Thank you. That was also one thing I didnt understand in the soap calc, it asked for the super fat %, but I am hung up on how to figure out how much of each oil to use! Can I substitute extra virgin olive oil for regular olive oil in these recipes? I am doing some prep work to make dandelion soap! You might need less than the amount listed for the ultramarine purple so Id recommend you do a test batch(es) first. Hi Tanya! How avoiding Palm Oil in soap making could INCREASE deforestation, How to Make Soap Without Lye (your questions answered). Its entirely up to you! Put the melted oil into a largesoappot over low heat. Just not sure if I would have trouble getting the soap out, or if there is something I can do to make it easier to get the soap out. The lye can only combine with so much oil so whatever is left after will superfat your bars no matter if you add it in with the lye or at the end. Please ensure that your palm oil is certified by the RSPO as being sustainable. Sadly I cannot find the recipe so wanted to try something as gentle, but with a bit of scent. I dont really recommend making them, but theres no reason you cant. You would simply multiply the percentage (3%) times the total amount of base (4 oz.). Thank you so much for the lovely feedback Lucy :) Whenever you want to change a soap recipe, you should put the original recipe into the online soapcalc, check all of the information, then make your substitutions and check again to make sure its safe and good. I have only completed one batch in the past it was shea and olive oil. Thanks! Your new life in France sounds amazing Lisa! And does this include the superfatting oils? Helen February 23, 2018 at 12:20 pm - Reply Amanda, Lovely post! Clean up is hard to do, unless you can do it outdoors, with lots of hot water.. Can I sub caster oil instead of Palm oil? You can toss coffee grounds in lye water to pull out color or simply add to oils before mixing in lye solution. Palm Oil (30%) 3.3 oz. Shop All Easter Meal Easter Candy Spring Grilling Mother's day Everyday Meals Recipes Only at Walmart Fresh Food. Mix with a hand blender until the soap mixture begins to trace (or thicken), and pour into mold. vegetable shortening 7 oz. I have been eager to make soaps for years but I moved around often so I never got all the materials together. I have a question on the superfate I can not understand where he is. There are at least two ways to go about creating a superfatted soap. 1 pound goat milk soap base or 1 pound soap base + 1 tablespoon powdered goat milk 1 teaspoon organic unrefined coconut oil 1/2 teaspoon olive oil 1/4 teaspoon almond oil 1/4 teaspoon avocado oil 25 drops frankincense essential oil 25 drops lavender essential oil soap mold Directions: I have made 3 batches so far: Lemongrass, eco-friendly basic soap, and tonight I made the Simple Herb Soap. Hi Tanya. Excellent blog Maam. Cosmetic clays come in a range of colors including blue, green, pink, and brown. I dont think the leaves are much used in skincare though they are used in herbal medicine. What youll need to do is create a record of your harvests though. Im so thrilled I was able to get it right. Its Leena again! Mix it into the soap thoroughly. Thank you Notes: Mix fragrance with Kaolin prior to mixing soap. Thank you! Hi Tanya, thank you so much for this blog its the best one out there! Leena Its the same kind that your rice or noodles arrives in when you order take-out. Thank you! palm oil 16 oz. thank you. Micas are generally added at the rate of 1-2 teaspoons per pound of soap. Thank you. Palm Oil 16 oz. That's 34% olive oil, 33% coconut oil, and 33% palm oil. First to all thank you for all information. You can also use a standard size paper milk carton. This recipe will yield just over 3 lbs of soap. Have you ever tried anything similar, or heard of anything like that? :). Another thing thats printable is my new Natural Soapmaking Ebook. The soap at 'Trace' Step 1: Measure the Ingredients It helps to be prepared so have all of your ingredients measured and your equipment and work space set up. Here is a super-simple cold-process soaprecipe that uses only three oils. If you just poured fresh liquid soap onto the first hardened base, it will separate when you try to use it. I would love some fragrance but also like the minimalist recipe, Im assuming you mean the 3-oil soap recipe and yes you may. STEP 2: Weigh out water into a heat-safe pitcher. Theyre also not drying for most skin types. I do not want to use Palm oil or Tallow. Your website is a fantastic resource for us soap makers. Dirty palm oil is killing the rain forests and no amount of soap can wash your hands clean of that. Thank you very much, Tanya, for your explanation. 