About
Who writes Snowglobe Suds, how the figures are produced, and what this bench will not do.
What this site is
Snowglobe Suds is a working notebook for cold-process soap, kept in grams. Every entry is either a formula — an oil bill with its SAP-weighted lye charge worked out — or a technique — one pouring, layering or reworking method with the trace stage it needs.
The site is bilingual by construction, not by translation plug-in. English and Chinese entries are written separately and carry the same numbers.
How the numbers are made
The lye charge is not a lookup. Each oil in the library carries a saponification value and a fatty-acid profile; the site multiplies them by the recipe shares and prints the result. Change one oil percentage in the calculator and the NaOH, the water, the INS and all three profile gauges move together.
The reference bands the gauges compare against (hardness 29–54, cleansing 12–22, bubbly 14–46, conditioning 44–69, creamy 16–48, iodine 41–70) are the usual cold-process targets. A figure outside its band is drawn in warning orange, not hidden.
What we do not do
No medical claims. Soap is a cleanser; nothing here treats, cures or prevents anything, and no entry is written as if it does. Where an oil has a traditional reputation, the entry says so and moves on.
No recipe is a guarantee. Humidity, oil freshness, fragrance oils and how hard you stir all change the outcome. Weigh your own lye, check it twice, and keep a batch log with the date, the temperature and the trace stage.
Corrections
If a figure here disagrees with your own calculation, write to [email protected] with the recipe slug and your numbers. Arithmetic mistakes get fixed; the entry is rebuilt the same day.