HOW TO MAKE OATMEAL SOAP RECIPES

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP WITH HERBS



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Besides being a practical skill to know, making your own soap from scratch is a fun way to express yourself creatively while producing something that's useful and great for your skin. By following this simple recipe, you can make basic unscented bars of soap, or customize them by adding organic herbs, flowers, essential oils, and other skin-loving ingredients.

Provided by Jan

Total Time 130 minutes

Prep Time 90 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Number Of Ingredients 9

Soapmaking equipment
9.5 oz. distilled water (or cooled herbal infusion)
3.85 oz. sodium hydroxide (lye)
12 oz. organic olive oil
7 oz. organic coconut oil
4 oz. organic shea, cocoa, or kokum butter
3.5 oz. organic sunflower or sweet almond oil
1.5 oz. organic castor oil
organic herbs, flowers, or organic essential oils (optional)

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP WITH HERBS



How to Make Your Own Soap with Herbs image

Besides being a practical skill to know, making your own soap from scratch is a fun way to express yourself creatively while producing something that's useful and great for your skin. By following this simple recipe, you can make basic unscented bars of soap, or customize them by adding organic herbs, flowers, essential oils, and other skin-loving ingredients.

Provided by Jan

Total Time 130 minutes

Prep Time 90 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Number Of Ingredients 9

Soapmaking equipment
9.5 oz. distilled water (or cooled herbal infusion)
3.85 oz. sodium hydroxide (lye)
12 oz. organic olive oil
7 oz. organic coconut oil
4 oz. organic shea, cocoa, or kokum butter
3.5 oz. organic sunflower or sweet almond oil
1.5 oz. organic castor oil
organic herbs, flowers, or organic essential oils (optional)

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories

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