Stinging Nettle Soap

[decemberlei]

I heard about this over the winter and have been waiting for those dreaded plants to spring up and sure enough. I used gloves to pick them and blend with my sterile water, about 900 grams. Froze them and the next day I picked more and dried them, ground them, got about 30 grams of powder and infused them in my oils (olive, coconut, raps, shea butter) for about 3 hours at 100°F. Added my lye slowly and actually had to warm it up to 110° as well as my oils. It's been 12 hours and I just touched the boxes and they are still hot! This means either failure or success. I can't wait!! Stinging nettles have so many wonderful properties including helping with psoriasis, acne, and eczema (my teenager has suffered with this since he was about 6 months and we have been forced to give him cortisone when it got REALLY bad). I'm going to make a matching skin cream if this works out. Wish me luck and happy soaping!

 

[tah5561]

Did it work out? I was riding my mountain bike and endo’d right into the stuff and rolled around all in it. Horrible stuff! It seems funny that you can make so many things with it once it’s prepared. I’m interested about how your soap came out!

 

[decemberlei]

Omg, turned out so well! I used two different youtubes and then made it my own. My son has eczema and he's been using it and loves it. I added lavender, tee tree and mint essential oils. And yeah, that stuff is nasty it will sting you right through your clothes!

 

[tah5561]

I’m so glad that it turned out! The soap looks earthy too, just like in the woods. Thanks for your reply!

 

[decemberlei]

It is! I did add the essential oils so it's still lovely. Cheers!