Blue Icicle
Recipe Instructions
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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)
- Stick blend batter to thin trace.
- Split into 3 colors.
- Add fragrance to each portion separately.
- Pour Ice Blue into Midnight Blue at 3, 6, 9, 12 o’clock.
- Add White last in a thin stream.
- One gentle swirl with spatula — don’t overmix.
- Pour into mold.
- Drizzle silver mica + texture top like snowdrifts.
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Soap Properties
Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.
INS: 153.95 (ideal)
iodine: 56.48 (ideal)
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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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 1.40 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 0.32 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 0.06 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 0.24 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 0.14 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 0.24 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 0.42 - 1.25 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 0.51 - 1.54 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 0.01 - 0.02 Ounce(s) | ||||||
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Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous) |
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Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A. |
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