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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