These are some simple recipes to get you started making soap. With a basic soap recipe you can add your own special touches using dried botanical and/or essentials oils or fragrance oils.These recipes are based on the assumption that the reader has a working knowledge of soapmaking. If not, please refer to this link for instructions on soapmaking. Soapmaking Basics. If the hyperlink does not go thru here is a web address:http://users.silverlink.net/~timer/soaplinks.html
38 ounces Hydrogenated Soybean Oil(Crisco)
24 ounces Coconut Oil
24 ounces Olive Oil
12 ounces of Lye
32 ounces Distilled Water
*2 ounces of Castor oil added at trace
Mix lye and water together to form a solution.Always pour the lye into the water. Add the lye solution to the melted oils at 110º degrees.Stir until trace, add botannicals and essential oils or fragrance oils. Pour into a mold, insulate and let set for 24 hours. Unmold , slice into bars, let bars cure 4 to 6 weeks.
*I found thru trial and error that adding a small amount of castor oil at trace greatly reduces the presence of soda ash on top of cured soap.Just a little tip from me to you!