Palm Oil for Soap Making: Recipe, Ratios and Black Soap

October 19, 2026September 13, 2024 by Chimeremeze Emeh

A bucket of semi-solid palm oil for soap making

Palm oil for soap making gives hard, long-lasting bars with a creamy lather. Soap makers pair it with palm kernel oil or coconut oil for bubbles, then react the oils with lye. Palm oil also sits in many shop soaps, where labels name it sodium palmate.

Is Palm Oil Bad for You? What the Research Says

October 19, 2026September 12, 2024 by Chimeremeze Emeh

Is palm oil bad for you? Numerous forms of the palm oil

In Abia State, Nigeria, red palm oil has gone into almost every meal I have eaten since childhood. In much of the West, palm oil is better known as a warning on a food label. Is palm oil bad for you, or simply misunderstood by people who rarely see it fresh? The honest answer depends … Read more