GLYCERIN TO MAKE SOAP RECIPES

Steps:

• Put on your goggles & gloves.
• Weigh water (or herbal infusion) into stainless steel or heavy-duty plastic container.
• Weigh lye into a small cup.
• Sprinkle lye into the water.
• Stir well until lye completely dissolves.
• Place lye solution in safe area and cool for 30 to 40 minutes, or until it's about 100 to 115 degrees F.
• Melt coconut oil and butter over low heat, then combine with other oils.
• Cool combined oils until they’re around 95 to 115 degrees F.
• Pour cooled lye solution into warm oils.
• Use combination of hand stirring and short bursts of the immersion blender to mix oils and lye solution.
• Mix until soap reaches trace.
• Pour soap into mold.
• If you’d like, use spoon to texture the top of soap then decorate with flower petals such as cornflower, calendula, or rose.
• Cover soap lightly with piece of wax paper or parchment paper.
• Cover with towel or blanket to insulate.
• Allow to set for one to two days before removing from mold.
• Turn out soap on a piece of wax paper.
• Cut soap into bars.
• Space bars out on wax paper or coated cooling rack ensuring plenty of airflow between them.
• Rotate every few days allowing for an even cure.
• Cure in open air for 4 to 6 weeks before use.