Troegs Pale Ale Soap #4

I finally took the time to learn how to use a soap calculator (online) and adjusted my recipe by percentages. I certainly won't go back to just using someone else's recipe from now on!  So this is the new formula:

9 oz. palm oil
9 oz. coconut oil
9 oz. olive oil
3 oz. castor oil

11.4 oz. Troegs Pale Ale
4.3 oz. sodium hydroxide

.4 oz. Eucalyptus EO
.4 oz. Peppermint EO
.2 oz. Rosemary EO

I love how this traced and set up.  I put the essential oils in with the other oils instead of adding them at trace.  That was much easier.  I was a little short on the castor oil so I made up for it with the olive oil.  I would have added more essential oil but that was all I had of those particular ones.  However, I'm not sure I like a heavily fragranced soap so I think I'll stick with this formula for now.

This soap has a beautiful pale amber color and it looks like it will set up very nicely overnight.  According to the soap calculator, this formula scores high in cleansing, conditioning, and creaminess in addition to being a hard soap.  It's only mid-scoring in bubbly.  There is a trick to getting a soap to have a lot of bubbles without getting slimy.  I'd rather have less bubbles than slime in my soaps!

I'm meeting with Irene tomorrow about getting some of my soaps at a stand at Root's Market.  That could be exciting.  Once I have several samples ready, I'm headed to Troegs to see if they like them for their store.