These Rose Patchouli Soap Bars are some of my very favorite soap bars to make. The subtle floral notes of geranium and jasmine essential oils combined with the rich, woodsy, earthy aroma of patchouli essential oil fill the air as they're being made and is enjoyed long after as the soap bars cure and get used up in our home.
It's not only the smell that makes these soap bars so attractive. Pink Kaolin Clay, made of natural clays from the earth, gives this soap its beautiful blush pink color. Kaolin clay is known to improve skin by drawing out impurities and absorbing excess oils. The essential oils used in this soap also aid in this soap's ability to help balance and maintain healthy skin.
Adding a natural colorant to cold-process soap is simple and I'll show you how in this Rose Patchouli Soap Bar Recipe.
If you are new to cold-process soapmaking, check out my step-by-step guide for cold-process soapmaking.
Rose Patchouli Soap Bar Recipe: Adding Natural Colorant to Cold-Process Soap
Ingredients:
Lye Solution
128 grams sodium hydroxide (lye)
256 grams distilled water
Solid Oils
290 grams coconut oil
98 grams shea butter
Liquid Oils
480 grams olive oil
40 grams castor oil
Natural Colorant
1 tsp Rose Kaolin Clay
4 TBSP water
Additions After Trace
16 grams patchouli essential oil
12 grams wildflower essential oil blend
*OR* in place of the wildflower essential oil blend, use 6 grams geranium essential oil and 6 grams jasmine essential oil
*Use discount code SARAJEANIRENE for 20% off essential oils here!
Soap Molds: Box Style Soap Mold, Heart Shaped Soap Mold
Instructions:
Make Lye Solution by pouring sodium hydroxide into distilled water. Stir well until sodium hydroxide has dissolved into the water. Leave to cool.
Melt solid oils in stainless steel pot on low heat. Remove from heat once oils are melted. Do not overheat your oils.
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.
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.
Before pouring lye solution into the oils, add the pink kaolin clay that you mixed with water into your oils through a mesh strainer.
Pour lye solution into the oils through a metal strainer or sieve. Use an immersion blender to combine ingredients. Mix until your soap begins to reach a light trace.
Add dried herbs and essential oils, stir in using a stainless steel whisk for 1-2 minutes. There should not be any streaks of oil seen when your essential oils are mixed in completely.
Carefully pour soap batter into molds. Give the molds a gentle tap to release any air bubbles.
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.
After 24-48 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.
Video Tutorial on the step by step process of cold-process soapmaking.
Join me as I make this Rose Patchouli Soap in the video below. I hope you enjoy this handcrafted, homemade soap as much as our family does!
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