Lime Zest Soap

After I made the Lemon Zest soap, I decided I also needed to make a Lime Zest soap. I used some Bay Rum Fragrance Oil to help scent the soap because so many masculine blends contain lime. I hope you enjoy this soap as much as I do!

Collect needed items:

Ingredients
Palm Kernel Oil
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Coconut Oil
Grapeseed Oil
Distilled Water
Lye (sodium hydroxide)
Bay Rum Fragrance Oil
Lime Essential Oil
Lime Zest from 5 Limes

Equipment
Scale
2 Gallon Soap Bucket
Soap Spoon
Gloves
Soap Mold
Glass Beakers
Immersion Blender

Time spent:Weighing time: 8 minutes
Adding lye to water: 25 seconds, followed by 60 seconds of stirring
Heating of oils time: 4 minutes
Pouring lye solution into the fat mixture: 20 seconds
Using immersion blender to mix soap solution: 5 minutes
Pour into mold: 45 seconds
Allow soap to rest: 24 hours

Recipe in ounces:
16 ounces wt Palm Kernel Oil
16 oz wt Hydrogenated Soybean Oil (shortening)
16 ounces wt Coconut Oil
8 ounces wt Grapeseed Oil21 fl oz Water (I used Reverse Osmosis Water)
8.38 ounces wt Sodium Hydroxide

0.5 oz wt Bay Rum Fragrance Oil
0.5 oz wt Lime Essential Oil

0.695 oz wt Lime Zest (Zest from 5 Limes, does not have to be exact)

Zest limes. I used a fine Microplane / Zester to zest the limes. Set aside. No pith! The pith is the white part under the green. We only want the essential oil holding zest.

Weigh the Bay Rum Fragrance Oil and Lime Essential Oil into a small beaker and set aside.

Measure fixed oils on your scale. Add lime zest to fixed oils then warm on the stove or in the microwave. I melted the oils in the microwave. Add sodium hydroxide to the water. Mix well.

Combine oils and lye solution. Stir until thin trace. Don’t be alarmed when the soap turns a vibrant neon orange when beginning to mix the oils and lye solution together. Upon light trace, add the scenting oils. Stir well. Pour soap into molds. I used a soap mold that we have in our testing kitchen. Allow to sit until soap is firm.

The next morning cut into bars. Stack to allow good air circulation. Allow to cure for several days before using. Longer curing will result in a harder bar.

Notes:
I added the lime zest to the oils before melting the oils to allow some of the lime oil in the zest to infuse into the oils. This allowed a nice triple touch of lime in the final soap.

Like the Lemon Zest Soap, as I was beginning to mix the lye solution and oils together and the mixture turned a bright orange. After resting for 24 hours in the mold, I cut the soap and have watched the color change from a pale orange color to a dirty spring green yellow color.

What can you do with the juice from the limes that have been zested? Check the blog tomorrow and I’ll show you!

The Lime Zest soap samples have been sent to the Shipping Department to send out in orders.