Oil comparsion

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Hello ladies/gents...

Recently I've seen that many soapers are switching to using Rice Bran oil, in

place of Extra Virgin Olive oil. One, to cut costs. Two, they say that RBO is a

good replacement, if not better than EVOO.

I have tried to determine if there really is a difference in the quality of the

finish product when using other oils such as Corn, Soy, Rice Bran, Sunflower as

the main oil and to tell everyone the truth, I can't tell the different.

Although I may be going about this in an odd way, since I always now superfat

with Shea Butter.

I have found that even at a 5% discount without Shea, the soap is too drying for

my taste, using EVOO. I've tried 10% discount without Shea, and it's not as

drying, but it could be better. So I always now superfat with Shea Butter or

another butter. I love Mango, too. And I find that milk soaps with Shea are even

better.

I have been recently making batches with Corn, Coconut, Palm and Shea Butter.

And I've had several people tell me that these soaps are even better than my

EVOO ones.

The %'s of oils are the same, I just used Corn in place of EVOO and recalculated

the lye.

So this is the question: Does anyone know of any scientific tests that have been

done to determine if EVOO leads to a better end product or is it just label

appeal?

And I had someone tell me that Corn bars are low quality, but it's just not so.

Has anyone else had any experiences working with Corn, Soy, Sunflower, Rice

Bran? Please let us know.

Marisol in Brooklyn

Susie Miele <luvdatgoat13@...> wrote:

Found it!

Shaye <shaye@...> wrote: I was looking for a fragrance,

maybe called Gypsum Musk... for someone. And

I came across this fragrance finder...

http://www.geocities.com/lwoollen_25/FragranceFinder/G.html

Thougth maybe someone could use the resourse sometime.

Shaye (Still didnt find Gypsum Musk)