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Gentle Coconut Milk Soap
Solid Soap · NaOH · 100 g oil load · 5% superfat · 3 views · 0 saves
Swap coconut milk for the water in this recipe. Start by freezing half a can of coconut milk in an ice cube tray the night before. When you measure out your liquids (by weight!) you should have half coconut milk ice cubes, half liquid coconut milk. Add your lye and stir, being extra sure to work in a well ventilated area and not inhale the fumes. You’ll notice the liquid thicken a little as the lye dissolves—that’s the fats in the coconut milk starting to saponify. No big deal. Let this mixture cool to the same temperature as the oils and go from there.
Soap profile
Bubbly, cleansing, condition, hardness, longevity, and cream relative to the selected soap type.
Target 18-30
Target 10-20
Target 44-69
Target 29-54
Target 25-50
Target 16-30
Fatty acid balance
Weighted from the oil phase using the current recipe percentages.
Printable formula
Gentle Coconut Milk Soap
Solid Soap · NaOH
- Oil load
- 100 g
- Superfat
- 5%
- Lye
- 15.7 g
- Liquid
- 31.4 g
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Type | Percent | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | oil | 20% | 20.0 g |
| Coconut Oil 76 | oil | 25% | 25.0 g |
| Castor Oil | oil | 5% | 5.0 g |
| Shea Butter | oil | 15% | 15.0 g |
| Canola Oil | oil | 20% | 20.0 g |
| Lard, Pig Tallow (Manteca) | oil | 15% | 15.0 g |
Soap quality
- Bubbly lather
- 17
- Cleansing
- 17
- Condition
- 57
- Hardness
- 37
- Longevity
- 20
- Creamy lather
- 25
Fatty acids
- Lauric
- 12
- Myristic
- 5
- Palmitic
- 11
- Stearic
- 10
- Ricinoleic
- 4
- Oleic
- 42
- Linoleic
- 9
- Linolenic
- 2
Batch preparation checklist
- Verify formula, lye type, scale accuracy, and all ingredient labels.
- Wear eye protection, gloves, long sleeves, and prepare a ventilated lye-safe area.
- Weigh oils, additives, scent, lye, and liquid in separate clearly labeled containers.
- Confirm mold capacity, batch lot code, cure rack space, and cleanup plan.
- Record actual temperatures, substitutions, trace notes, pour time, and unmold date.
Review notes
- Base oil total: 100.0%
- Primary oils: Olive Oil, Coconut Oil 76, Castor Oil, Shea Butter
- Estimated raw material cost: $0.00
- No formula warnings from stored ingredient ranges.
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Gentle Coconut Milk Soap
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Net wt. 100 g
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Ingredients (INCI)
Cocos Nucifera Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Canola Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Lard, Pig Tallow (Manteca), Ricinus Communis Seed Oil