I would LOVE some help coming up with a recipe! Here is my sis's description... The bar is much softer than the one you made. Yours is more glycerine-like to me. This one came with strict instructions to keep it on a slatted (draining) soap dish so that you wouldn’t lose most of it due to it sitting in the water. It lathers well and has more soap film in the tub when you’re done. I would call it creamy. This is the recipe I used to send her, it was my first batch- 2 oz canola 4 oz coconut 4 oz palm 2 oz soy oil 4 oz lard I did a 50:50 water discount. I don't care for it, too drying I thought. Here are the ingredients her bar had again.. olive, palm kermal, palm, castor, coconut, shea and cocoa butters