Honey Bar
Recipe Instructions
Make up lye solution using water and NaOH. Add honey and stir again. The lye will go through various colours of orange to brown and start to smell of caramel. Set safely aside out of way.
Weigh oils, beeswax and shea butter and put in saucepan. Place the pan over a low heat until the butter has melted.
Wearing safety goggles and gloves, pour the honey lye into the melted mixture.
Stir briefly with a spoon to mix oils and lye together. Blitz with a stick blender until you have reached trace.
Pour soap mixture into prepared mould.
Cover mould with a lid and a layer of towel and leave for 24 hours.
OR add honey at trace.
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Soap Properties
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INS: 137.76 (ideal)
iodine: 58.94 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 128.80 Gram(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 243.25 Gram(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 28.40 Gram(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 67.84:32.16 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Gram(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 54.06% |
| Linoleic | 6.31% |
| Linolenic | 0% |
| Ricinoleic | 0% |
| Lauric | 10.89% |
| Myristic | 4.22% |
| Palmitic | 7.81% |
| Stearic | 5.70% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 19.69 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 4.50 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 0.91 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 3.38 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 2 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 3.40 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 5.85 - 17.55 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 7.20 - 21.60 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 1.80 - 2.25 Gram(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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