Cocoa Butter

Cocoa Butter is a solid, off-white butter that is extracted from the beans of the Theobroma Cacao plant.

- this oil is known to cause irritation in some individuals.

- produces a hard bar with a stable lather.

- is very conditioning making it good for eczema, dermatitiis, stretch marks.

- creates a barrier between your skin and the sometimes harsh environment, keeping the moisture in your skin where it belongs.

- isn't easily absorbed by the skin so a soap formula requires the use of an unsaturated fat like olive oil.

- use 5 - 15% with the base oils (no more or the bar will be too hard and brittle) or as a superfatting nutrient at trace.

The chart below shows the approximate percentages of fatty acids present in Cocoa Butter. This oil is great to add to soap since not only does it lend hardness to your bar but it also provides a stable, conditioning lather.

Lauric	Myristic	Palmitic	Stearic	Ricinoleic	Oleic	Linoleic	Linolenic
		28	33		35	3
Hardness
Cleansing
Full Lather				F/L
		Stable Lather
				Conditioning

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

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