Servings: 11 soap bars (100g)
Cost: $7 - 8$ / 7€ - 8€
Equipment
- 2 Double boilers Simple water boiler
- Soap molds with small shapes
Ingredients
- 1 kg olive oil soap base
- 0.5 tsp green chromium oxide (CI 77288) green iron oxide
- 0.125 tsp yellow iron oxide (CI 77492) (optional)
- 0.125 tsp turmeric (optional)
- 2 tsp fine sea salt
- 20 ml essential oils blend
Essential Oil Blend
- 5 ml essential oil lime
- 15 ml essential oil tea tree
Instructions
Preparations
- You can make an olive oil 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 olive oil 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.
- (Optional) Collect around 150 g of soap base and add a yellow colorant. You can use a tiny bit of turmeric or yellow mica. Pour it on a soap mold with small cute shapes to your liking.0.125 tsp yellow iron oxide (CI 77492)
- Remove the soap from heat. Add the colorants directly on the soap and mix very well. The soap color from this recipe was achieved with turmeric and green chormium oxide. But you can use only a green mica.0.5 tsp green chromium oxide (CI 77288), 0.125 tsp turmeric
- Add the essential oils when the soap is at a low temperature without hardening (around50 °C )20 ml essential oils blend, 5 ml essential oil lime, 15 ml essential oil tea tree
Mold and Cut The Bars
- Pour the soap into the large soap mold. Sprinkle the soap surface with alcohol to prevent bubbles and to even out the soap surface.
- Place the soap mold inside the fridge for 24 hours - it should harden in less time than that.
- Cut the soap into small bars with a soap cutter or a knife
- If you made the small shaped soaps, it's time to apply them in your soap bars. Sprinkle the soap bars with alcohol then "glue" the small soap to the soap surface. You'll need to apply some pressure to "merge" both parts.
- Otherwise, your soap will still look pretty if you don't use the small soap bars.
- Melt and pour soap should be wrapped in plastic wrapping film right after hardening. You can do that, especially if your soap starts to "sweat". However, my soap is curing in open air without any "sweating" signs.
- Enjoy your lovely tea tree soaps!!
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