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Calendula, Honey, & Oat Milk Soap

Notes:
This recipe is from Tellervo.
In this recipe, she used 600g total oil weight, and mine is 1800. So the following measurements have already been tripled.
Calendula petals (45g) add to olive oil (900g), and blended with immersion blender. Place this in a double boiler, or crock pot, or whatever, on low heat to infuse for several hours.
Blend some rolled oats with distilled water, (best practice is 4c oats to 4c water) and then strain. To this mixture, add 3tsp honey and 36g citric acid. Mix, and set aside.
Weigh out 264g lye (uses extra, because of the citric acid). Add this to 270g distilled water. Let this cool.
Essential Oils: 36g lime, 28.8g lavendar, 7.2g. lemongrass, 1.5g cedarwood. Add 1.5tsp cornstarch to this, because they are EOs and the cornstarch helps prolong the scent. Mix and set aside.
If using FO: I will use Oatmeal Milk & Honey FO from Bramble Berry. I used 81g with the batch made on 1/11/26. I put oats on top for decoration, and it started to turn colors right away. SHOULD HAVE USED CALENDULA PETALS! GAH!!

Melt oils together, and add oat milk and honey mixture. Pulse blend.
Add lye to oil mixture, then after blending a bit, add the EOs and pour into mold.

Notes for the batch made on 1/11/26:
I did not add the citric acid, because I opted for a fragrance oil instead of an essential oil. BUT I also neglected to recalculate the lye. So with this, I ended up with a lye-heavy bar, with closer to 0% superfat. This bar will likely be very stripping, but I can rebatch it, and add
  • Created:11/01/2026
  • Last Updated:12/01/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required257.13 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 248.57 g
Oil Weight1800 g
Fragrance Weight54 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight2599.7 g
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated44:56

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather1714 - 46
Cleansing1712 - 22
Condition5344 - 69
Hardness4429 - 54
Longevity2725 - 50
Creamy Lather2716 - 48
Iodine5741 - 70
Ins151136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric12
Myristic5
Palmitic10
Stearic16
Ricinoleic0
Oleic41
Linoleic11
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required257.13 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 248.57 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%Grams
Olive Oil32576
Shea Butter25450
Coconut Oil, 76 deg25450
Cocoa Butter12216
Grapeseed Oil6108
Total1001800

Custom Additives

Liquids

Add with the Fats
Oat milk240 g240 g

Fragrances(3% of oil weight)

Oatmeal Milk & Honey Fragrance Oil0 0 g
Total0 null0 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

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Graph: Fatty Acids %

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Graph: Fatty Acids %

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