10 oz Coconut oil ( for a great lather, moisturizer ) 17 oz Olive Oil ( don't have to use Extra Virgin, use regular, super moisturizing ) 22 oz Vegetable Oil ( I use Crisco as it is soybean and palm oil, great cleansing, moisturizing ) 6.5 oz Lye ( you can find this at Ace Hardware in the plumbing section, make sure it says 100% lye ) 16 oz . Step Two Select Oils Step Three Oil Amounts Enter the quantities for each of the oils you selected. You can add flower petals to decorate your soap too! Do not stir, although you will be tempted. Thank you in anticipation of your response. Line the insides with baking paper, shiny side up, and pour your soap in and it will fit perfectly. Best of all, making one-pound batches is great for trying lots of recipes rather than just one big one. You can find a good recipe for that over on my friends website here https://gardentherapy.ca/aloe-vera-soap/, Hi, Tanya !! If I werent so stubborn Id had given up. I do like the soapcalc app but I am also new to the beautiful world of soap making. He currently owns Bath Rabbit Soap Company and is the author of "The Complete Photo Guide to Soap Making.". Also, Saffire Blue has become less reputable over the years but I hear good things about Candora Soap. If you like any of my recipes and in the future want to make more, rest assured that they can be doubled and tripled. I have a question about blending the ingredients. Be careful not to inhale the fumes. As there are just soooo many variations, and its rather overwhelming, I think what Id like to do for now is stick with one or two tried and true, gentle on the skin soap recipes and then add essential oils/colours to individualize them. olive oil 8 oz. There are two main types of refined Coconut oil one melts at 76 degrees and the other at 92 degrees. The eco-friendly soap recipe is another favorite because its so versatile and creates a good standard soap. 1/4 teaspoon Soap Pigment (optional for color) 1 teaspoon Eucalyptus essential oil of choice. I have been living in South Africa for the past year and so was thinking of using rooibos tea in place of the water, pairing that with orange essential oil. distilled water 1.9 oz. Palm oil comes from the fruit and palm kernel oil is extracted from the seeds. How avoiding Palm Oil in soap making could INCREASE deforestationContinue, Read More How to Make Soap Without Lye (your questions answered)Continue, Your email address will not be published. 3.2 oz. deciding which percentage of oils to use experienced soap makers will know this but your best bet is to think olive oil first, then coconut, then other oils. Coffee Grounds. Palm oil and palm kernel oil come from the same tree, Elaeis Guineensis. Do you have any video and recipes on making soap using a soap base? If you want to add powdered milk to your soap, blend it into the oils at this point. Thank you so much for these priceless information!!? Thank you Diana :) In regards to doubling or tripling batches absolutely. Hope this helps :). batch Recipe Submitted By: Dawn of Gladstone, MI Summary: This recipe gives tons of big bubbles! Id hate to end up with something that looked fake and tacky! I dont now which compounds shoud use at first, second and etc. It smells so good I can hardly wait for it to cure. eucalyptus essential oil.1 oz. The Eco-Friendly soap looks like it may not be the same colour of white throughoutbut it is still curing. Can I substitute avocado oil for sunflower? This recipe also only uses four main soaping oils so it will be less expensive to make than the floral soap above. I realize unrefined will have a coconut scent to it, but as far as consistency in the recipe will they react similarly? I live in Canada, and we have sea buckthorn trees on our property, and would like to know if its possible to make soap from the whole fruit and leaves. The background is: we purchased a kit through Brambleberry and had a good experience, but knew we weren't going to keep buying things pre-packaged, like the 33 oz $17 Lots of Lather Quick Mix. If anything does happen, youll also know that its probably down to human error rather than the recipe. the full soap making process, step-by-step, why I support the use of sustainable palm oil, Peppermint (Mentha piperita) essential oil, why boycotting palm oil could threaten the environment, https://lovelygreens.com/how-to-make-liquid-hand-soap/, https://lovelygreens.com/change-customize-soap-recipe/, https://lovelygreens.com/how-to-naturally-color-handmade-soap/, https://lovelygreens.com/tag/palm-free-soap-recipes/, https://lovelygreens.com/simple-lavender-soap-recipe/, https://lovelygreens.com/poppy-seed-lavender-soap-recipe/, https://lovelygreens.com/make-soap-with-essential-oils/, http://lovelygreens.com/2015/03/lavender-rosemary-hand-soap-recipe.html. I am sure that once I get started, I will be sending you questions. Stir vigorously until trace occurs. In a sauce pot, melt butter, add two cups of brown sugar, stir until well combined on medium heat, place ham in the roaster and preheat the oven to 375 F. Id love to make lots of very small batches to try out lots of combinations. I am pretty surrounded by wild flax and elderberry in my area, I am curious if anyone has tried either of those out in soaps? Just add a pinch and see if it's enough. I'd recommend 'Superfatting' with extra virgin but probably not