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Simple Soap Recipe

handmade simple soap recipe with 4 ingredients
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Curing Time30 days
Keyword: handmade soap, soap making
Servings: 10 bars

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Olive Oil Extra Virgin or Pomace
  • 100 grams Cocunut Oil
  • 80 grams Lye (Sodium Hydroxide)
  • 195 grams Distilled Water
  • 20 grams Essential Oil (optional) more or less depending on your preference

Instructions

  • Mix the lye into the water.
  • Mix your oils together. If coconut oil is in a solid-state, heat until melted. I melted it in the microwave in 30-second increments.
  • The lye mixture should be cool enough to handle, Pour into oil mixture.
  • Once you've mixed well, use your emulsion blender. Be careful not to splatter. Mix for several minutes until it starts to look like mayonnaise. You have now reached "trace."
  • Mix in essential oils and any other ingredients, ie oatmeal, rose petals, lavender leaves, or other exfoliants.
  • Pour soup mixture into molds. Tap gently to even out.
  • Cover soap mixture. If your soap mold did not come with a cover, wrap with a towel. Let set 24 hours.
  • After 24 hours, you can unmold soap and cut.
  • Let cure for 30 days. For the first week, flip your soap over each day. This will help your soap dry out. After that, flip weekly. I stored on a baking sheet and wrapped it in wax paper.