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Gentle Shea

Notes:
This recipe is from the “Natural Soapmaking Handbook”, and I want to increase the hardness, so I will add 2tsp of salt, and I want to increase the bubbly, so I'll add 18g of honey.
  • Created:11/01/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required-0.03 lb-15.82 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 0.33 lb 149.09 g
Oil Weight2.5 lb1133.98 g
Fragrance Weight0.13 lb56.7 g
Super Fat8 %
Total Batch Weight3.7 lb1676.95 g
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated34:66

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather1914 - 46
Cleansing1312 - 22
Condition6344 - 69
Hardness3429 - 54
Longevity2025 - 50
Creamy Lather2616 - 48
Iodine6541 - 70
Ins138136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric10
Myristic4
Palmitic10
Stearic11
Ricinoleic6
Oleic49
Linoleic7
Linolenic1

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required-0.03 lb-15.82 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 0.33 lb 149.09 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%PoundsGrams
Shea Butter200.5226.8
Coconut Oil, 76 deg200.5226.8
Olive Oil531.33601.01
Castor Oil70.1879.38
Total1002.51133.98

Custom Additives

Add with the Fats
Honey2.6 tbsp39 g

Liquids

Add with the liquid
Goat's milk314 g314 g

Fragrances(5% of oil weight)

Wildflower Breeze Fragrance Oil0 0 g
Total0 null0 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    19
  • 22
    12
    13
  • 69
    44
    63
  • 54
    29
    34
  • 50
    25
    20
  • 48
    16
    26
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

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  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 10
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  • 6
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  • 1
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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