This is a good soap for hands and dush. Apricot Oil has many benefits in skincare, including long-lasting moisturization and softening, strengthening the skin’s natural barrier function.
Oils used in this recipe
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Recipe percentages, lye, and superfat
This information is for advanced soapers only. If you are new, just follow the recipe below.
- 45% Olive Oil
- 30% Coconut Oil, 76 deg
- 10% Apricot Kernel Oil
- 10% Palm Oil
- 5% Castor Oil
- 38% Water percent of oil weight
- 5% Superfat
Soap Quality
| Soap Quality | Range | This Recipe |
| Hardness | 29 – 54 | 37 |
| Cleansing | 12 – 22 | 20 |
| Conditioning | 44 – 69 | 59 |
| Bubbly | 14 – 46 | 25 |
| Creamy | 16 – 48 | 21 |
| Iodine | 41 – 70 | 61 |
| INS | 136 – 165 | 153 |
Recipe for easy vegan Apricot Soap
Apricot Kernel Oil Soap Recipe
Equipment
- 2 plastic, glass, or steel bowls
- Wooden or plastic spoon
- Silicone molds
- Stick blender
- Thermometer
- pH meter or test strips
- Microwave oven
- Kitchen scale
- Safety gear
Materials
- 7.20 oz Olive Oil 204 grams
- 4.8 oz Coconut Oil, 76 deg 136 grams
- 1.6 oz Apricot Kernal Oil 45 grams
- 1.6 oz Palm Oil 45 grams
- 0.8 oz Castor Oil 23 grams
- 6.08 Water 172 grams
- 2.29 NaOH 65 grams
Instructions
- Read the soaping safely page, if you haven´t already
- Dissolve NaOH in water by slowly adding the NaOH to the water and stirring gently with the spoon. Leave the mixture, now called lye, to cool down
- Melt your Coconut Oil and mix it with the rest of the oils
- Wait until the lye is between 86 and 104 degrees F (20-40 degrees C) and heat up the oils to approx the same temperature if needed
- Mix the oils and the lye by slowly pouring oils in the lye
- Use a stick blender for 1-5 minutes until trace
- Pour your batter into a mold or molds as you prefer
- Check if the soap is firm enough to cut after 24 hours
- Cut the soap bars (if you used a big mold) and trim the edges
- Leave to cure e.g. in a paper bag for 4 – 6 weeks and check pH. Store it by room temperature
Soap Characteristics
| Lauric | 14 |
| Myristic | 6 |
| Palmitic | 14 |
| Stearic | 3 |
| Ricinoleic | 5 |
| Oleic | 44 |
| Linoleic | 10 |
| Linolenic | 0 |
