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  • Created:11/12/2025
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required11.07 oz313.95 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 1.62 oz45.87 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 3.78 oz107.27 g
Lye Weight5.4 oz153.15 g
Oil Weight30 oz850.49 g
Fragrance Weight0.9 oz25.51 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight51.21 oz1451.65 g
NaOH / KOH Ratio40 % / 60 %
Lye Concentration32.79 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2.05:1
Saturated : Unsaturated76:24

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather1214 - 46
Cleansing712 - 22
Condition2244 - 69
Hardness7629 - 54
Longevity6925 - 50
Creamy Lather7416 - 48
Iodine2341 - 70
Ins177136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric5
Myristic2
Palmitic6
Stearic63
Ricinoleic5
Oleic15
Linoleic2
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH, KOH

Liquid Required11.07 oz313.95 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 1.62 oz45.87 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 3.78 oz107.27 g
Lye Weight5.4 oz153.15 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Stearic Acid5516.5467.77
Shea Butter154.5127.57
Coconut Oil, 76 deg10385.05
Cocoa Butter10385.05
Castor Oil51.542.52
Avocado Oil51.542.52
Total10030850.49

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Glycerin3.3 oz93.55 g
Add at trace
Sugar1 tbsp15 g

Liquids

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    12
  • 22
    12
    7
  • 69
    44
    22
  • 54
    29
    76
  • 50
    25
    69
  • 48
    16
    74
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 5
  • 2
  • 6
  • 63
  • 5
  • 15
  • 2
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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