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Title: Chamomile Soap 1
Categories: Soap *
Yield: 1 2/3 lb
| 1 | c | Clean rendered tallow |
| 1/2 | c | Coconut oil |
| 1/2 | c | Olive oil |
| 1 | c | Cold water |
| 1/4 | c | Lye |
| 2 | tb | Camomile flowers |
| 1/4 | c | Talc or fuller's earth (optional) |
| A few grains of powdered laundry blueing (optional) |
Using a mortar and pestle, grind the dried flowers to a fine powder. Mix with talc or fuller's earth, then add olive oil gradually, stirring to dissolve. Alternatively, heat the flowers in the olive oil, simmering for a half hour. Strain and gradually add to talc or fuller's earth.
Melt tallow and coconut oil. Set aside to cool. Stir lye flakes into cold water until completely dissolved. Cool.
When fats and lye water are lukewarm, add lye to fat stirring constantly. Stir until mixture thickens to the consistency of creamy honey. Add teh camomile-olive oil mixture and colorant, stirring well to distribute evenly. Pour into molds.
Source: "The Art of Soapmaking" by Merilyn Mohr
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