Soapnuts-Cold Process Soap Recipes Page Five

Note! You are advised to double-check the formulation of all recipes before making any of them. Recipes using sodium or potassium hydroxide should be run through a lye calculator before use.

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Soybean Oil             32 oz.          46.04 percent
Palm Kernel Oil         20 oz.          28.78 percent
Olive Oil               10 oz.          14.39 percent
Coconut Oil             3.5 oz.          5.04 percent
Cocoa Butter             4 oz.           5.76 percent

5 percent               9.51 oz.
6 percent               9.41 oz.
7 percent               9.31 oz. (I used this)
8 percent               9.21 oz.

"Nicolle Field"
Here is a recipe that I made... I made it 2 days ago, and I unmolded it tonight.. it's a beautiful creamy off white... I scented it with vanilla fo from SC.. (white vanilla)
4 # Soap Recipe
Apricot Kernel Oil 1 ounce

Avocado oil                     1 ounce
Castor oil                      1 ounce
Cocoa Butter                 6 ounces
Coconut oil                     15 ounces
Olive oil                       27 ounces
Palm oil                        13 ounces

8 oz. coconut oil
16 oz. Soybean Oil (liquid)
8 oz. Sunflower Oil
12 oz. Water
6.2 oz Potassium Hydroxide KOH
8 oz. Glycerin, water, FO or EO added after curing 1 week.

The oil and lye are mixed at 150 degrees. Recipe says to mix until oil does not rise to top anymore after sitting 5 minutes. I used the ol boat motor on this. It was kind of weird because it got real creamy looking with the stick blender but when I would use the spoon to cool my motor, it would start separating and looking like curdled milk. I guess this is normal because it did turn out. I mixed it till it was not separating any more like the recipe says. Took about 2 hours. Kept it warm the whole time.It got very thick. Could not use a funnel to put it in the bottle I
wanted. Poured it into a plastic canister. Put to bed nice and warm and it went through gel stage. I stirred it once more because .5 inch clear stuff on top.
I made this stuff last Saturday and it looks good so far. It is a nice golden gel color and extremely thick. It seems clear and not separating.
I will add the glycerin this Saturday.

Mixed lye solution and oils at 110°. Added FO at light trace, added cornmeal at heavy trace. Pour into mold, cover, and leave it alone (!) for 24 hours. Unmold, cut into bars. Cure 4-6 weeks. I am actually using this as (now I am going to butcher this word, but promise to look it up later!) an exfoliant soap on my face once a week, but it is great for garden grimed hands! To me, this is what a Garden Soap should smell like, if it is to have
any smell at all! I think you all will love it!

18 oz Coconut Oil
45 oz Olive Oil
27 oz Palm Oil
5 oz Palm Kernal Oil
Lye 13.6 oz
Distilled Water 36 oz
at trace I add

.5 oz Avocado Oil
.5 oz Vege Glycerine
1 oz Castor Oil
1 oz Kukui Nut Oil
1/2 oz Peppermint EO
1/2 oz Lemongrass EO

I know it's a big batch of soap for such a small amount of EO, but it has a great, light scent which lasts a LONG time (the bar I'm using now I made about 6 months ago and it still smells wonderful!).

8 oz. Olive oil
8 oz. Lard
8 oz. Tallow
8 oz. Palm oil
8 oz. Coconut oil
5.5 oz. Lye
15 oz water
1 tsp. Dragon Bubble's Mango Fragrance
1.5 tsp. Vitamin E oil
Orange Coloring

            Combine lye with the water; let cool until 100 degrees F. Warm oils to
              100 degrees F. When both the lye water and the oils are at 100 degrees
F, pour the lye water in a thin stream into the oils while stirring
        continually. Continue stirring until trace. At trace add the fragrance,
         vitamin E oil and pigments. Pour into molds to set, and allow to cure
for 2 - 3 weeks.

Packaging Idea: Wrap the bars in bright (pinks, blues, greens) tissue
paper, or use the tissue paper to make a cigar band around the soaps.

I usually double the recipe for this soap, but am giving it
to you as originally written.

26 ounces olive oil
60 ounces vegetable shortening
11 ounces lye
32 ounces goat milk

I add lye to milk that is at room temperature. It will
sometimes get very thick in the cooling process, so I stir
from time to time. It will be a brown color, which will fade
as soap ages.
I melt the vegetable shortening, then remove from heat and
add olive oil. At this point you have to keep stirring to
keep it from firming back up on sides.
Usually I have lye solution in one sink and oils in other,
cooling both down to 98 degrees. ( Oil will look clouded,
and thick at this point.)
I then pour the lye solution slowly into the milk and stir
with the mixer on low until it is completely blended, at
which time I switch to a spoon.
I then stir to trace, which varies with each batch from 5
minutes to 1 1/2 hours. (My thermometer is not all that
accurate.)
Once it traces, I add whatever herbs I want and pour in
molds. It will fill 3 of the Rubbermaid drawer organizers
with enough left over to pour into some little molds. (I do
spray the molds with Pam.) This has to be kept very well
covered for the next 24 hours.
After cutting, I let it age for 3-4 weeks and turn everyday.

For eczema, I recommend the plain goat milk.
If you are buying goat milk, you can start out by adding lye
to 16 ounces of water, then when this starts to cool down,
add 16 ounces of the milk, instead of using 32 ounces of
milk. I can honestly say that in four years, I have never
had the milk curdle.