Honey and Oat Natural Soap Recipe

This soap is an absolute dream! It was constantly a best seller when I sold my handmade soap bars and continues to be one of my family's favorite soaps. It's gentle, has a rich, creamy lather, cleanses, exfoliates and moisturizes. You will not be disappointed by this Honey and Oat Natural Soap recipe!

If you are new to cold-process soapmaking, use my step-by-step guide for cold-process soapmaking.

Ingredients:

Lye Solution

62 grams sodium hydroxide

124 grams distilled water

Solid Oils

136 grams coconut oil

23 grams shea butter

Liquid Oils

204 grams olive oil

91 grams sunflower oil

Additions After Trace

1 Tablespoon colloidal oatmeal (finely ground oats)

1 Teaspoon Raw Honey

12 grams orange essential oil (optional)

1 Teaspoon dried calendula flowers (optional for creating a pretty soap top)

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This is a one pound batch of soap and will make six full size soap bars using this mold. If you are using a box style loaf mold like this one, you will need to double this recipe. Doubling or tripling this recipe to create larger batches is simple once you have the recipe and process down. I always recommend beginning with small batches when trying a soap recipe for the first time.

Instructions:

1. Make Lye Solution by pouring sodium hydroxide into distilled water. Stir well until sodium hydroxide has dissolved into the water. Leave to cool.

2. Melt solid oils in stainless steel pot on low heat. Remove from heat once oils are melted. Do not overheat your oils.

3. Add your liquid oils to the melted solid oils. Use a spatula to get every drop of oil. Stir oils together to ensure they are combined.

4. Take temperature of your oils and take temperature of your lye solution. You want them to be around 100°. It's time to combine the oils and lye solution when both temperatures have reached around 100° and are within ten degrees of one another.

5. Pour lye solution into the oils through a metal strainer or sieve. Use and immersion blender to combine ingredients. Mix until your soap begins to reach a light trace.

6. Add colloidal oats, essential oil and raw honey, stir in using a stainless steel whisk for 1-2 minutes. Be sure these are mixed in completely.

7. Carefully pour soap batter into molds. Give the molds a gentle tap to release any air bubbles. Sprinkle dried calendula flowers over the top and lightly press them into the soap for a pretty soap top.

8. Allow soap to cool for an hour or two before insulating with a towel. Set soap in an area where it will not be disturbed for two days while it hardens in the mold.

9. After 48 hours, you can remove your bars from their mold. If applicable, cut into bars at this time. Allow your soap to cure for 28-30 days. After soap is cured, the soap is ready to use and has a shelf life of two years.

I hope you enjoy this soap as much as our family does!