Kukui Nut Oil for Soap Making

When using kukui nut oil for soap making you will add a stable lather, great conditioning properties and an often reported silky feel to your finished product.

Let's take a look at the fatty acid, iodine and SAP values for this oil:

When using kukui nut oil for soap making here are the characteristics that you will see within your soap:

Kukui nut oil will add some creaminess to your soap's lather and offer amazing conditioning properties. When using it for soap making, you can either add some at the beginning of the soap making process allowing it to saponify with the rest of your oils, or you can superfat with it by incorporating about 1 tablespoon per 3 pounds of oils at light to medium trace. This oil does tend to be somewhat pricey, so using the later method to superfat your soap may not be a bad idea in order to cut costs.

Kukui nut oil is highly regarded in Hawaii for its wonderful skin care advantages. In fact, the kukui nut tree, the source of this oil, is Hawaii's state tree.

Here are some skin care benefits that many of the Hawaiian natives claim that kukui nut oil will offer:

This oil has large amounts of vitamins A, C, and E each of which helps keep the skin healthy. Because of its healthy skin care properties kukui nut oil is a great ingredient to use within leave on products. Unlike some leave on products, it will not create a greasy film on your skin when applied!

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