using it as the entire quantity of olive oil needed :). Do you know if there is a substitute in your lavender soap recipe? Btw is it possible to use normal tap water instead of distilled water? Stir to mix. STEP 3: Weigh out lye. Just wanted to clarify for others incase they found the same thing. Unrefined (Virgin) coconut oil may have no extra scent at all in the final soap. Ingredients needed: 1 pound Goats Milk melt and pour soap base. Includes a recipe for floral soap, herbal soap, and a simple 3-oil soap recipe plus printable instructions. Here are various natural soap making colorants to give you inspiration. I have a question about the lye. I also saw that you had mentioned that GSE is very helpful to keep soaps from going rancid :) I found it cheaply online in the end. The mold youll see in the Simple Flower Soap is a plastic take-away container. "Pound" Soap (Kathy Miller) 16 oz. Hiya! We can easily find liquid coconut oil only. Hi Denise, Ive moved the lavender recipe to its own page along with tips on customizing color, fragrance, and additives. What a disaster. The soap has rich silky leather, doesnt dry the skin. Salt 1/2-1 teaspoon per pound of oils Adds hardness to soap Add to lye HOT lye solution to dissolve. You can chop it into bars afterward. Yes do add the honey to your lye water to get a rich brown colour for the Honey, Oats, and Beeswax soap. The recipe can be customized to include the floral essential oil of your choice and I give several examples. I want to make a small amount . Is this essential oil interchangeable? I have some drying but I did not cut off the bud and the flowers close up. =). I was wondering if you could shed some light on the difference between palm oil and palm kernel oil? I get lots of inspiration from it! It has the same soapmaking properties and palm is often referred to in soapmaking as vegetable tallow. Hi Tanya. I dont completely understand the question. That gives you 48.6 ounces. I have been told in order to sell them each recipe needs to cosmetically tested to comply with EU regulations this is not cheap around 49 to 65 each one. I am looking to purchase lye and I see different purity percentages. Orange Peel Powder. Thank you! but found all your blog posts super, super helpful. I have just made the honey and oat soap you have posted in this page. Allow them to cool to approximately 110F, or within 5 degrees of the lye water. You can use sesame seed oil but do take this into consideration. They're commonly used because they complement each other well. If the air trapped in the head of the blender is allowed into the soap, then the air can be captured in bubbles in the finished product. Stir the mixture with a stick blender, alternating short blasts of the blender and stirring. I made the flower recipe cold process and its lovely! I have decided to try my hand at soapmaking and this info is by far the best and most informative that I have found. The 30.6 oz is the volume of the mold. I love you soap recipes. Hi Tanya, Thank you so much for all the information! I cant find any info on that and it would be nice to get everything at once! Olive Oil 2 oz. You can lightly sprinkle them on once the soap has firmed up slightly. Chop the melt and pour soap base into small pieces, roughly 1cm (1/2in) cubes. Im not sure if this has been asked before, but for the Honey, Oats and Beeswax Soap recipe, if you want to get the lovely brown colour you say to add the honey in lye solution. Soap came neatly arranged in the both and includes recipe/ instructions book. Coconut Oil 16 oz. 4.8oz (136g) Lye. If youre selling it, your shelf-life will be the expiration date of the oil youre super-fatting with. Would you be able to send me some recipes or if not please add to your this post and i will pick it up from here, I was hoping to see the recipe for the beautiful purple soap st the beginning of this pin..what happened to that? Amanda, Hi Amanda, three teaspoons of essential oil in a one-pound soap recipe is quite a lot. Pine Tar Soap Recipe Notes: Here's my pine tar soap recipe from where I ran it through a lye calculator. how do you figure out step 2, the weight of the oils? Stir the lye into the water slowly and stir until it dissolves. Hi Fiorella, cold process soap making produces glycerin naturally. Hi Robyn and thank you :) What I mean is that you mix the lye and water together and while its hot, add the flower petals. Each harvest should have a batch number, harvest date and a MSDS sheet. Hi. The small portion of black walnut hull colored soap, of course, will then be cut into tiny cubes and added to our 3 pound soap. You must have been though this process Just wondered if you could share your experience and offer any pointers or a good cheap tester many thank for a great resource. 