Servings: 3 soap bars
Cost: $2,5 - $7 / 2€ - 6€
Equipment
Ingredients
Lye Water
Oils/Fat
- 225 g lard
Add After Trace
- 5 drops grapefruit seed extract (GSE) (anti-oxidant)
- 6,5 ml essential oil eucalyptus globulus or other (optional)
- alcohol or witch hazel to sprinkle recommended to avoid soda ash
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.
- Assemble everything: ingredients, equipment, safety equipment. Prepare your workstations. Measure all the ingredients. Don’t start the recipe without having everything ready!
- The essential oil is optional. It adds scent to your soap. You can choose the one from the recipe or another like lavender, peppermint, litsea cubeba. You can also choose a fragrance oil. But do not exceed the 13 ml limit.
Heat the Oils
- Melt the lard as it remains solid at room temperature.
Make the Lye Water
- Make the lye solution according to How To Make Lye Water. Mix it until the vapors start to dissipate.
Make the Soap Batter
- Use as target temperature 45ºC for the oil-solution mixture. If necessary, heat the lard a little.
- Reach trace with the immersion blender.
- Add the extract and essential oil after tracing. Mix with a spoon.
Molding and Curing
- Pour the dough in the molds with a pitcher and sprinkle with alcohol or witch hazel. You can put in pre-heated oven for gel phase.
- Let it set for 48 hours.
- Unmold and let the bars cure for 4 to 6 weeks. See How To Cure Soap.
Video
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