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African Black Soap

Notes:
Crumble the Black Soap and mix with the Kaolin Clay, add black soap crumbles at trace to suspend
Fragrance free, Lavender EO, Lemon EO, Eucalyptus EO, Citrus EO, Almond Cherry fragrance, Coffee, Frankinsence EO, Grapefruit EO, Peppermint eo, Spearmint EO
  • Created:07/03/2026
  • Last Updated:19/04/2026
  • Views:158

Recipe Totals

Liquid Required98.3 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 38.49 g
Oil Weight258.69 g
Fragrance Weight7.76 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight600 g
Lye Concentration28.14 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2.55:1
Saturated : Unsaturated49:51

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather3814 - 46
Cleansing3312 - 22
Condition4644 - 69
Hardness4929 - 54
Longevity1625 - 50
Creamy Lather2116 - 48
Iodine5241 - 70
Ins169136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric24
Myristic9
Palmitic10
Stearic7
Ricinoleic5
Oleic26
Linoleic16
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required98.3 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 38.49 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%Grams
Castor Oil512.93
Coconut Oil, 92 deg3077.61
Olive Oil2051.74
Palm Kernel Oil2051.74
Shea Butter1025.87
Sunflower Oil1538.8
Total100258.69

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Sodium Lactate6 g6 g
Tussah Silk1 tsp5 g
Sorbitol2.59 g2.59 g
Add at trace
Vitamin E (Tocopherol)3 g3 g
Kaolin Clay2.59 g2.59 g
African Black Soap180 g180 g

Liquids

Fragrances(3% of oil weight)

Lavender EO0 0 g
Total0 null0 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

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  • 30
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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    38
  • 22
    12
    33
  • 69
    44
    46
  • 54
    29
    49
  • 50
    25
    16
  • 48
    16
    21
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 24
  • 9
  • 10
  • 7
  • 5
  • 26
  • 16
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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