Well, I was looking up some goat milk soap recipes and I found this very interesting list of oils and how they help in a soap. I thought I would share and let you all take a look at it.
Oil Characteristics
- Almond– gives a fairly good lather and is good to condition the skin
- Apricot kernel— this oil does about the same as the almond oil.
- Borage–same as almond
- Canola–same as almond
- Castor oil–same as almond but speeds up trace
- Cocoa butter–Gives a hard bar fairly good lather and is good for skin conditioning and speeds trace slightly
- Coconut oil–Gives a hard bar, good cleansing qualities, fluffy lather, and speeds trace slightly
- Corn oil–Same as almond
- Cottonseed–Fairly good lather
- Hazelnut–Fair lather and good skin conditioning properties
- Hemp seed–same as hazelnut
- Jojoba–same as hazelnut
- Kukui nut–same as hazelnut
- Lanolin–Give a hard bar that has fair lather is fair to good for skin conditioning if not allergic and speeds trace slightly
- Lard–Gives a hard bar that has fairly good lather good for skin and speeds trace slightly
- Macadamia nut–same as hazelnut
- Neem oil–same as hazelnut with healing properties
- Olive–same as hazelnut and gives a fairly hard bar
- Palm Kernel–Give a hard bar with good cleansing properties, fluffy lather and speeds trace slightly
- Palm oil–Give a hard bar with fair lather and speeds trace slightly
- Peanut–fair lather with good skin conditioning
- Safflower–same as hazelnut
- Sesame–same as hazelnut
- Shea butter–Gives a hard bar with fair lather and good skin conditioning and speeds trace slightly
- Soybean–same as hazelnut
- Soybean (Crisco type)–fair lather and skin conditioning
- Sunflower–same as hazelnut
- Tallow–gives hard bar with fair lather and good skin conditioning and speeds trace slightly
- Wheat germ–same as hazelnut
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I love to make soap so this was agreat post for me. Sorry this wasn’t a long comment like you like em to be.:(
Blessings,
Hannah
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