Soapmaking Notes

Soap recipes and pictures...from soapmaking lover in New Zealand.

Friday, August 24, 2007

No.23 Bee




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
EO
lavender
pachouli

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

No.22 Shampoo bar


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
EO
lavender

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Mysterious soap


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



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)

EO
lavender
rosewood

No.20 Polka dot



Recipe

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

Option
pink clay

EO
lavender

No.19 Green tea & Mosaic


Recipe

Oil
rice bran 31.2%
olive 37.5% (infused with green tea)
coconut 31.3%

Option
green clay
maccha (powdered green tea)

EO
lavender




No.18 Goat milk and green tea



Recipe

Oil
olive 60% (infused with green tea)
coconut 20%
lard 20%

Option
goat milk powder

EO
lavender