Finished Soap
Valentine’s is almost here and I am so excited. I love seeing everything decorated in pinks, reds, purples and white. I love see the romantic gestures and love seeing people out for a quiet dinner with each other. Okay, I admit it. I am a hopeless romantic. I still read children’s fiction because they focus on hold hands and falling in love instead of falling into bed. I mean, who writes better romantic stories than the authors of children’s stories?
Weighing Oils
I wanted to make a soap for everyone who enjoys Valentine’s as much as I do. I chose to use our Just for You Fragrance Oil because it smells just like a flower bouquet, made just for you. It is PERFECT for the upcoming holiday.
Weighing Oils
I also wanted a soft pink color. To achieve it, I used our water soluble Grape colorant. Why Grape, do you ask? Our Grape colorant turns a purple/pink color in high alkaline situations. (Think lye.) I used just a little so my soap would be pink. If I used more color, my soap would be more purple. How cool is that?!
| Ingredients Hydrogenated Soybean Oil Coconut Oil Olive Oil Shea Butter, Unrefined Lye Grape Color Just for You Fragrance Oil |
Equipment Scale Microwave Safe Container Spoons Pipettes |
Recipe:
| Recipe in Grams 170 grams Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 142 grams Coconut Oil 113 grams Olive Oil 28 grams Shea Butter, Unrefined 64 grams Lye Q.S. Grape Color 8.5 grams Just for You Fragrance Oil |
Recipe in Ounces 6 oz Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 5 oz Coconut Oil 4 oz Olive Oil 1 oz Shea Butter, Unrefined 2.28 oz Lye Q.S. Grape Color 0.30 oz Just for You Fragrance Oil |
Recipe in Percentages 37.5% Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 31.25% Coconut Oil 25% Olive Oil 6.25% Shea Butter, Unrefined Q.S. Lye Q.S. Grape Color Q.S. Just for You Fragrance Oil |
Lye Solution
Weigh all of you oils into a microwave safe container. Heat them gently until they are liquid. We do not want the oils to be super heated. While the oils are heating, mix the lye and the water to create your lye solution. Allow both mixtures to cool to about 120 F. I added my color to my lye solution while I was waiting for things to cool. This allowed me to get an idea of what the color would be like. I added about 6 ml of diluted Grape Color.
Adding Color to Lye Solution
Once things were closer to temperature, I mixed my lye and oils together. (I should have waited a little longer. I ended up with a volcano.) Once I reached trace, I added my fragrance oil and hand stirred it in. I poured my soap into my mold at left it for about an hour. Andee then came to tell me I had a beautiful pink volcano in the blog kitchen. I rushed back into to scoop my soap back into the mold. The result? Not the most elegant top but I like the rustic, mottled color that resulted.
Color in Lye Solution
Adding Lye to Oils
Adding Fragrance
Soap in Mold
After my volcano. I like the color!