Soapmaking Notes

No.23 Bee

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:47:00 +0000

This soap contains NZ bee products, like manuka honey,propolis and royal jelly.

Also I added goat milk powder for creamy and rich texuture.

Usually I add goat milk powder with half amount of water 10-15min after stirring soap mixture. It is a way to avoid too much heat up.

Recipe

Oil

olive 45%

avocado 10%

coconut 30%

palm oil 15%

Option

maccha

goatmilk powder

manuka honey

propolis

royal jelly

lavender

pachouli

No.22 Shampoo bar

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:13:00 +0000

Same recipe as before, but I added goat milk powder for rich texture.

I 'm bit worried to add 50% coconut oil in soap, because I heard too much coconut oil can be drying to the skin.

Basically, coconut oil makes a hard bar and rich foam, but should be limited

around 30% of the total .

My skin is sensitive, but so far no problem:)

Recipe

Oil

olive 50%

coconut 50%

Option

goat millk powder

pink clay

lavender

Mysterious soap

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:01:00 +0000

Strange looking? I made it from No.17~No.20 soaps mixtures and has 6 layers. Everytime I saved small portion of soaps and poured another mold. It is fun, because you never know how it will be until you open a mold! This time I used a Cardboard juice container.

No.21 Camomile tea

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:34:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

sunflower 20.8%

olive 10%

canola 25%

coconut 35.8%

lard 8.4%

Option

turmeric powder

camomile tea (all part of the water)

lavender

rosewood

No.20 Polka dot

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:31:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

rice bran 33.3%

olive 33.3%

coconut 16.7%

lard 16.7%

Option

pink clay

lavender

No.19 Green tea & Mosaic

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:19:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

rice bran 31.2%

olive 37.5% (infused with green tea)

coconut 31.3%

Option

green clay

maccha (powdered green tea)

lavender

No.18 Goat milk and green tea

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:52:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

olive 60% (infused with green tea)

coconut 20%

lard 20%

Option

goat milk powder

lavender

No.17 Goat milk and rosehip

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:42:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

canola 25%

olive 35% (infused with rosehip)

coconut 27.5%

lard 12.5%

Option

goat milk powder

yellow clay

lavender

No.16 Waste oil 2 (Kitchen soap)

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:36:00 +0000

I added too much bee wax. Best percentage is around 1.5% bee wax of total fats and oil .
Too much bee wax made the bar sticky...
This soap is for dishwashing, so 0% discount, it means fully saponified.

Recipe

Oil
canola 76.2% (waste oil)
lard 8.3%
coconut 12%
bee wax 3.5%

Option
yellow clay
pink clay

EO
lavender

No.15 Choco mint

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:30:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

canola 33.3%

coconut 33.3%

lard 33.4%

Option

cocoa powder

peppermint

No.14 Carrot and Coconut milk

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:17:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

rice bran 16.7%

olive (infused with carrot) 33.3%

coconut 33.3%

lard 16.7%

Option

coconut milk (50%, in place of the water)

mango

No.13 Pale pink

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:51:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

olive 58.3%

coconut 33.3%

lard 8.4%

Option

pink clay

lavender

rosemary

geranium

No.12 Coconut milk

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:47:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

rice bran 16.7%

olive 33.3%

lard 16.7%

coconut 33.3%

Option

coconut milk (50%, in place of the water)

geranium

lavender

rosemary

palmarosa

No.11 Shampoo bar

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:43:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

olive 50%

coconut 50%

Option

turmeric powder

lavender

rosemary

No.10 Sea salt & Kelp

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:38:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil
olive 33.3%
coconut 16.7%
avocado 16.7%
lard 33.3%

Option
sea salt
kelp powder

EO
rosemary
peppermint
patchouri
lemongrass

No.9 Choco malble

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:08:00 +0000

Lard is one of my favorite solid oil. Some people don't like to use it
for soapmaking and stick to vegetable oils, because lard is animal fat.
But I like, it is cheap, and make a hard soap:)

Recipe

Oil
olive 33.3%
lard 33.3%
rice bran 16.7%
coconut 16.7%

Option
cocoa powder

EO
orange

FO
mango

No.8 Waste oil (Kitchen soap)

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:44:00 +0000

This soap is for kitchen, maden from waste oil. It is good for the environment,
also I thought it is more powerful and better than ordinary liquid soap!!

Saponification % is 100. So all oils(fatty acids) react with alkali and no more
extra fat in it, cured for 6weeks.

Recipe

Oil
canola(used) 75.8%
coconut 22.7%
bee wax 1.5%

EO
peppermint
tee tree

No.7 Deep forest

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:07:00 +0000

My 2nd time try of green color soap making.
Beautiful green color is from natural avocado oil which containing
high amounts of Vitamin A, B1, B2, D, and E.

Avocado oil can be used for baby soap and skincare. It is one of popular products in NZ!

Recipe

Oil

avocado 45%

coconut 15.7%

palm 23.5%

olive 15.8%

lemongrass

patchouli

eucalyptus

lavender

No.6 For Kitchen

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:42:00 +0000

I made it as a kitchen soap.

So I setted 95% saponification.(normally I set 90%)

Saponification is the chemical reaction that occurs when fats or oils (fatty acids) come into contact with lye (caustic soda).

Recipe

Oil

canola

coconut

Option

green clay

lemongrass

orange

grapefruit

No.5 Us

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:39:00 +0000

2 layers soap with my boy friend and my favorite color :)

No.4 Sakura

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:30:00 +0000

Sakura means cherry tree in Japanese.

I imaged sakura and made this soap. Pink is my favorite color!

Recipe

Oil

olive 60%

coconut 20%

palm 20%

Option

pink clay

lavender

geranium

palmarosa

No.3 Forest

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:13:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

rice bran 40%

coconut 30%

palm 30%

Option

green clay

tee tree

lavender

peppermint

lemongrass

No.2 Rice bran 100%

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:51:00 +0000

Recipe

Oil

rice bran 100%

lavender

No.1 Olive 100%

noreply@blogger.com (Naho) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:33:00 +0000

I have started soapmaking since April 07.
It is really fun! and it's going to be my hobby in my life.

Handmade soaps are made from oil+ caustic soda+ water,

I'm using "cold process" method and cured for a month.

It is my first batch "Olive 100%" soap:)

I added green tea powder(maccha) for option, but it reacted with strong alkali

and changed color..