This soap is easy to make and has a lot of bubbles, making it a likely family favorite.

We composed this recipe to have a 5% superfat so it will not give you dry hands, and help heal your skin if you have dry hands already.

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Bubbly Homemade Easy Soap

This soap has 3 oils in it and is good for beginners

Keyword: basic soap, beginner soap, body-soap, Bubbly soap, hand-soap

Equipment

• 2 plastic, glass, or steel bowls
• Microwave oven
• Wooden or plastic spoon
• Silicone molds
• Stick blender
• Safety gear
• Scale (kitchen)
• Thermometer
• pH meter or test strips

Materials

• 11.20 oz Olive Oil 320 grams
• 11.20 oz Coconut Oil 320 grams
• 5.6 oz Castor Oil 160 grams
• 10.64 oz Water 304 grams
• 4.7 oz NaOH 116 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 coconut oil and mix it with olive and castor oil
• Wait until the lye is between 86 and 104 degrees F (30-40 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 eg in a paper bag for 4 – 6 weeks and check pH. Store it by room temperature

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