount of oil unsaponified in your soap making process and does not affect the overall calculations. the only thing that changes with the varying degrees of SF is the lye amount. so a soap with a sf of say 5% is totally different from a soap of 30% , hardness ,cleansing conditioning and so on will appear to be unchanged but in reality its a different feeling to the bar overall

 

[jkevin]

ok thanks lion

 

[Lion Of Judah]

ok I'm a little slow I guess but I ran 100% thru soap calc at 30% sp still shows a 67 for cleansing am I figuring something wrong?

30% SF seems really high to me . what is your skin type?

 

[shunt2011]

yes, CO soap does not show a good bar of soap. It really is though. The superfat makes the difference. Given a good cure they are fantastic.

 

[Lion Of Judah]

i would say start at half of that and then see if you like it. 30% to me is a lot , 10-15% may be a good starting point until you use a bar to see how it feels, then if need be in your next batch you can add or lower the amount.

 

[Lion Of Judah]

yes, CO soap does not show a good bar of soap. It really is though. The superfat makes the difference. Given a good cure they are fantastic.

what do you SF your CO soap at ? for me when i am doing a salt bar with CO at 70% i SF at 17%