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Copycat Wood Barrel Bourbon Squatch Soap

A wonderful gritty manly soap. However, it is perfect for anyone, male or female.
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Servings 12 bars

Equipment

  • 1 Stick Blender
  • 2 Rubber Spatula
  • 2 Mixing Bowls
  • 1 Soap Mold 42 oz
  • 1 Digital Scale

Ingredients
  

  • 9 oz Coconut Oil
  • 10 oz Palm Oil Can use lard but will slightly decrease lye to 4.22 oz
  • 7 oz Olive Oil
  • 2 oz Shea Butter
  • 4.25 oz Sodium Hydroxide
  • 10 oz Distilled or filtered water

Additives

  • 1 tsp Brewers Yeast
  • 2 tsp Sea Salt
  • 1 tsp Annatto Spices
  • 1.5 TBS Cornmeal Jimmy Red if you can find it
  • 1 TBS Pumice
  • 2 tsp Kaolin Clay Mix with about 1 TBS water to make a slurry
  • 1.5 tsp Red Iron Oxide
  • 2 0z Essential Oils 1 oz patchouli, .5 oz sandalwood, .5 oz frankincense, 30 drops of cloves (15 would work too)

Instructions
 

  • Safety first. Wear safety glasses, rubber gloves, and long sleeves. Using a digital scale, measure 10 oz of water and 4.25 oz sodium hydroxide. Slowly pour the sodium hydroxide over the water and carefully mix. Set the lye mixture aside out of reach of children or pets.
    Measure out all of the other ingredients and have them ready. You can put all of the additives in one bowl. Mix and melt all of the oils together.
    The lye should cool to around 100℉, the oils should be within ten degrees of the lye, lower or higher is fine.
    Once the lye and the oils are around the same temperature, you can mix them together with an immersion blender.
    Blend until you reach a very light trace. Add in the additives and essential oils. Continue to mix with the immersion blender until you reach a fairly thick trace. Be sure to mix all of the additives evenly through the batter.
    Gently pour the mixture into a soap mold that holds at least 40 oz.
    Wrap in a towel and leave on the counter for 24 hours.
    After 24 hours you may unmold and cut into bars. Depending on the thickness that you cut the bars you should get around 10-12 bars.
    Set in a place to cure for 4 weeks.
    Enjoy!