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Tallow Based Shaving Soap

  • Created:06/01/2025
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required853.62 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 158.45 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 247 g
Lye Weight405.45 g
Oil Weight2000 g
Fragrance Weight60 g
Total Batch Weight3718.06 g
NaOH / KOH Ratio50 % / 50 %
Lye Concentration28.57 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2.5:1
Saturated : Unsaturated60:40

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather2914 - 46
Cleansing2012 - 22
Condition3244 - 69
Hardness6029 - 54
Longevity4125 - 50
Creamy Lather5016 - 48
Iodine3741 - 70
Ins169136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric13
Myristic7
Palmitic13
Stearic28
Ricinoleic9
Oleic20
Linoleic3
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH, KOH

Liquid Required853.62 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 158.45 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 247 g
Lye Weight405.45 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%Grams
Tallow Beef35700
Stearic Acid15300
Coconut Oil, 76 deg25500
Castor Oil10200
Shea Butter10200
Jojoba Oil (a Liquid Wax Ester)2.550
Lanolin liquid Wax2.550
Super Fat after cook
7140
Total100+72140

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Citric Acid40 g40 g
Sodium Lactate4.4 tsp22 g
Add with the Fats
Bentonite Clay7.4 tsp37 g

Liquids

After cook
Glyceryn160 g160 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    29
  • 22
    12
    20
  • 69
    44
    32
  • 54
    29
    60
  • 50
    25
    41
  • 48
    16
    50
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 13
  • 7
  • 13
  • 28
  • 9
  • 20
  • 3
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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