With this recipe, you will get all the benefits of the beeswax in your soap. It makes a nice hard bar of soap, and your skin will love it. Beeswax is a strong anti-inflammatory and helps heal wounded or irritated skin.  Furthermore, beeswax is high in vitamin A, which has been found to support cell reconstruction and health.

There are different opinions on how much beeswax can be incorporated into soap recipes. Still, this one is good for unmolding and will work if you incorporate the beeswax into the oils. A normal rate for beeswax is 1-2%, so 8% is very high. Beeswax does not saponify more than about 50%. That is why superfat is set to 0% in the recipe. Beeswax prevents a good lather, so we added Castor and Sunflower Oils to get that bubbly lather we all want.

Oils used in this recipe

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• Olive Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Sunflower
• Castor Oil
• Beeswax (chose yellow beeswax if you want a yellow soap)

We always use essential oils from Piping Rock. These oils are very cheap and of very good quality.

Recipe percentages, lye, and superfat

This information is for advanced soapers. Go to recipe if you are new to soap making.

• 40% Olive Oil
• 30% Coconut Oil, 76 deg
• 12% Sunflower Oil
• 10% Castor Oil
• 8% Beeswax
• 38% Water percent of oil weight
• 27.416% Lye Concentration
• 20 0z Total oil weight 567g
• 0% Superfat (approx 4% counting the superfat in beeswax)

Soap Quality

Soap Quality	Range	This Recipe
Hardness	29 – 54	39
Cleansing	12 – 22	20
Conditioning	44 – 69	60
Bubbly	14 – 46	29
Creamy	16 – 48	25
Iodine	41 – 70	62
INS	136 – 165	143

Soap Safely!

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Recipe for 8% Beeswax Soap Recipe

Soap Fat Profile

Lauric	14
Myristic	6
Palmitic	9
Stearic	3
Ricinoleic	9
Oleic	32
Linoleic	14
Linolenic	1

Would you rather try a recipe for soy wax soap? Take a look at this link: Homemade soap with Soy Wax