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African black soap

Notes:
add colloidal oats
add African Black soap crumbled
  • Created:27/11/2025
  • Last Updated:23/01/2026
  • Views:81

Recipe Totals

Liquid Required57.19 oz1621.3 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 28.59 oz 810.53 g
Oil Weight199.45 oz5654.31 g
Fragrance Weight5.98 oz169.63 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight297.51 oz8434.29 g
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated49:51

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather3114 - 46
Cleansing2312 - 22
Condition4744 - 69
Hardness4929 - 54
Longevity2525 - 50
Creamy Lather3316 - 48
Iodine4841 - 70
Ins168136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric17
Myristic7
Palmitic11
Stearic14
Ricinoleic8
Oleic33
Linoleic5
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required57.19 oz1621.3 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 28.59 oz 810.53 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Almond Oil, sweet59.97282.72
Avocado Oil47.98226.17
Castor Oil917.95508.89
Cocoa Butter1427.92791.6
Coconut Oil, 76 deg3569.811979.01
Mango Seed Butter47.98226.17
Shea Butter1427.92791.6
Olive Oil1529.92848.15
Total100199.455654.31

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Sodium Lactate5.98 oz169.63 g
Add with the Fats
Oatmeal1.1 tsp5.5 g
Add at trace
Kaolin Clay0.12 oz3.39 g

Liquids

Fragrances(3% of oil weight)

oatmeal stout

Notes: 1 oz patchouli

0 169.53 g
Total0 null169.53 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    31
  • 22
    12
    23
  • 69
    44
    47
  • 54
    29
    49
  • 50
    25
    25
  • 48
    16
    33
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

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  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 17
  • 7
  • 11
  • 14
  • 8
  • 33
  • 5
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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