A Fall soap recipe - cold process and all natural with essential oils
Makes: 2 pounds
Equipment
- 1 large glass bowl
- 1 large spoon
- 1 scale
- 1 large stainless steel pot
- 1 rubber spatula
- 1 stick blender
- 1 2lb mold
- 1 measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 10 ounces Grass Fed Beef Tallow or Lard
- 9 ounces Olive Oil
- 5 ounces Coconut Oil
- 3.2 ounces lye
- 9 ounces water
- 1 tablespoon Moroccan clay
- 0.5 ounce Orange Essential Oil
- 0.25 ounce Patchouli Essential Oil
- 0.25 ounce Ginger Essential Oil
Instructions
- Weigh and combine tallow, coconut, and olive oil in a large stainless steel pot and heat over low heat until oils are melted. Cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.10 ounces Grass Fed Beef Tallow or Lard, 9 ounces Olive Oil, 5 ounces Coconut Oil
- Weigh water and lye in separate containers. Outside, with protective gloves, goggles, and mask, slowly add lye to the water (be careful. Lye will burn your skin if it touches you. Don't inhale vapors either!). Stir. Cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.3.2 ounces lye, 9 ounces water
- Pour lye water into oils and blend with hand mixer until light trace.
- Add essential oils and Moroccan clay and blend.1 tablespoon Moroccan clay, 0.5 ounce Orange Essential Oil, 0.25 ounce Patchouli Essential Oil, 0.25 ounce Ginger Essential Oil
- Pour into a mold and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks.