Ingredients
- 6 ounces (170 grams) Palm Oil
- 6 ounces (170 grams) Olive Oil
- 3 ounces (85 grams) Coconut Oil
- 1 ounce (28 grams) Caster Oil
- 1 t Honey
- 1/2 ounce (14 grams) yellow Beeswax
- 6.27 ounces (178 grams) of water (by weight)
- 2.26 ounces (64 grams) of lye
- 1/2 ounce (14 grams) Honey Fragrance Oil (optional)
- wooden spoon
- 2 pots (not aluminum)
- Combine all of the oils in a pot and heat to 160 degrees
- Add the honey to the oils
- Melt the beeswax in a separate pot then add the melted beeswax to the hot oils
- Using a plastic container (in a well ventilated area) add the lye to the water* (note: there will be a chemical reaction that will cause the lye-water to spontaneously heat up to approx 160 degrees F.) DO NOT BREATH IN THE VAPORS THAT WILL COME OFF THE MIXTURE.
- Cool both the oils and the lye -water mixture to exactly 100 degrees F.
- Pour the lye-water into the oils in a small steady stream while stirring the oils constantly
- Continue to stir the mixture constantly until the spoon you are stirring with leaves a “trace” and the lye-water mixture thickens to a pudding like consistency.
- Pour the thickened mixture into a wax paper-lined cardboard box or other appropriate soap mold and wrap in a towel to hold in the heat of the mixture so it does not cool too fast..
- In 24 hours, if smaller sized soap bars are desired score the soap so that it can be broken up more easily into smaller bars
- Remove bars from the mold in about 3 days (when the soap has solidified) and wrap each bar in a paper towel and let cure for 4 weeks.
* The lye should be slowly added to the water. NEVER add water to your lye! Doing so can cause the lye to expand, or erupt, out of the container.