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Honey Bee Soap Recipe
This soap recipe is based on a 1 pound (16 oz / 453.59 g) batch. Here we tested the Honey Bee fragrance from Rustic Escentuals . The scent is a combination of honey, wildflowers, vanilla and sandalwood. Has 0% vanillin content, but does discolor to a light tan, which is quite fitting for honey soap anyway. I can really pick up the sandalwood in this scent as well; and think it would be lovely in other body products and candles.
Basic soap making knowledge and proper safety gear/precautions is necessary as this is not a tutorial, I am simply sharing my recipe with you and the fragrance results.
If you decide to substitute ANY of the oils or butters, you must run it through the soap calculator as this will change the amount of lye/water you will need.
We have this soap superfatted at 7% (you can adjust that if you wish). I like my lye and oils to be in the temperature range of 80-100 F.
Lard 272.16 g ( 9.60 oz) (60%)
Coconut Oil 108.86 g ( 3.84 oz ) (24%)
Shea Butter 45.36 g ( 1.60 oz ) (10%)
Castor Oil 27.22 g ( .96 oz) ( 6 %)
These are all measured by weight
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Water 172.36 g (6.08 oz)
Lye/ Sodium Hydroxide 62.92g (2.22 oz)
These are all measured by weight
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Optional Additives
Sodium Lactate 2 tsp
Buttermilk powder 1 tsp
Goat Milk powder 2 tsp
Kaolin Clay 1 tsp
Fragrance 1 oz - by weight per pound of soap (so for this recipe .5 oz - 1 oz, your preference) or leave unscented if you wish.
NOTE: If using milks in liquid form, be sure to deduct your liquid milk amount from your water amount. For ex: if your adding 1 oz of liquid milk, be sure to take 1 oz of water away from the recipe.
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Allow to cure for 4-6 weeks, then enjoy!
Where to get some of the items I used in this video...
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Shimmer Gold Mica...http://nurturesoap.com/products/shimmer-gold-mica-powder-soap-colorant?variant=20033208262
Created by Rachel at BonnyBubbles.net . You are free to use this recipe, but please have the courtesy to give appropriate credit to Bonny Bubbles if you share this recipe.
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- Rachel V
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