Clear Soap Recipe

Looking to make your own clear soap at home? With this recipe, you will be able to make fun and colorful clear soaps, using a high-quality clear soap base. You can go beyond the recipe and try other soap molds, fragrances and colors, even natural colorants. To use yourself or give as gifts to friends, the important thing is to have fun making this soap!

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Prep Time: 30

Total Time: 30

Method: Melt and Pour

Cosmetic: Soap Bar

Servings: soap bars (100g)

Author: Sofia Matias

Cost: $7 - 12$ / 7€ - 12€

Equipment

Ingredients

1 kg crystal clear soap base
0.0625 tsp yellow iron oxide (CI 77492)
0.0625 tsp red iron oxide (CI 77491)
0.0625 tsp ultramarine blue (CI 77007)
0.0625 tsp green chromium oxide (CI 77288)
0.0625 tsp ultramarine violet (CI 77007)
20 ml sea salt and orchid fragrance oil or any of your preference

Instructions

Preparations

You can make crystal clear soap base at home. Prepare it 2 weeks in advance.
Gather all ingredients and equipment. A heat source will be required: microwave or a stove. I personally use a small eletrical stove.
Cut the melt and pour soap base into small cubes (2 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm). Pour them into your bowl or pan.
1 kg crystal clear soap base

Making Soap

Take it to an electric stove or the microwave and use medium-low heat (around 60 °C). Let the soap base melt completely. Spray with alcohol if bubbles or a solid pelicule at the surface.
Remove the soap from heat. Add the fragrance oil when the soap is at a lower temperature without hardening (around 50 °C ). Keep the soap under 50 °C from now on.
20 ml sea salt and orchid fragrance oil
Pour around 200g of soap into another bowl. Add one of the colorants, starting with half the quantity (half of 1/16 tsp). Mix well. Add the rest of the colorant if the color is too faded or as per your own taste.
0.0625 tsp red iron oxide (CI 77491)
Pour the soap into the soap molds. Sprinkle with alcohol to remove any soap bubbles or foam.
Pour more 200g of soap and add another colorant the same way, by adding only half at first, then adding more to define the soap color to your taste. Mix well and pour the soap into soap molds.
You can use a soap mold with small shapes to make cute little soaps like these ones.
If you wish to make gifts for Christmas, use a dedicated soap mold and several bright colors with your clear soap base. They will make for very cute gifts!

Molding and Finishing the Soap

When you are done will all the soap, place the soap mold inside the fridge for 24 hours - it should harden in less time than that.
Once fully solid, unmold your soaps.
Melt and pour soap should be wrapped in plastic wrapping film right after hardening, to avoid soap "sweating".
Enjoy your lovely colorful clear soaps!!

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