Honeybush Tea Soap

A solid soap by Michelle21

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Needed Ingredients

Water + Lye

8.41 oz Water

4.20 oz 100% Purity NaOH

Oils

4.80 oz Mango Butter

9.60 oz Olive Oil - All Grades

3.84 oz Cocoa Butter

2.56 oz Ricinus Oil (Castor Oil)

8.64 oz Coconut Oil - All Grades except Virgin

2.56 oz Babassu Oil

Additives + Additional Ingredients

21 ounce Honeybush Tea instead of distilled water (use 2 tea bags)

1.60 ounce Citric Acid (@2%) - dissolve in prepared tea BEFORE adding lye)

1 ounce Extra Lye to neutralize citric acid

5 pinch Silk fibers - dissolve small cotton ball size per pinch to prepared tea AFTER adding lye while the lye tea is still hot.

1.60 ounce Sodium Lactate (@2%) - dissolve in cooled prepared tea AFTER adding lye, below 100 degrees.

3.50 ounce Fragrance (@ 4%) - Afternoon Tea Nurture Soap (add to soap batter at light trace).

Recipe Instructions

Use Honeybush Tea instead of plain distilled water to make lye water (use 2 tea bags to brew tea).

Citric Acid (@ 2%) - dissolve in prepared tea BEFORE adding lye.

Additional lye (@ 2%) - dissolve in prepared tea with other lye amount.

Silk fibers - dissolve cotton ball size per pinch to prepared tea AFTER adding lye while the lye tea is still hot.

Sodium Lactate (@2%) - dissolve in cooled prepared tea AFTER adding lye, below 100 degrees.

Fragrance (@ 4%) - Afternoon Tea from Nurture Soap (add to soap batter at light trace).



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Soap Properties

Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.

100
80
60
40
20
0
47.9
23.69
47.62
30.89
31.41
23.55

INS: 167.9 (high)

high 15%

iodine: 47.47 (ideal)

ideal 15%

Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences

Superfat % 12%
Saturated 15.01 Ounce(s)
Mono-Unsaturated 13.72 Ounce(s)
Poly-Unsaturated 1.59 Ounce(s)
Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio 50.49:49.51
Lye concentration 100%
Weight Unit Ounce(s)
Soap type solid

Fatty Acid Profile

Oleic 35.66%
Linoleic 4.95%
Linolenic 0%
Ricinoleic 7.20%
Lauric 16.69%
Myristic 6.65%
Palmitic 11.06%
Stearic 12.49%

Recommended Additive Amounts

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For Advanced Soapmakers

Sodium Lactate (60%)
%1 %2 %3
0.32 Ounce(s) 0.64 Ounce(s) 0.96 Ounce(s)
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
0.22 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)
Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous)
%1 %2 %3
0.32 Ounce(s) 0.64 Ounce(s) 0.96 Ounce(s)
Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A.
%1 %2 %3

NaOH: 0.20 Ounce(s)

NaOH: 0.40 Ounce(s)

NaOH: 0.60 Ounce(s)