Honeybush Tea Soap
Recipe Instructions
Use honeybush tea as full water replacement for dissolving lye. Add 0.3 extra lye to neutralize citric acid.
Add 0.48 oz of citric acid to tea before adding lye.
Add 1 pinch of silk fibers to hot lye water.
Add 0.48 oz of sodium lactate to cooled lye water.
Add 1 oz of Afternoon Tea fragrance oil (Nurture Soap) to soap batter at emulsion at 4%.
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Soap Properties
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INS: 164.54 (ideal)
iodine: 48.82 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 8% |
| Saturated | 10.79 Ounce(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 10.69 Ounce(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 1.27 Ounce(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 52.57:47.43 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Ounce(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 37.35% |
| Linoleic | 5.29% |
| Linolenic | 0% |
| Ricinoleic | 7.20% |
| Lauric | 14.10% |
| Myristic | 5.61% |
| Palmitic | 10.90% |
| Stearic | 14.35% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 1.05 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 0.24 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 0.05 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 0.18 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 0.11 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 0.17 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 0.31 - 0.94 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 0.38 - 1.15 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 0.10 - 0.12 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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