Simple and Natural Skin Moisturizing Soap with Recip
Learn how easy it is to make DIY moisturizing soap to give as a gift or use for yourself and your family! This step-by-step guide will take you through the process of making a natural, scented bar soap that you will enjoy making and using!
Servings: 8 bars
Equipment
- 2 cup glass measuring cup
- 8 cup glass measuring cup
- small plastic container with lid
- silicone soap molds
- immersion blender
- silicone spatulas
- digital food scale
- digital food thermometer
- rubber gloves & safety glasses
Ingredients
- 3.13 oz lye sodium hygroxide
- 7 oz water
- 5 oz olive oil
- 5 oz lard or beef tallow
- 1.3 oz castor oil
- 6 oz coconut oil
- 5 oz shea butter
- 2 oz fragrance oil of your choice
Instructions
- Using the digital scale, measure the lye in the small plastic container and put the lid on it. Set aside in a safe place out of reach of children and pets. Zero out the scale after placing the plastic container on the scale. Wear your rubber gloves, safety glasses, and even a mask. Do this in a well-ventilated area!
- Measure the water in the 2-cup glass measuring cup. Zero out the scale after placing the glass measuring cup on the scale and before adding the water.
- Slowly pour the lye into the 2-cup glass measuring cup of water stirring carefully until the water is no longer cloudy. Set the mixture in a safe place so it will not be disturbed and cause harm to someone. The mixture needs to cool since combining the two will raise the temperature significantly. Be careful! Allow the solution to cool to about 100*.
- While the lye solution cools, prepare the oils by measuring the same way as with the water and lye. Place the 8-cup glass measuring cup on the scale and zero it out. Then add the solid butters, one at a time, to reach the desired amount. The solid oils include lard, coconut oil, and shea butter. Zero out the scale between each solid oil, keeping them all in the large measuring cup.
- Melt the solid oils in the microwave 1-2 minutes at a time until completely melted. Add the remaining liquid oils which include: olive oil and castor oil using the same method of zeroing out the scale between oils. Allow the oil solution to cool to about 100*.
- Once the lye and oil solutions are at about the same temperatures between 90*-100*, it's time to mix them into soap! Pour the lye solution into the large glass measuring cup of melted oils. Add the fragrance oil.
- Use the immersion blender to stir the solutions together. Then pulse the blender periodically stopping and stirring with the blender. Continue alternating the mixing method until it comes to trace. Pay close attention as this can happen quickly!
- Once trace has been acheived, carefully pour the soap into the silicone molds. Smooth the top of the soap or create a design with the back of a spoon.
- Allow the soap to set up in the molds for up to 48 hours before removing them. Once they have set, remove the bars and place on a cooling rack in a dark cool room for 4-6 weeks to complete the saponification process and allow the soap to harden.
Notes
Clean all of the tools used with hot soapy water after making the soap. Store the tools in your soap making box and reserve them for only soap making and not food prep!
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