Single Oil Soap – Palm Kernel Oil
| Yesterday was a very different experience when compared to most soaps I make. Today, I wanted to show Palm Kernel Oil, an oil most of us are familiar with in our oils. But do we really know what it contributes to our bar? Let’s go find out through experience!
Needed Materials
Recipe
Weigh the Palm Kernel Oil into a microwave safe container. Heat until liquid. This took about 2 1/2 minutes for me. Add the lye to the water to for a lye solution. Mix the oils and lye solution and blend until trace is achieved. Pour into a mold and allow to sit for 24 hours. Cut the soap. Allow the soap to cure. Longer curing time will result in a harder bar. Enjoy!
I didn’t have any trouble mixing this soap together. It went smoothly. My only trouble was when pouring the soap into the mold I spilled some on the counter. Good thing I was able to clean it up quickly. When washing with this soap, I got a lot of lather. And I do mean a lot of lather. When I first started scrubbing the lather was big and airy. The more I scrubbed, the more dense it became. The bar was also very hard. It had some very tough edges.
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 Finished Soap  Weighing Palm Kernel Oil  Melted Oil  Mixing Lye Solution  Mixing Lye and Oil  Mixing Soap  Soap in Mold |
Quick question. Did it wash well? How was cleansing power?
I found it work well for washing. I tested it after I had cleaned up some spilled oils. Worked very nicely. I didn’t even need a detergent to help with the cleanup.
I hope this helps!
Hi Taylor – I’m really enjoying this series of blog posts. You are sharing great info! I look forward to learning about tomorrow’s oil. Traci
Awesome information! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this particular series on single oil soaps.
Thanks for the information, Taylor! I am wondering when you washed with it if the bar felt harsh to your hands at all, and afterwards did the bar have either a drying or conditionaing effect? Overall, how desirable did you feel bar was?
That was my question also. Is the soap harsh or mild to your skin???
It felt a little harsh to my hands, but I wouldn’t have a problem doing a 50/50 Palm Kernel/Olive Oil Soap. I think that would be a very nice soap that wouldn’t feel harsh but would have great lather. Note: This soap wasn’t extremely harsh but I did feel after washing I needed to find some lotion for my hands. It could also be the dry air that is contributing that feeling to my skin.
RANGE (Recommended)
Hardness 29 – 54
Cleansing 12 – 22
Conditioning 44 – 69
Bubbly 14 – 46
Creamy 16 – 48
Iodine 41 – 70
INS 136 – 165
PKO
Hardness 75
Cleansing 65 <<< Will literally strip skin of all its natural oils. YIKES!
Conditioning 18
Bubbly 65 <<< High lather is why PKO is a good sub for coconut oil.
Creamy 10
Iodine 20
INS 227 <<< Add enough OO to get this number down to around 160 for "ideal" soap.
HTH