There is nothing better than a bar of handmade soap. It's so fun to make your own, and I'd love to teach you how!

This class will be a BASIC cold process soap class. This class is for beginners who have just started soap making, or have never made soap before. I will teach you how to make a recipe that will make 9 bars of soap. This basic recipe will be a great recipe to master before jumping into all sorts of different types of cold process soap. I can also help you troubleshoot any problems that arise.

Recipe:

9 oz. Distilled water (not sink water or filtered water)
4.56 oz Lye
9.6 oz Coconut Oil
6.4 oz Palm Oil
12.8 oz Olive Oil
1.6 oz Sweet Almond Oil
1.6 oz Castor Oil
2-2.4 oz fragrance oil of your choice
2 tablespoons kaolin clay
1 tsp rose clay (This is optional! This is just to color to the soap)

Directions:

Put on safety gear: goggles, gloves, long sleeves. Work in a well ventilated area without distractions/kids/pets.

Measure 9 oz distilled water

Measure 4.56 oz of lye

Slowly pour the lye into the water and stir until dissolved. This will create fumes, do not breathe it in. Set this aside to cool. (I also like to put this whole container in an ice water bath to speed cooling, but this is not necessary).

Measure 9.6 oz of coconut oil, and 6.4 oz of palm oil in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 30 second increments until fully melted.

Measure 12.8 oz of olive oil, 1.6 oz of sweet almond oil, 1,6 oz castor oil in a large mixing bowl.

Stir all oils (coconut, palm, olive, castor, sweet almond) together once your hard oils are fully melted.

This is when I like to stir in my clays: 2 tablespoons of kaolin clay and 1 teaspoon rose clay. (I add kaolin clay to each batch of soap. It can help with scent retention).

Use a stick blender to stir in rose clay and kaolin clay to get rid of all clumps.

Use your digital thermometer to check the temperature of your oil/clay mixture and your lye solution. Both should be between 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit. They should be between 10 degrees of each other. They can be anywhere from room temperature up to 120 (but should be close in temperature). Once both are blose in temperature, slowly pour your lye solution into your oil mixture. Use your stick blender to stir until the mixture reaches trace. Trace is when your mixture it fully blended together. If you turn off your stick blender and hold it above your other batter, you should be able to see some batter lightly sitting on top of the rest of your batter.

Pour into your mold! You can lightly tap your mold on your counter to release any air bubbles.

Texturize top! Cover loosely with a box for 24 hours.

After 24 hours your soap is safe to touch! You can un-mold and cut as desired.

Clean up:

There are a couple of ways to clean up this mess! Please leave on safety gear until you are fully cleaned up. If batter gets on your skin it will burn.

Carefully wipe all batter off your soap bowls/spoons. You can either hand wash in the sink with a lot of soap -- or place wiped off dishes in the dishwasher. (This should be done separately from your kitchen dishes -- remember to keep soap dishes separate from food dishes)

Take a picture! Let's see the soap you made!

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