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Orange and Clove Soap Recipe

Fall soap recipe - cold process and all natural
Prep Time1 hour
Insulation Time1 day
Cure Time21 days
Type: Cold Process
Superfat %: 5%
Keyword: christmas soap, fall soap recipe, holiday soap
Makes: 2 pounds
Author: Kelly

Equipment

  • 1 measuring spoons
  • 1 large glass bowl
  • 1 large stainless steel pot
  • 1 large spoon
  • 1 scale
  • 1 rubber spatula
  • 1 2lb mold
  • 1 stick blender

Ingredients

  • 10 ounces Grass Fed Beef Tallow or Lard
  • 5 ounces Coconut Oil
  • 9 ounces Olive Oil
  • 3.4 ounces Lye
  • 9 ounces Water
  • 0.25 ounces Orange Essential Oil
  • 0.5 ounces Clove Essential Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Moroccan clay
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric

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, 5 ounces Coconut Oil, 9 ounces Olive 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.
    3.4 ounces Lye, 9 ounces Water
  • Pour lye water into oils and blend with hand mixer until light trace.
  • Add essential oils and blend.
    0.25 ounces Orange Essential Oil, 0.5 ounces Clove Essential Oil
  • Remove 1/4 cup of soap to one bowl and 1/4 cup of soap to a second bowl. To one bowl add 1 teaspoon orange Moroccan clay. To the second bowl add 1 teaspoon ground turmeric.
    1 teaspoon Moroccan clay, 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • Pour main batch into a prepared 2 pound mold. Drizzle colored soap back and forth over soap. Use a chopstick and swirl soap back and forth in the opposite direction that you drizzled.
  • Cover and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks.