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Turmeric and Ylang-Ylang Soap Recipe

Ylang-Ylang is a fragrant yellow flower from the Cananga Odorata tree, native from India. It provides an exotic scent to soap, with a distinguished floral scent, with woody and earthy nuances.
This soap is made with a oil mixture that doesn't contain olive oil or coconut oil. So, if you're short of these two oils, or they are expensive in your area, be sure you can make soap without them. Turmeric is the natural colorant that gives a pretty orange-rosy color.
A special soap with no particularly exotic ingredient.
Difficulty: Easy
Weight: 450g (15,87 oz)
Superfat: 6%
Lye Concentration: 25%
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Method: Cold Process
Cosmetic: Soap Bar
Servings: 3 soap bars
Author: Sofia Matias
Cost: $3 - $10 / 2,6€ - 8€

Equipment

Ingredients

Lye Water

Oils/Fat

Add After Trace

Essential Oils Blend

Instructions

Get Ready!

  • Wear goggles and gloves! Look at “Safety Precautions” in the video above or in Soap Making Safety Precautions
  • Watch the video above about "Cold Process Soap Making Tutorial" or read the post Learn To Make Cold Process Soap for instructions on cold process soap making before starting. These are generic but important steps for all recipes.
    Pouring essential oils into soap batter
  • Assemble everything: ingredients, equipment, safety equipment. Prepare your workstations. Measure all the ingredients. Don’t start the recipe without having everything ready!
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  • After measuring your oils, remove 1 tbsp of liquid oil and mix it well with the paprika. Avoid clumps.
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Heat the Oils

  • Heat all your oils in a pyrex bowl at the microwave until the palm oil melts. Use 1 min periods and check temperature. The oils shouldn't overheat (> 60ºC or 140ºF)
    melting solid oil without heat

Make the Lye Water

  • Make the lye solution according to How To Make Lye Water. Mix it until the vapors start to dissipate. Add the dried petals at the end.
    A bottle with lye and a pitcher with water

Make the Soap Batter

  • Use as target temperature 38ºC for the oil-solution mixture. It can be less than this. The lye and oils should not have a difference of more than 10º between them.
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  • Start mixing with the immersion blender. Add the oil with turmeric.
    adding-turmeric
  • Reach trace with the immersion blender. You will see the soap turning into a bright orange. Later, while the soap sets and cures, it will fade to rosy-orange.
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  • Add the extract and essential oils after tracing. Mix well with a spoon.
    adding-after-trace-ingredients-turmeric-soap

Molding and Curing

  • Pour the dough in the molds with a pitcher and sprinkle with alcohol or witch hazel.
  • Let it set for 48 hours.
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  • Unmold and let the bars cure for 4 to 6 weeks. See How To Cure Soap.
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