Beginner Soap Recipe
A great soap for your first time! Simple easy to find ingredients that you may already have in your stash. A nice hard moisturizing bar of soap!
Equipment
- Immersion Blender
- Soap Mold
- Digital Scale
- Thermometer
- Rubber Gloves
- Safety Glasses
Ingredients
- 8 oz Olive Oil
- 12 oz Coconut Oil
- 12 oz Shea Butter
- 4.5 oz Sodium Hydroxide
- 10.2 oz Water
- 2 oz Fragrance oil
Instructions
- Using a digital scale measure oils and shea butter. Place all of the oils and shea butter in a medium saucepan. Turn on low heat. In a glass container, measure the water. Slowly pour the measured sodium hydroxide over the water. Stir gently. The solution will begin to heat up rapidly. Move to a safe place out of the reach of children. Allow the lye and the oils to cool for about 45 minutes. You are looking for a temperature around 115 degrees. Anything within 10 degrees or so is fine. The higher the temp the faster trace is reached. After both are cooled, you can pour the lye slowly into the pan with the melted oils. Using a stick blender, mix the two together until you reach trace. The mixture will become lighter in color and begin to thicken. Trace is when it is thick enough to leave tracks on top of the batter. Add in the fragrance oil and mix, but don't overmix. As soon as it is incorporated, pour it into the mold. Cover and set aside for 24 hours.After 24 hours you may remove it from the mold and cut it into bars.Set the bars aside to cure for 4-6 weeks.