Learning a few natural soap recipes can prevent the following: It happens so often! You are at the grocery store and thinking 1. Why can't somebody make a truly natural soap? 2. Why are all these soaps so heavily perfumed? I don't want to clash with my favorite fragrance. 3. Why is the entire selection of bar soaps so highly priced when the quality is so mediocre? Some natural soap recipes can be the answer to those frustrating concerns. Natural soap making is a wonderful hobby, makes it easy for you to custom make a luxury item for very little money and is a fantastic gift idea. The following is a wonderful natural soap recipe perfect for home or gift giving.
Citrus Gone Nuts Soap by Anna Posth
Part 1: Citrus Soap 7%
400g olive oil
250g coconut oil
150g grapeseed oil
100g corn oil
100g canola oil
300g distilled water
134g lye crystals
1T honey
1T powdered milk
half t of each: lemon, orange blossom, pink grapefruit E.O.
freshly grated peel of 1 of each: orange, lemon, lime, clementine
Combine grated peels with essential oils and set aside. Add honey to water and mix well. Add lye and mix well. Cool off to 100F. Combine milk powder with 1-2T of oil and set aside. Heat up the rest of the oils to 100F. Add milk mixture and blend well. Slowly add lye/honey solution. Use a stick blender to reach trace (a few minutes). At trace add peels/E.O.s. Pour the raw soap into a large container or leave in your pot. Insulate with a blanket overnight. The following day cut it into cubes approximately three quarters of an inch. Set aside.
Part 2: Nutty Soap 10%
400g olive oil
200g coconut oil
100g of each oil: grapeseed, corn, canola, macadamia
300g distilled water
128g lye crystals
1T honey
Spice Mix:
64g coarsely ground almonds
2T oatmeal (grind into flour)
2T Polish cake seasoning Przyprawa Korzenna from Dr. Oetker which includes the following ground items: sugar, allspice, cloves, caraway seed, coriander, herbal pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon.
1T powdered milk
1t cinnamon leaf E.O.
half t clove bud E.O.
half t cocoa powder (Dutch processed)
one quarter t ground cinnamon
Combine all items in Spice mix. Add all of the macadamia oil and mix well. Set aside for about an hour. Add honey to water and mix well. Add lye and mix well. Cool off to 100F. Heat up the rest of the oils to 100F. Slowly add lye/honey solution. Use a stick blender to reach trace (a few minutes). At trace add Spice mix. Blend a few more minutes to make it thick enough to sustain the cubes of Citrus Soap. Once it is thick add the cubes and mix with a spoon. Scoop the soap mixture into your moulds. Insulate with a blanket overnight. Wait for 1-3 days before cutting it.
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