just wanted to see if this recipe sounds ok

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punkflash54

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18oz Olive Oil
15oz Palm Oil
5oz Cocoa Butter
3oz Jojoba Oil
15.58oz Water
5.71oz Lye
I want to use pachouli essential oil at trace
 
I see a couple of problems with this one. I think it's a bit heavy on the lye. 5.5 oz of lye is zero % SF, and you have 5.7 here. I'd take more of a discount, say in the 5-7% range, which would be 5.1 to 5.2 ounces of lye.

Also, you may want to boost the lather a bit. The lather on this one will probably be sort of lotion-like; creamy but not necessarily bubbly. Play around on a soap calculator as MrsFusion suggested. Drop some of the palm and/or cocoa butter and add some castor to boost the lather. Try making castor 5 to 10%, and see how the properties change. Whatever changes you make, be sure to check the amount of liquid and lye required for the oils you choose. Have fun!
 
thanks :) yeah the initial recipe i posted i ran through soapcalc and thats the numbers it gave me
 

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