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Title: Nuts About Soap
Categories: Soap *
Yield: 1 Batch
| FATS AND OILS | ||
| 80øF to 95øF | ||
| LYE SOLUTION | ||
| 80øF to 95øF | ||
| INGREDIENTS | ||
| 196 | g | Sodium hydroxide |
| 13 | oz | Distilled water |
| 5 | oz | Kukui nut oil |
| 5 | oz | Macadamia nut oil |
| 5 | oz | Hazelnut oil |
| 4 | oz | Jojoba oil |
| 1 | lb | Coconut oil |
| 2 | oz | Cocoa butter |
| 14 | oz | Palm oil |
| 6 | oz | Coconut milk |
| 1/2 | c | Ground almonds |
| 12 | g | Grapefruit seed extract, optional |
| 7 | ts | Pure essential oil or fragrance oil, optional |
Prepare the soap as usual (the solid cocoa butter is melted with the palm oil and the coconut oil). Just before pouring the lye solution into the melted fats and oils, heat the coconut milk for 10 secons just to melt it into liquid form. Do not let it get hot. Stirring continuously, add the lye to the fats and oils, and without taking a break from the stirring, add the coconut milk to the soap mixture. Beat the mixture quickly and consistenly from start to finish. At trace, add the ground almonds. Finally, add any desired scent.
Source: "The Soapmaker's Companion" by Susan Miller Cavitch
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