12 oz (340g) Distilled water (don't use tap water as it's full of chemicals). I am from India (Tamilnadu). Slowly add the lye to the pitcher of water (not the water to the lye), being careful not to splash. It will be moist until the bars fully cure. Its possible but not recommended. Is it melted with the other oils or added separately? What I do is take the percentage of oil that I want superfatted out and set that aside. Now I have relocated from Canada to southern France and have a wonderful garden going and your blog matches my lifestyle very well! As for the oiliness, that may be just your interpretation of your first batch of soap. Happy soaping :). Thanks so much! Its also very gentle on your skin and can be used by the entire family including those who have skin issues or very delicate skin like babies. Alternatively, you can add the petals after trace, but the base soap color will be much lighter than if you added the petals to the hot lye solution. castor oil 10 oz. First of all, because Ive never made it before. That means it needs a different amount of lye to transform into soap than ordinary solid coconut oil. Thank you. For instance, can I use unrefined coconut oil in your simple 3-oil soap recipe? :)Thanks for the tutorial and can't wait for the rest.Susie in northern NY, This is fascinating Tanya! Rice Bran Oil (10%) 4.7 oz. Youneed an accurate scale for the measurements. I wonder, if you dont have a crock-pot, can you still make the hot process soap in another way? Many of the soap recipes I share on Lovely Greens are for 1-lb (454g) batches. All of our fragrances are phthalate-free and . They should be around 110 degrees. For the honey and beeswax recipe, when should the beeswax be added? I only realised toward the end, that I had mixed all the oils together, instead of leaving the superfatting oil aside to mix at light trace. *** Dried flowers are a pretty way to decorate handmade soap but unfortunately they can turn brown on contact. Just because I already have a lot of good quality avocado oil. Thank you! First of all, it creates a good hard bar with plenty of lather. Are you okay? Use the essential oil suggestions for the other two recipes or my piece on making essential oil soap to work out your own: https://lovelygreens.com/make-soap-with-essential-oils/. I have four batches of soap curing. Refined generally means that its been processed to be odorless and/or light in color and it usually refers to solid oils and butters. You can use your own chopped mint, lemon balm, or other herbs in combination with a zesty blend of herbal essential oils. I think I missed the boat on that one :). Thicker trace is also preferred by soap makers who like to create textures on the tops of their bars, fluffy meringue-like spikes and the like. All three of the recipes Ive shared below contain 29.7% coconut oil for several reasons. Thank you for the recipe! Cover the container containing the lye solution and put it in a safe place to cool. Its extracted using a solvent but the end product is pure oil. Combine oils, melt, and then cool to 90-100 degrees F. Add lye to water out in an open aired location and cool to 90-100 degrees F. Add lye water to oils and mix with hand mixer on and off until it comes to light trace. Melt 1/2 lb of your soap base in the microwave. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Use a high quality liquid form many bottles of inexpensive Vitamin E are mainly carrier oil and contain very little of vitamin e. Thank you so much! I want to make the Simple Herbal Soap Recipe and Im wondering if I use all 3 essential oils or choose one from those 3? Hi Leena, if the color is darker, its probably because the soap gelled (heated up after you poured it into the mold) or you used olive oil that is richer in color. In the first two parts of this series, youve learned about common soap making ingredients, including oils, lye, and essential oils. I then made the simple hot process recipe, but I didnt have mango butter so I incorrectly substituted it with shea butter. Nora. They can easily melt and warp with heat and also be difficult to get off. The directions on how to make these recipes can be found in the next part of this series. Can we use sesame oil (Gingelly oil) rather using olive oil. The other option is to wait until your soap is fully cured. While melting the fats, pour four and a half cups of soft water into the stainless steel saucepan. Its one that I use regularly and again it will fit 1-lb batches perfectly. I love this receipe. I notice the measurements are very specific; ex: 7.8 oz. Hi Nandita, An all palm oil soap would not be a good recipe because it would be neither bubbly or cleansing. Line the insides with baking paper, shiny side up, and pour your soap in and it will fit perfectly. 1 lb Goats Milk Melt and Pour Soap Base 2 to 4 Tbsp Honey 1 Tbsp Nourishing Oil such as Jojoba or Sweet Almond (optional) Double Boiler or Microwave Safe Bowl Silicone Spatula Soap Mold (I'm using this one, but there are a lot of other beautiful choices here too) Yellow Soap Colorant (optional) How to Make Goat's Milk and Honey Melt and Pour Soap Using the digital scale, measure out the cocoa butter, coconut oil, and shea butter. 