Blue Icicle

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Recipe Instructions

Say less — here’s your clean, ready-to-use recipe card with exact oils, lye, water, fragrance, and Frostbite Swirl color splits. This is formatted so you can screenshot it and use it in your soap notebook.


44.90 oz Frostbite Swirl – Cold Process Recipe Card

Fragrance: Dark Crystal (Bramble Berry)

Theme: Winter / Icy / Crystal Blue


TOTAL BATCH SIZE: 44.90 oz

(Oils = 32 oz)


OILS (32.00 oz total)

  • Olive Oil: 7.20 oz
  • Avocado Oil: 7.20 oz
  • Coconut Oil (76°): 8.00 oz
  • Palm Oil: 8.00 oz
  • Mango Butter: 1.60 oz

Balanced, hard bar, creamy lather, excellent for swirl work.

Olive + Avocado perfectly even as requested.


LYE + WATER (5% Superfat)

  • Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH): 4.55 oz
  • Distilled Water: 9.30 oz
  • (30% lye concentration for ideal swirl time)

FRAGRANCE (Dark Crystal)

Recommended: 1.60 oz total

Split evenly by batter weight to prevent acceleration:

  • Midnight Blue: 0.75 oz
  • Ice Blue: 0.45 oz
  • White: 0.30 oz

Soap cool at 85–90°F for best swirl control.


FROSTBITE SWIRL — COLOR BREAKDOWN

(Total batter = 44.90 oz)

  • Midnight Blue (50%) – 22.45 oz
  • Ice Blue (30%) – 13.47 oz
  • White (20%) – 8.98 oz

MICA AMOUNTS (CP-safe)

Use this per section:

  • Midnight Blue: 1–1.5 tsp mica
  • Ice Blue: 0.75–1 tsp mica
  • White: 1 tsp titanium dioxide (dispersed in water or oil)

Silver mica drizzle (top): ¼–½ tsp mixed with a splash of oil.


POUR METHOD (In-the-Pot Swirl)

  1. Stick blend batter to thin trace.
  2. Split into 3 colors.
  3. Add fragrance to each portion separately.
  4. Pour Ice Blue into Midnight Blue at 3, 6, 9, 12 o’clock.
  5. Add White last in a thin stream.
  6. One gentle swirl with spatula — don’t overmix.
  7. Pour into mold.
  8. Drizzle silver mica + texture top like snowdrifts.

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Soap Properties

Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.

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43.48
17
51.35
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26.47
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INS: 153.95 (ideal)

ideal 15%

iodine: 56.48 (ideal)

ideal 15%

Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences

Superfat % 6%
Saturated 13.76 Ounce(s)
Mono-Unsaturated 13.85 Ounce(s)
Poly-Unsaturated 2.64 Ounce(s)
Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio 45.50:54.50
Lye concentration 100%
Weight Unit Ounce(s)
Soap type solid

Fatty Acid Profile

Oleic 43.27%
Linoleic 8.24%
Linolenic 0%
Ricinoleic 0%
Lauric 12%
Myristic 5%
Palmitic 20.46%
Stearic 5.55%

Recommended Additive Amounts

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