Formulating and testing 4 Soap recipes, plus how I use a soap calculator. Each batch is an All Natural Unscented Goat Milk soap. Join me in the super chatty video. I've added markers so you can skip ahead if you want 😉 #soapmaking #goatmilksoap #coldprocesssoap #allnatural #soaprecipe
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
4:57 How to Calculate a Soap Recipe
16:34 Cold Process Soap Recipe #1
22:31 Palm Free Soap Recipe #2
26:19 Hemp oil Soap Recipe (Palm Free) #3
28:54 Simple Cold Process Soap Recipe #4
31:50 Unmolding Soap Loaves
35:38 Soap Cutting
41:23 Beveling & Stamping Soaps
44:23 Lather Test & Final thoughts
I love to create good for you, handcrafted soaps using the cold process method of soap making.
This video is intended for entertainment purposes. Any opinions or statements made are just my own, I'm not a health professional. I'm simply an artisan soap maker, inviting you to come along on my journey.
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PLEASE follow all saftey precautions while making soap. If you have never worked with sodium hydroxide, or made soap before, please consider taking a begginer course before proceeding.
Here are the recipes used in this video in % (and the oz I'm using for my mold size)
Each batch has the same additives: 1 tsp sugar (disolved in water before adding lye), Silk fibers (melted in the lye water), 3 tsp sodium lactate (added to lye water), 1 tsp Colloidal Oats, 1 tsp Kaolin Clay, 1 T French Green Clay + 1/2 tsp Spirulina powder (for color swirl portion).
Recipe #1:
50% Olive oil ( 24 oz)
30% Coconut oil (14.4 oz)
10% Sustainable Palm oil ( 4.8 oz)
5% Castor oil (2.4 oz)
5% Cocoa Butter (2.4 oz)
6.82 oz sodium hydroxide/ lye (for a 5% superfat)
12 oz total liquid/ water... (at 25% water to oils)
Recipe #2:
55% Olive oil (26.4 oz)
30% Coconut oil (14.4 oz)
5% Castor oil (2.4 oz)
5% Shea Butter (2.4 oz)
5% Cocoa Butter (2.4 oz)
6.77 oz sodium hydroxide/ lye (for 5% superfat)
12 oz total liquid
Recipe #3:
50% Olive oil (24 oz)
27% Coconut oil (13 oz)
10% Shea Butter (4.8 oz)
8% Hempseed oil (3.8 oz)
5% Castor oil (2.4 oz)
6.7 sodium hydroxide/ lye (for 5% superfat)
12 oz total liquid
Recipe #4:
50% Olive oil (24 oz)
30% Coconut oil (14.4 oz)
15% Sustainable Palm (7.2 oz)
5% Castor oil (2.4 oz)
6.8 oz sodium hydroxide/ lye (for 5% superfat)
12 oz total liquid
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