What's your favourite oil in soap making? Why?

[sakura1024]

I don't make CP soap, but I use a lot of jojoba and coconut oils because they so closely match the body's natural sebum. I HATE soybean oil, only because I'm a super huge Anti-Monsanto/GMO freak and soybeans are the biggest GMO crop. Companies are using soybeans and rice to alter the DNA of humans (no joke!), so I try to avoid those like the plague (though my family LOVES to eat rice and edemame, so this causes fights in my house :/).

I really like infusing oils with botanicals, especially calendula, lavender and cranberry, which jojoba is great for because of its shelf life. I tried grapeseed once and it went rancid on me in no time. I would like to use fractionated coconut, but I've never tried that one. Does anyone have suggestions regarding infusing coconut oil?

 

[vance71975]

Coconut Oil is one that can be hard to infuse, Unless your house runs above 76 degrees all the time, because coconut oil is a solid below 76 degrees. So if its like 80 in your house all the time, with no ac then just do it as you would any other oil.

 

[sakura1024]

How about fractionated coconut oil? It's liquid all the time, but I don't know how fractionating affects the composition of it.

 

[Ktaggard]

I've become a huge fan of tallow (beef) in the last few months. Always use coconut, olive and castor, too.

 

[vance71975]

How about fractionated coconut oil? It's liquid all the time, but I don't know how fractionating affects the composition of it.

That would work. As far as what id does, i am unsure there..

 

[meeplesoap]

I assume your oil comes from Cibaria. I do not find their avocado oil to be dark green and that is where I buy most of my oils. I love Lard, (first) Sunflower Palm & Avocado

I actually am buying from Cibaria for the first time next week! Before I was just making soap for myself and my family, and Cibaria only sells to those with a resale certificate (or permit... can't remember which) so that option was out. Now that I have all that, I'll be buying oils like crazy from them!

It helps that they are around an hour away, and directly in the path of my business manager, so I order it and he'll pick it up, so no shipping either! Cibaria rocks!

 

[CaliChan]

My favorite oils are a combination of: Lard, Olive oil, Coconut oil, and Castor oil. i usually stick to those and add butters and other oils accordingly but my favorite recipes have all those oils in there. Makes THE BEST bars ive ever tried or made.

 

[CaliChan]

I don't make CP soap, but I use a lot of jojoba and coconut oils because they so closely match the body's natural sebum. I HATE soybean oil, only because I'm a super huge Anti-Monsanto/GMO freak and soybeans are the biggest GMO crop. Companies are using soybeans and rice to alter the DNA of humans (no joke!), so I try to avoid those like the plague (though my family LOVES to eat rice and edemame, so this causes fights in my house :/).

I really like infusing oils with botanicals, especially calendula, lavender and cranberry, which jojoba is great for because of its shelf life. I tried grapeseed once and it went rancid on me in no time. I would like to use fractionated coconut, but I've never tried that one. Does anyone have suggestions regarding infusing coconut oil?

the more i learn about GMOs the more i dont like them. Im about to give all my GMO oils to my mom because i dont even want to soap with them anymore.
I would melt the coconut oil your wanting to infuse and mix it with 1/2 Olive oil or another soft oil so it stays soft.
or if its crazy hot out were you are like it is out here just put it in a jar and keep it outside.

 

[Amybell]

Olive oil and Shea butter are two of my favorites. My base recipe includes olive oil, coconut oil, Shea butter, and a little bit of castor. I really like it!

 

[becca757]

#1 beef tallow followed as a very close 2nd lard, and then I use olive or soy, for reasons already listed. When I can get it I also like a bit of sunflower. I have used grape seed oil but for me I cannot get it easily or cheaply, so tend to save it for lotions and such. The tallow and lards give me a hard bar and I love the feel of them much more than a soap without either.

Hi Kansas girl: If you have a food lion near you, they sell grapeseed oil for 6.99. For now, that's where I've been getting mind.

 

[Rachelmf]

I've never bought any, but I have seen grape seed oil at WalMart and Kroger, too. I don't remember how much it was, but I don't think that it was very expensive.

 

[dcornett]

Like others I couldn't get the results I want with just one oil, so choosing a fav would be impossible...but olive, coconut, castor and lard are my "must haves"...but norally use palm also, and I really like sweet almond and avocado.

 

[Kansas Farm Girl]

Hi Kansas girl: If you have a food lion near you, they sell grapeseed oil for 6.99. For now, that's where I've been getting mind.

Nope, no food lion around here. I picked some up in Denver at a Sprouts Farmers Market on a trip out there. My walmart doesn't carry it and I'm not sure about the Dillons, a Kroger family member. Since it's hard to get I save it for some lotion and cream I make.

 

[sakura1024]

Random geek moment... all these people talking about castor oil has me thinking about how crazy it is that something so harmless (castor oil) and something so incredibly deadly (Ricin) can come from the same plant. Or like how a thimble full of botulinum toxin can either kill the entire population of New York, or smooth out the wrinkles in the forehead of some Real Housewife .

Yes... I'm a science nerd. Sorry for the random interruption !

 

[vance71975]

Nope, no food lion around here. I picked some up in Denver at a Sprouts Farmers Market on a trip out there. My walmart doesn't carry it and I'm not sure about the Dillons, a Kroger family member. Since it's hard to get I save it for some lotion and cream I make.

No oil is "hard to get" anymore between Soapers Choice and Amazon you can find anything you want, Cost wise i would go with Soapers choice 7lbs of grape seed oil, 20 bucks and change.

http://www.soaperschoice.com/cgi-so...eb_store.cgi?query_price_low_range=0&cart_id=

 

[vance71975]

Random geek moment... all these people talking about castor oil has me thinking about how crazy it is that something so harmless (castor oil) and something so incredibly deadly (Ricin) can come from the same plant. Or like how a thimble full of botulinum toxin can either kill the entire population of New York, or smooth out the wrinkles in the forehead of some Real Housewife .

Yes... I'm a science nerd. Sorry for the random interruption !

Thats awesome!

 

[Kansas Farm Girl]

No oil is "hard to get" anymore between Soapers Choice and Amazon you .......
http://www.soaperschoice.com/cgi-so...eb_store.cgi?query_price_low_range=0&cart_id=

Very true. If possible I try to buy local, but UPS makes regular stops here because there are so many things I can only get on line. I love living in a very sparsely populated area (county 900 sq mile, 27,841 people), but sometimes getting more than the basics locally just doesn't happen, then I turn to my good friend, the internet, and the world it at my fingertips.