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Shave soap with dual lye

Notes:
I’m changing the lye to 3oz and water to 7.7oz and fragrance to 1oz
  • Created:24/01/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required7.92 oz224.43 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 1.55 oz43.85 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 2.41 oz68.36 g
Lye Weight3.96 oz112.22 g
Oil Weight22 oz623.69 g
Fragrance Weight0.66 oz18.71 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight34.89 oz989.05 g
NaOH / KOH Ratio50 % / 50 %
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated37:63

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather4114 - 46
Cleansing2112 - 22
Condition5744 - 69
Hardness3729 - 54
Longevity1625 - 50
Creamy Lather3616 - 48
Iodine5941 - 70
Ins152136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric15
Myristic6
Palmitic6
Stearic10
Ricinoleic20
Oleic31
Linoleic7
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH, KOH

Liquid Required7.92 oz224.43 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 1.55 oz43.85 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 2.41 oz68.36 g
Lye Weight3.96 oz112.22 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Castor Oil22.735141.75
Coconut Oil, 76 deg31.827198.45
Almond Oil, sweet22.735141.75
Shea Butter22.735141.75
Total10022623.69

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Clay2 tsp10 g

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Graph: Recipe Properties %

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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    41
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    12
    21
  • 69
    44
    57
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    29
    37
  • 50
    25
    16
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    36
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

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  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 15
  • 6
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  • 31
  • 7
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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