Wanting Good Lard Recipe - What do you think?

[Luckyone80]

Do any of these recipes look good to anyone? I basically want a nice hard bar that isn't drying.

 

[Luckyone80]

Or If aanyone has a better recipe by all means I'm open to suggestions. Thx!

 

[JustBeachy]

I don't make lard soaps, so I'm no help. But my first thought was, I bet Susie could answer this one. Where are you susie?

 

[Susie]

Numbers 2-4 should be dandy. Nothing against #1, but what are you trying to accomplish with the shea and sunflower oil? I would suggest you make the lard soaps with just the 4 oils first, then try adding one other oil(and decrease one of the other oils), then add the other oil, then add both to see the changes each addition brings. (Yes, I just gave you valid reasons to make 7 batches of soap.)

If you have never made lard soaps, be prepared to love them.

My standard current recipe is this:
Lard 55%
Olive oil 20%
Coconut oil 20%
Castor oil 5%

So yours is pretty darn close. And I had tried all of those before arriving at the current recipe. But you make what you like, and you will love it.

(I was typing, and had others talking to me, so I was slow.)

 

[new12soap]

Everything Susie just said.

 

[Obsidian]

I would like #2 best but #4 would also be nice.

 

[lsg]

I like #4 the best.

 

[Luckyone80]

Numbers 2-4 should be dandy. Nothing against #1, but what are you trying to accomplish with the shea and sunflower oil? I would suggest you make the lard soaps with just the 4 oils first, then try adding one other oil(and decrease one of the other oils), then add the other oil, then add both to see the changes each addition brings. (Yes, I just gave you valid reasons to make 7 batches of soap.)

If you have never made lard soaps, be prepared to love them.

My standard current recipe is this:
Lard 55%
Olive oil 20%
Coconut oil 20%
Castor oil 5%

So yours is pretty darn close. And I had tried all of those before arriving at the current recipe. But you make what you like, and you will love it.

(I was typing, and had others talking to me, so I was slow.)

The only reason in #1 I added the shea and sunflower was to get more conditioning but I see recipe #2 is better. IDK I thought I was adding something good by adding them, lol See this is why I need you guys! :wtf:

 

[Obsidian]

Olive oil is in my opinion, the best oil for adding conditioning.

 

[Seawolfe]

My lardy lard piggy soap is 80% lard, 15% coconut and 5% castor - and I've not even bothered tweaking it because hubby and I like it so much.
On other recipes I usually use 20% You really can't go wrong.
Embrace the lard

 

[Luckyone80]

My lardy lard piggy soap is 80% lard, 15% coconut and 5% castor - and I've not even bothered tweaking it because hubby and I like it so much.
On other recipes I usually use 20% You really can't go wrong.
Embrace the lard

Thanks! I can't wait to make some. Do you add any colorants or EO/FO to yours?

 

[Seawolfe]

oh sure, I used carrot juice and citrus EO's on my orange piggy soap, and indigo and green oxide swirls with grass stain FO on another.

 

[snappyllama]

I actually use number 4 as my base recipe and really like it. It gives me plenty of time for swirls and just feels like a quality bar. I do add sugar for bubbles and up the SF to 7% since I always feel dry up here. I fiddle with the OO - sometimes taking a bit out for pumpkin oil or avocado oil to play. I've fiddled with the lard - taking out a bit to make room for butters also. As a base recipe, there is a lot you can do with it.

 

[jules92207]

My favorite is closest to #2. That would be my choice.

 

[Susie]

Bunch of lard addicts we are! And everyone likes something a bit different. Which is why I said you will find your favorite and you will love it.

 

[Luckyone80]

I kept both recipes, I'm leaning more towards #4 but I will try both and see which I prefer. Thank you all for your input, much appreciated!

 

[Sonya-m]

How funny! I've been playing about with lard recipes and this is what I've settled on which is the same as your #4 but with 8%SF

Does Soapcalc not take into account SF when giving the values of soaps? Just notice our values are the same eve though our SF is different? Just thought a higher SF would result in softer bars!

 

[reinbeau]

Sonya, does that recipe give you time to play with colors?

 

[Sonya-m]

Unfortunately I've not had chance to make it yet but I'm hoping so as that's my main reason for formulating it. Studying for an exam right now so having to put off trying it for now.

 

[DeeAnna]

Nope, soapcalc doesn't include superfat in "the numbers" for cleansing, etc. Each of those numbers is just the sum of certain fatty acids in the recipe, nothing more.

The cleansing number is the total % of myristic and lauric acids. They come mostly from coconut or palm kernel oils. The conditioning number is the sum of oleic, linoleic, and ricinoleic acids that come from the liquid oils such as castor, olive, soybean, avocado, etc.

Here's the secret decoder key for all these numbers, so you can now help Fight the Forces of Evil and design better soaping recipes!

Hardness (Lauric+Myristic+Palmitic+Stearic)
Cleansing, solubility (Lau+Myr)
Long lasting (Palm+Ste)
Conditioning (Oleic+Linoleic+Ricinoleic)
Bubbly (Lau+Myr+Ric)
Creamy (Palm+Ste+Ric)