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Orange Grove

Notes:
Muddy Mint: The Natural Soapmaking Handbook.
Liquid portion: 122 grams carrot juice added to the oils, 122 grams used in the lye portion.
The carrot juice gets added to the oils

255 grams of the batter will be coloured with Red Brazilian clay. One half gets Brazilian clay dissolved in water ( 1:1 ratio). Other half used Kayolin Clay.
Drop swirl technique.
  • Created:31/03/2025
  • Last Updated:01/04/2025
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required122.86 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 122.43 g
Oil Weight830 g
Fragrance Weight33.2 g
Super Fat5.3 %
Total Batch Weight1270.99 g
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated36:64

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather2014 - 46
Cleansing1512 - 22
Condition6044 - 69
Hardness3629 - 54
Longevity2125 - 50
Creamy Lather2616 - 48
Iodine6241 - 70
Ins144136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric11
Myristic4
Palmitic13
Stearic8
Ricinoleic5
Oleic46
Linoleic7
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required122.86 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 122.43 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%Grams
Avocado Oil1083
Coconut Oil, 76 deg23190.9
Castor Oil541.5
Olive Oil47390.1
Cocoa Butter866.4
Shea Butter758.1
Total100830

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Citric Acid13 g13 g
Sodium Lactate1.5 tsp7.5 g
Add with the Fats
Beeswax10 g10 g
Clay2 tsp10 g

Liquids

Add with the Fats
Carrot Juice122 g122 g

Fragrances(4% of oil weight)

Orange 5X0 17 g
cedarwood atlas (base note)0 12 g
Total0 null29 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    20
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    12
    15
  • 69
    44
    60
  • 54
    29
    36
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    25
    21
  • 48
    16
    26
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

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  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 11
  • 4
  • 13
  • 8
  • 5
  • 46
  • 7
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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