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Slow moving for intricate detail or pouring into ball molds test batch with sugar

Notes:
  1. Dissolve sugar in half an ounce of the distilled water
  2. Measure out rest of cold water and dissolve in citric acid
  3. Measure out the lye and slowly add to the water
  4. Put lye water aside with clay, sugar water and sodium lactate
  5. Measure out coconut oil, lard and shea butter then put on gentle heat to melt
  6. Measure out avocado oil, castor oil and olive oil
  7. Mix any colorants into the liquid oils
  8. Combine all the fats
  9. Add sugar water, sodium lactate and clay to lye water and blend well so clay is not lumpy
  10. Measure out fragrance
  11. When oils are at or below 90 degrees, carefully add the lye water to the oils and lightly pulse blend to emulsion
  12. Add fragrance
  13. Divide and/or color as needed
  14. Pour into mold, cover and allow to set for at least 24 hours.
  • Created:09/08/2026
  • Last Updated:10/08/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required5.29 oz149.94 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 2.94 oz 83.3 g
Oil Weight20 oz566.99 g
Fragrance Weight0.8 oz22.68 g
Super Fat4 %
Total Batch Weight30.15 oz854.83 g
Lye Concentration35.71 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio1.8:1
Saturated : Unsaturated41:59

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather2214 - 46
Cleansing1712 - 22
Condition5344 - 69
Hardness4129 - 54
Longevity2425 - 50
Creamy Lather2916 - 48
Iodine5741 - 70
Ins151136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric12
Myristic5
Palmitic15
Stearic11
Ricinoleic5
Oleic41
Linoleic7
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required5.29 oz149.94 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 2.94 oz 83.3 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Avocado Oil15385.05
Castor Oil5128.35
Coconut Oil, 76 deg255141.75
Lard, Pig Tallow (Manteca)204113.4
Olive Oil204113.4
Shea Butter15385.05
Total10020566.99

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Citric Acid0.2 oz5.67 g
Clay1 tsp5 g
Sodium Lactate1.5 tsp7.5 g
Sugar0.5 tsp2.5 g
Add with the Fats
Titanium Dioxide2 tsp10 g
Add at trace
aphrodite blue mica0.25 tsp1.25 g

Liquids

Fragrances(4% of oil weight)

Over the Rainbow

Notes: Brambleberry

0 22.68 g
Total0 null22.68 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    22
  • 22
    12
    17
  • 69
    44
    53
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    29
    41
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    25
    24
  • 48
    16
    29
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

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  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 12
  • 5
  • 15
  • 11
  • 5
  • 41
  • 7
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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