Head-to-head

Shea Butter (Unrefined) vs Jojoba Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1280NaOH SAP B 0.0660A / B = 0.1280 / 0.0660

1.9394

Multiply your lye amount by 1.9394 when swapping Shea Butter (Unrefined) for Jojoba Oil.

Inverse 0.5156 when swapping Jojoba Oil for Shea Butter (Unrefined).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Shea Butter (Unrefined)
64.00 g NaOH
500 g Jojoba Oil
33.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
33.00 × 1.9394 = 64.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Jojoba OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1280

0.0660

+0.0620
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1790

0.0925

+0.0865
KOH SAP (90%)

0.1989

0.1028

+0.0961
Iodine value

60

83

-23
INS

116

11

+105
Max % of oils

15%

5%

+10
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

slows

neutral

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Shea Butterate

Sodium Jojobate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Shea Butterate

Potassium Jojobate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Jojoba OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

1.0%

+4.0
Stearic C18:0

40.0%

0.0%

+40.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

48.0%

10.0%

+38.0
Linoleic C18:2

6.0%

0.0%

+6.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Jojoba OilΔ A−B
Hardness

45.0

1.0

+44.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

54.0

10.0

+44.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

45.0

1.0

+44.0
Longevity

45.0

1.0

+44.0