Question about hazelnut oil...

[LJA]

I used hazelnut oil in my soap last night (the raspberry cream one in the gallery) and it came out (or so it appears) fine. Just now though, I was looking through Mountain Rose Herbs' catalog, and under hazelnut oil it says that it is not used for soap due to low saponification value.

Uh....NOW ya tell me. :wink:

Has anyone ever heard of this, and what that means exactly, in terms of my soap being a flop?
TIA!

 

[mamaT]

Here's some info I found about hazelnut oil:

Hazelnut oil is an excellent moisturizer in lotions and creams, but has a short shelf life (3-4 months). If you want to add it to soap, I wouldn't recommend using more than about 5-10% in your recipe because of the short shelf life...and I'd add some rosemary oleoresin extract to either the oil or the batch to help the soap from developing DOS or going rancid. Don't get me wrong...it's a lovely oil...just a fairly fragile one. It's also wonderful in lip balms and bath bombs.

 

[LJA]

Oh thanks for finding that! I did keep the percentage at 4%. Here's hopin' it doesn't go icky on me.

You rock, MamaT!