What a great deal, right? A lovely homemade hand soap at a budget price!
So let me share the recipe with you.
As I have already mentioned this soap is made of three oils: olive oil, coconut oil and sunflower oil. I have additionally added pink clay to it and yoghurt powder. The pink clay adds slip to the soap as well as gives it a nice pink color. To give the soap a more intensive color feel free to add a bit of red colorant to it as well (I have, otherwise the soap would have been only a very pail pink color). As I have explained in my previous soap recipe Bastille soap with yoghurt powder yoghurt powder is added because of its high contents of lactic acid.
The ingredients:
200 g coconut oil
150 g sunflower oil
50 g olive oil
58 g lye (NaOH)
132 g water
1 Tbsp pink clay
1 tsp yoghurt powder
rose absolute essential oil or rose fragrance oil (amount according to preference)
The superfatting on this recipe is 6%.
In case you were wondering yes, the soap I am testing for lather is smaller then the other ones I show in the photos above. I always make one smaller soap just for the purpose of testing its properties.
Am I happy with the outcome? Yes, definitely! I also love the shape of these moulds, not only are they ideal for soap making but also solid lotion bars would come out lovely in them.
If you decide to try this recipe let me know what you think.
The ingredients:
200 g coconut oil
150 g sunflower oil
50 g olive oil
58 g lye (NaOH)
132 g water
1 Tbsp pink clay
1 tsp yoghurt powder
rose absolute essential oil or rose fragrance oil (amount according to preference)
The superfatting on this recipe is 6%.
Preparation:
To make this soap follow the typical procedure for making cold processed soap
- weight of the coconut oil on a digital scale and melt in a pan
- once it is melted remove from the hot plate and add appropriate amount of olive oil and sunflower oil and leave to stand for a few minutes
- in the mean time dissolve the lye in cold water and leave to cool down (remember to wear gloves, googles and long sleeves and to work in a well ventilated area!)
- to the oil mixture add the yoghurt powder and pink clay and mix well with a spoon so that there are no lumps. If necessary to can use a blender stick, it can be hard to mix in the clay.
- wait till both the lye solution and the oil mixture reach more or less the same temperature, then slowly add the lye solution to the oil while mixing with a spoon
- mix with a spoon until the texture is smooth
- next carefully mix it with a blender stick until it reaches trace. This soap reaches only a very light trace so it will be watery and not thick. This is ok, it does not mean anything went wrong.
- add any colorants or fragrances of your choice
- pour the soap into prepared moulds (this amount made six rose shaped soaps)
- leave the soap to stand in the moulds for 2-3 days or longer if they do not seem hard enough to you. You can also place the moulds for about 2-3 hours in the freezer, this will make removing the soap from its mould easier, without the risk of damaging the soap
- gently remove the soaps from their moulds and leave them to dry in a well ventilated area for several weeks
- This soap should cure for around 6 weeks, then it is ready for use!
Now lets have a look at how the soap lathers! After several weeks of leaving it to cure I have tested one of the soaps. As you can see in the picture below it lathers nicely, forms quiet big bubbles and feels nice to the skin and I think it is an ideal hand soap. It will look great on my bathroom sink too! - weight of the coconut oil on a digital scale and melt in a pan
- once it is melted remove from the hot plate and add appropriate amount of olive oil and sunflower oil and leave to stand for a few minutes
- in the mean time dissolve the lye in cold water and leave to cool down (remember to wear gloves, googles and long sleeves and to work in a well ventilated area!)
- to the oil mixture add the yoghurt powder and pink clay and mix well with a spoon so that there are no lumps. If necessary to can use a blender stick, it can be hard to mix in the clay.
- wait till both the lye solution and the oil mixture reach more or less the same temperature, then slowly add the lye solution to the oil while mixing with a spoon
- mix with a spoon until the texture is smooth
- next carefully mix it with a blender stick until it reaches trace. This soap reaches only a very light trace so it will be watery and not thick. This is ok, it does not mean anything went wrong.
- add any colorants or fragrances of your choice
- pour the soap into prepared moulds (this amount made six rose shaped soaps)
- leave the soap to stand in the moulds for 2-3 days or longer if they do not seem hard enough to you. You can also place the moulds for about 2-3 hours in the freezer, this will make removing the soap from its mould easier, without the risk of damaging the soap
- gently remove the soaps from their moulds and leave them to dry in a well ventilated area for several weeks
- This soap should cure for around 6 weeks, then it is ready for use!
In case you were wondering yes, the soap I am testing for lather is smaller then the other ones I show in the photos above. I always make one smaller soap just for the purpose of testing its properties.
Am I happy with the outcome? Yes, definitely! I also love the shape of these moulds, not only are they ideal for soap making but also solid lotion bars would come out lovely in them.
If you decide to try this recipe let me know what you think.
Hi Anne!
ReplyDeleteGreat soap! Did you use a silicone mold or plastic mold for the roses? And did the color change after the soap cured?
Thank you
Sarah
Hi Sarah,
DeleteThank you for your comment. I used silicone molds for the roses. I usually find using silicone molds easier than plastic ones. I placed them in the freezer for about 1.5h before taking out to make sure that I do not cause much damage to the shape. This soap is quite soft though so I would recommend keeping it in the freezer for even longer.
And yes, the color did change a bit. The clay itself is darker, a more pink-grey shape, which I really liked. At first the soap also had that color. After curing it changed to what you see on the photos.
Anna