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Shave Bar Recipe

  • Created:06/02/2025
  • Last Updated:29/11/2025
  • Views:98

Recipe Totals

Liquid Required6.17 oz175.03 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 1.37 oz38.82 g
KOH Weight at 86.5 % Purity 1.48 oz41.98 g
Lye Weight2.85 oz80.8 g
Oil Weight17.64 oz500.09 g
Fragrance Weight0.53 oz15 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight27.19 oz770.91 g
NaOH / KOH Ratio60 % / 40 %
Lye Concentration31.58 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2.17:1
Saturated : Unsaturated34:66

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather2114 - 46
Cleansing012 - 22
Condition6544 - 69
Hardness3429 - 54
Longevity3425 - 50
Creamy Lather5516 - 48
Iodine7341 - 70
Ins118136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric0
Myristic0
Palmitic14
Stearic19
Ricinoleic21
Oleic27
Linoleic16
Linolenic1

Liquid and NaOH, KOH

Liquid Required6.17 oz175.03 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 1.37 oz38.82 g
KOH Weight at 86.5 % Purity 1.48 oz41.98 g
Lye Weight2.85 oz80.8 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Almond Oil, sweet203.53100.02
Castor Oil234.06115.02
Palm Oil203.53100.02
Soybean, fully hydrogenated (soy wax)203.53100.02
Soybean Oil17385.01
Total10017.64500.09

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Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    21
  • 22
    12
    0
  • 69
    44
    65
  • 54
    29
    34
  • 50
    25
    34
  • 48
    16
    55
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 0
  • 0
  • 14
  • 19
  • 21
  • 27
  • 16
  • 1
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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