Yuletide Haven
Recipe Instructions
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🎄 SudsNYC Christmas Soap Recipe
Batch Total: 45 oz (includes water + lye)
Method: Cold Process
Oils (31.5 oz total)
- Olive Oil – 8.6 oz
- Rice Bran Oil – 4 oz
- Palm Oil – 6.45 oz
- Coconut Oil – 6.3 oz
- Shea Butter – 3.15 oz
Lye Solution
- Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) – 4.24 oz
- Distilled Water – 9.26 oz
- Citric Acid – 0.3 oz (dissolve before adding lye)
- Sodium Lactate – 1.9 tsp (add to cooled lye water)
Fragrance
- Christmas Craving (Nature’s Garden) – 1.26 oz
Color
- Emerald Green Mica
- Gold Shimmer Mica
- Natural Cream Base
Soaping Temperature
95–105 °F (35–40 °C)
Notes
- Moderate trace; ideal for light swirl or layered design.
- Add fragrance at light trace.
- Cure for 4–6 weeks in cool, dry area.
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Soap Properties
Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.
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INS: 144.44 (ideal)
iodine: 61.94 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 12.66 Ounce(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 13.02 Ounce(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 3.57 Ounce(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 43.28:56.72 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Ounce(s) |
| Water Discount % | 2% |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 42.14% |
| Linoleic | 11.37% |
| Linolenic | 0.19% |
| Ricinoleic | 0% |
| Lauric | 10.72% |
| Myristic | 4.57% |
| Palmitic | 18.54% |
| Stearic | 7.14% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 1.35 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 0.31 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 0.06 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 0.23 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 0.14 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 0.23 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 0.40 - 1.21 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 0.49 - 1.48 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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