Cocoa Butter in Soap Making

Cocoa Butter Kernels. 

Adds Hardness to the Bar?:

Most definitely! Due to it's high stearic and palmitic fatty acid content, even at small amounts
(5-10%), cocoa butter adds hardness to the final soap bar. There is even a trend lately to add
higher % of cocoa butter as a substitute for using palm oil in recipes.

Creates Fluffy Lather?:

No... In fact, too much of any of the butters will really kill fluffy lather. Like palm oil, it
gives a low creamy lather.

Creates Stable Lather?:

Yes...the lather is low and creamy and stable.

Adds Moisturizing Qualities?:

Most definitely! Cocoa butter, and all of the nut butters are GREAT providers(furnizarii) of
skin-loving qualities in your soap. Very moisturizing in soaps or just straight out of the jar.

Other Qualities?:

Cocoa butter, even though it's a bit more expensive than other base oils, is one of the staples
in my basic soap recipe. Even at 5% or so, it imparts lovely moisturizing (HIDRATANT) and
helps create a nice hard bar. Natural cocoa butter has a yummy warm chocolate scent that
will come through in balms and lotions, and even comes through in soap if you use enough in
the recipe and don't mask it with a strong fragrance oil.( Concluzia este ca nu trebuie sa
mascam prezenta untului de cacao, cu uleiuri esentiale, cand il folosim in sapun)

The deodorized/refined cocoa butter has much less scent(AROMAT).