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    Shave soap with Soy wax 4 Jan24

    How to Make The Best Wet Shaving Soap (Recipe Included) 325g Soy Wax (11.46 oz) 195g Coconut Oil (6.97 oz) 65g Cocoa Butter (2.3 oz) 65g Castor Oil (2.3 oz) 796g Water (28 oz) 44g Sodium Hydroxide (1.55 oz) NaOH 73g Potassium Hydroxide (2.61 oz) KOH Prep Work for Making Shaving Soap Split your...
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    Ocean Breeze made 4 Sept 22

    1/4 teaspoon indigo - dissolve in 2 tablespoons of very hot water for a 2 kilo batch - for 1 kilo use half this amount How to Make an Ocean Scent with Essential Oils: 6 Steps.
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    Coconut & Lime Soap made 16 Oct

    Replace half water with coconut milk dissolve lye in water - add milk with the oils. add French green clay
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    Cucumber, witch hazel & Peppermint made 10 Sept

    1 oz (30 g) witch hazel at trace 113 grams of cucumber (mix with the water, strain and then add enough water to make up 227g water) refer to the instructions in the files for more info The green cucumber juice will turn to brown or orange when exposed to the lye, this is a normal reaction. Stir...
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    citrus breeze brine soap made 10 sept22

    refer to printed notes on citrus breeze brine soap Salt is calculated up to 25% of water ie in this case 340 water x 25% - has to be sea salt though replace water and salt with sea water
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    Neem Oil (Tobias' Soap) made 14 Aug 22

    Neem Oil - add a trace (and avocado oil if using) add 5 % and for 1000 grams of oils it will be 50 grams Shake Neem oil well - add half ice and water as all ice the lye does not dissolve How to Make Neem soap: a Natural Soap for Eczema open the link and read before making it - oils need to be...
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    Coffee soap made 17 Feb 24

    add used coffee grind replace water for brewed coffee
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    Coconut and Lime

    Replace the water with frozen coconut milk BUT took forever to melt, so use water to melt the lye - say half, then add the frozen milk Add kaolin clay to anchor the lime scent Made 2 - i plain - Added kaolin clay to first batch to make it white the other one green - Infused parsley in OO to get...
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    Activated Charcoal made 13 Oct 22

    Activated charcoal Usage: Combine with some water or oil, mixing into a strong paste and stir through soap at trace. As a rule of thumb - For Cold Process Soap approximately 1 - 2 teaspoons per kilo, however swirling is recommended to avoid dark grey lather,
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    Salt Bars 13 Oct 2022

    SOAP AT 95 DEGREES Water is lye amount x 3 (ignore what the calculator says) This recipe says 259 for water and 129.5 for lye, so lye amount x 3 is 129.5x3 = 388.50 50% fine sea salt per pound of oil weight so half - 1000 gram of oil 500 gr of salt use moulds instead of the mould as they harden...
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    cucumber & witch hazel soap

    1 oz (30 g) witch hazel at trace 113 grams of cucumber (mix with the water, strain and then add enough water to make up 227g water)
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    Grapefruit EO soap

    Add sodium lactate to harden and easy to turn out of the mold Add red clay for the middle annatto seed - yellow for top and bottom scented with grapefruit Seed EO
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    Lavender made 1 Jan 2024

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    Rosemary & Peppermint soap

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    Aloe Vera Soap 27 June

    Aloe Vera jel (from the plants) used as water replacement
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