Avocado Oil

Avocado oil is pressed from the flesh of the trees pear shaped fruit. It is a wonderful soap making oil for all skin types, especially those with sensitive skin.

A few of Avocado Oil's qualities are as follows:

• valued for its regenerative and moisturizing properties.


• rich in vitamins A, D and E, lecithin, potassium, protein and amino acids.


• very similar to sweet almond oil and absorbs into the skin quickly.


• helps heal flaky skin and scalp.


• helps relieve dry and itchy skin caused by psoriasis and eczema.


• often used to treat sun or climate damaged skin.


• has anti-bacterial and anti-wrinkle properties.


• the refined oil is light in color and fragrance, the unrefined is a deep green with a slight fragrance.

You do not need a lot of this oil in your soap recipe for it to be beneficial. Since this oil produces a soft bar, you should only add 10 - 20% of your total oils at the start of the soap making process.

The chart below shows the approximate percentages of fatty acids present in Avocado Oil. As you can see, the palmitic and stearic acid will lend your soap a decent amount of hardness and stable lather. The remaining majority of the acids present will lend the soap a conditioning quality due to the high percentage of oleic and linoleic.

Lauric	Myristic	Palmitic	Stearic	Ricinoleic	Oleic	Linoleic	Linolenic
		20	2		58	12
Hardness
Cleansing
Full Lather				F/L
		Stable Lather
				Conditioning

The following recipes contain this ingredient:

Avocado Oil Soap

Coconut Milk Soap

Beer Soap

This information is provided for reference use only and is not meant to substitute the advice of a licensed health care professional.