16 ounces olive oil 8 ounces coconut oil 8 ounces palm oil 10.5 ounces water 4.5 ounces lye 1.4 ounces of fragrance oil or essential oil blend Assemble the Equipment for Soap Making Kitchen scale 2 heat-resistant plastic or glass pitchers Hello! The parts that dont come into contact with the soap will stay colored, at least for a while. Get your goggles on, latex/rubber gloves on, tie your hair back, and make sure that you'll be able to work undistracted. We chose "Lavender Honey 1022. All it means is the percentage of oils that exceed the amount the lye needs to be completely used up. I dont mind if the bar is hard from using just palm oil Im thinking of adding some orange zest to it. pine tar. Measure out the lye and add it to the water. First off, the recycled route. I have made my first soap today using your simple herbal soap recipe. Allow to bars to cure in a well-ventilated space for at least 2 weeks before using. I have a crazy question for you. For example, if your mold holds 12 ounces of water, 12 X 1.8 = 21.6 cubic inches. I give in-person soap making lessons here on the Isle of Man and most people end up making a variation of this recipe. Im just waiting for a few oils to arrive in the mail and ready to get soaping! Hi Gemma, you can fully customize the essential oils for any soap recipe with the usage rates and guidance over here. They cannot be used interchangeably in soapmaking though since they have different saponification values they need different amounts of lye to convert them into soap. Heres why. I just happened to stumble on your website. My six-year-old and I collected a bunch of acorns, and on a whim I decided to make flour with them which involved leaching the tannin from the nuts first. Open the container of lye and gently shake the lye into an empty container on the scale until you weigh out 4.5 ounces of the chemical. 1.7K views 2 years ago From the cold process soap making series this video on making 10 pounds of soap using 2 bramble berry 5 pound moulds. The only thing I can figure is that you could have used the wrong measuring spoon or that there was something wrong with the lavender oil. Thanks so much for your advice! Also, my Eco FRiendly soap is curing. Can I use it in the recipe and follow the same weight? of essential oil for an 8 pound batch (another rule of thumb is 1-2 tsp. Youre very welcome Yerlin :) The tiny bubbles are likely from your stick-blending method. Hello . Thanks for your loverly blog ? However, I have a question about which oils/butters I may use : does refined or unrefined suit better for saponification? Do you put the liquid oils in a container and place that container on the scale? Step 3: Measure 3 lb of distilled water in a heat-proof glass bowl. One thing that I really would like to emphasize is that beginners should use tried and tested recipes. Coconut oil is amazing stuffespecially if you use it directly on your skin. True essential oils tend to be stronger and you will probably only need from 1.25 to 3 oz. Ive not yet bought a stick blender. If you grow your own herbs, this could be the recipe for you. Yer. If you do, the chance that these oils will stay in your soap as the superfatting oil is higher. pounds goat milk soap base teaspoon poppy seeds Zest from 1 lemon teaspoon yellow mica powder 20 drops lemon essential oil 1 rectangle silicone soap mold Instructions to Make Lemon Poppy Seed Soap: In a small glass bowl or measuring cup, combine teaspoon yellow mica powder with 1 tablespoon 99% isopropyl alcohol. Because, where I live (India), olive oil is expensive, and the coconut oil is not deodorised I dont like that strong smell in soap. Love all the information in your blog. I am not going to attempt the wonderful bar that you sent me but just want to do something simple at first. Hi Tanya, Put a container on the kitchen scale and zero out the weight. I have one doubt, i was reading about homemade soaps, and found out that some recipies use coconut, shea, olive and cocoa butter, all together, but also glycerin. Easy to follow and great results! Leena. Just be aware that the tracing time will take a little bit longer with larger batches. Tks for all the tips, i will try to do some of what i have read. Tanay What does it mean Coconut oil 76 degrees / 92 degrees and fractionated? Fill the mold with water and then pour that water into a measuring cup. I was wondering if i could still add some essential oils to this simple 3 oil soap recipe? I am keen to experiment and learn from what difference it makes. For comparison, I only have my soap making students use 1.5-2 tsp of scent per batch. For example if youre making a 800g batch and your superfat is 6% then choose the oil you want (shea butter for example) just use 48g of it at the end. Thin plastic like yoghurt pots can be used, but they are not ideal for soapmaking. Its also WAY more expensive than refined. Observe all cautions and safety measures when working with lye and work in a well-ventilated area. Step One Recipe Details Enter in the specifications for your recipe. 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