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  • Created:07/07/2025
  • Last Updated:30/11/2025
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required144.01 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 17.26 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 40.35 g
Lye Weight57.61 g
Oil Weight300 g
Fragrance Weight9 g
Total Batch Weight529.12 g
NaOH / KOH Ratio40 % / 60 %
Lye Concentration28.57 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2.5:1
Saturated : Unsaturated76:24

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather1814 - 46
Cleansing1312 - 22
Condition1844 - 69
Hardness7629 - 54
Longevity6225 - 50
Creamy Lather6716 - 48
Iodine2141 - 70
Ins185136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric10
Myristic4
Palmitic4
Stearic59
Ricinoleic5
Oleic12
Linoleic0
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH, KOH

Liquid Required144.01 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 17.26 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 40.35 g
Lye Weight57.61 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%Grams
Cocoa Butter515
Shea Butter515
Castor Oil515
Stearic Acid50150
Coconut Oil, 76 deg2060
Jojoba Oil (a Liquid Wax Ester)515
Mango Seed Butter1030
Super Fat after cook
Jojoba Oil (a Liquid Wax Ester)
515
Total100+5315

Custom Additives

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Clay0.7 tsp3.5 g

Liquids

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    18
  • 22
    12
    13
  • 69
    44
    18
  • 54
    29
    76
  • 50
    25
    62
  • 48
    16
    67
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 10
  • 4
  • 4
  • 59
  • 5
  • 12
  • 0
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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