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Notes:
3/4 tsp. Tumeric Powder and (when I have it, .5 tsp. nettle leaf powder) for color.
  • Created:31/12/2019
  • Last Updated:07/07/2025
  • Views:170

Recipe Totals

Liquid Required4.61 oz130.7 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 2.31 oz 65.35 g
Oil Weight16.1 oz456.43 g
Fragrance Weight0.8 oz22.82 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight24.46 oz693.3 g
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated44:56

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather3014 - 46
Cleansing2012 - 22
Condition5244 - 69
Hardness4429 - 54
Longevity2425 - 50
Creamy Lather3416 - 48
Iodine5141 - 70
Ins164136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric14
Myristic6
Palmitic16
Stearic6
Ricinoleic10
Oleic36
Linoleic6
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required4.61 oz130.7 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 2.31 oz 65.35 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Coconut Oil, 76 deg29.814.8136.08
Palm Oil29.814.8136.08
Sunflower Oil, high oleic14.912.468.04
Castor Oil10.561.748.19
Safflower Oil, high oleic9.941.645.36
Kokum Butter4.970.822.68
Total10016.1456.43

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Sodium Lactate1.5 tsp7.5 g
Add with the Fats
Powdered Sugar1 tsp5 g
Bentonite Clay1 tsp5 g
Add at trace
Tussah Silk0.1 tsp0.5 g

Liquids

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    30
  • 22
    12
    20
  • 69
    44
    52
  • 54
    29
    44
  • 50
    25
    24
  • 48
    16
    34
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 14
  • 6
  • 16
  • 6
  • 10
  • 36
  • 6
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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