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Cranberry Orange Soap Recipe

A natural Fall soap recipe with natural coloring and essential oils
Prep Time1 hour
Insulation Time1 day
Cure Time21 days
Type: Cold Process
Superfat %: 10%
Keyword: Autumn soap, christmas soap, fall soap recipe, holiday soap
Makes: 3 pounds
Author: Kelly

Equipment

  • 1 large stainless steel pot
  • 1 large glass bowl
  • 1 scale
  • 1 rubber spatula
  • 1 3lb soap mold
  • 1 measuring spoons
  • 1 small glass bowl
  • 1 stick blender
  • 1 measuring spoons

Ingredients

  • 9 ounces tallow
  • 8 ounces olive oil
  • 8 ounces coconut oil
  • 5 ounces avocado oil
  • 5 ounces castor oil
  • 4.6 oucnes lye
  • 9 ounces water
  • 4 ounces cranberry juice or 4 more ounces of water
  • 0.75 ounce orange essential oil
  • 0.5 ounce Lime Essential Oil
  • 1 tablespoon rose clay
  • 1 tablespoon orange Moroccan clay

Instructions

  • Combine tallow, olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, and castor oil in a large stainless steel pot and melt over medium heat. Remove from heat and allow to cool to 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit.
    9 ounces tallow, 8 ounces olive oil, 8 ounces coconut oil, 5 ounces avocado oil, 5 ounces castor oil
  • Weigh lye into a plastic disposable bag. Weigh water in a plastic bowl. Go outside with ingredients and large spoon. Wearing gloves and charcoal mask and long sleeve shirt, add lye to water and stir until lye is dissolved. Allow to cool to 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit.
    4.6 oucnes lye, 9 ounces water
  • Prepare 3lb mold by lining with wax paper if needed.
  • Pour lye water into pot of oils and stir with a hand mixer for 1-3 minutes. Repeat until soap begins to thicken to light to medium trace (See: What is trace).
  • Add essential oils of choice and cranberry juice and mix well. Separate half of soap into a separate bowl.
    0.75 ounce orange essential oil, 0.5 ounce Lime Essential Oil, 4 ounces cranberry juice
  • Add rose clay to one half. Mix well. Add orange Moroccan clay to the other half. Mix well.
    1 tablespoon rose clay, 1 tablespoon orange Moroccan clay
  • Pour rose soap into mold. Carefully, using a spatula to break the pour if necessary, pour orange soap over the pink soap. Leave as two separate layers or insert a dowel rod or spatula and swirl.
  • Cover and insulate for 24 hours (do not insulate if your house is above 80 degrees). Remove from mold and cut. Allow to cure for 3-6 weeks, until hard.