Amazing Charcoal Tea Tree Soap Recipe – cold process

A lot of people have shown interest in these Acne Detox Soap Bars that I sell in my shop. After all, a good activated charcoal soap recipe is amazing in and of itself. The added good ingredients, including bacteria killing tea tree essential oils, makes it an important recipe for any soap maker to have. So here’s the recipe, so that you can have your own charcoal tea tree soap recipe.

Charcoal Tea Tree Soap Recipe

This is a basic soap recipe with just 2 added ingredients that will pull toxins from the skin, while killing bacteria at the same time.

The 2 Major Ingredients:

1. Activated Charcoal
2. Tea Tree Essential Oil

Activated Charcoal is charcoal that has been treated with oxygen to open up millions of tiny pores between the carbon atoms. (1)  Carbon is used to absorb toxic elements that are on the surface and just under the skin through chemical attraction.  Not all toxins will bond with it, but many will (including the chlorine from the water you are using).

Tea Tree Essential Oil, also called Melaleuca, is an amazing anti-bacterial oil.  You can read more about disinfectant essential oils, which ones are the best and why, in my article Disinfectant Essential Oils Blends.

Charcoal Tea Tree Soap Recipe

Makes: just over 2lbs of soap or eight, 4-oz bars.

Superfat: 5%

Ingredients:

• 14 ounces tallow
• 6 ounces olive oil
• 6 ounces coconut oil
• 10 ounces filtered water
• 3.7 ounces lye
• 0.7 ounces tea tree essential oil
• 1 tablespoon activated charcoal powder

Directions:

1. Weigh tallow, olive, and coconut oil in the glass bowl. Move oils to a large pot. Melt over medium heat and then allow to cool to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Weigh water and set aside. Weigh Lye in a zip close bag. Wearing protective gloves and charcoal mask, go outside and pour lye into water and stir until dissolved. Do not breathe in fumes. They will dissipate in 1-2 minutes. Allow to cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Pour lye water into oils and mix with a stick blender until it reaches light trace (starts to thicken).
4. Add essential oil and activated charcoal and mix well.
5. Pour into prepared mold and insulate lightly for 24 hours.
6. Remove from mold and cut. Allow to cure for 3-6 weeks.

Here is the recipe in printable form.

Let me know if you have any questions or what you’d like to see next.

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