My favorite character from the little prince book is the fox. I like foxes in general, a couple years ago I tried making a fox figurine. I was going to buy it, but the one that I liked the most was too pricey (for me) and I did not care for the antique look of it. I ended up making it out of polymer clay:
I made the fox soap embeds very similar, except there was no need for a wire armature and they are much smaller. (t was a lot faster for sure). I go over this process at the beginning of the video, which you can find below.
I have watched now a few different movies based on the little prince, and I have liked Gene Wilder’s interpretation the best. Here you can watch it if you have not yet.
Here is the recipe and supplies used, please note that some of the links are affiliate links.
Recipe Totals
| Liquid Required | 7.82 oz | 221.83 g |
| NaOH Weight | 4.82 oz | 136.67 g |
| KOH Weight | 0.4 oz | 11.21 g at 90% Purity |
| Lye Weight | 5.22 oz | 147.88 g |
| Oil Weight | 36 oz | 1020.58 g |
| Fragrance Oil Weight | 2.16 oz | 61.23 g |
| Superfat | 5% | |
| Total Batch Weight | 51.22 oz | 1452.04 g |
| Lye Concentration | 40% | |
| NaOH / KOH Ratio | 95% / 5% |
** If you have never made soap before, this is not the recipe to try for the first time. I would suggest this one instead.
Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes
| Oil | % | Ounces | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 30 | 10.8 | 306.17 |
| Tallow Beef | 30 | 10.8 | 306.17 |
| Coconut Oil, 76 deg | 25 | 9 | 255.15 |
| Castor Oil | 8 | 2.88 | 81.65 |
| Shea Butter | 7 | 2.52 | 71.44 |
| Total | 100 | 36 | 1020.58 |
Note: I am using a lye blend that includes Koh (Potassium hydroxide), mainly because I bought some for a project, did the project, now I have a lot leftover and want to use it up. Also because I have read that it helps increase bubbles, and my husband loves a bubbly soap. You can enter the ingredients in a lye calculator and modify the recipe, to get the correct amount for just Naoh.
Custom Additives
| Add with the Fats | |
|---|---|
| Rosemary oleoresin | 0.02 ounce |
| Add at trace | |
| Tetrasodium EDTA | 0.50 ounce |
For more information on these additives you can click in the links below, please note above links are affiliate ones.
- Rosemary oleresin (My oils already had this added when I masterbatched the oils)
Fragrance
2 oz of Jolly Ol’ Christmas
Equipment
Mold
–Tall and skinny mold and liner
or you could buy the liner and make your own mold (Tall and skinny mold making)
Colorants
Embeds
Materials used for the embeds:
- Red Soap scraps
- Green Soap scraps
- orange and white soap dough for sculpting the fox
Soaps by Glenda 