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


No.17 Goat milk and rosehip



Recipe

Oil
canola 25%
olive 35% (infused with rosehip)
coconut 27.5%
lard 12.5%

Option
goat milk powder
yellow clay

EO
lavender

No.16 Waste oil 2 (Kitchen soap)

I added too much bee wax. Best percentage is around 1.5% bee wax of total fats and oil .
Too much bee wax made the bar sticky...
This soap is for dishwashing, so 0% discount, it means fully saponified.

Recipe

Oil
canola 76.2% (waste oil)
lard 8.3%
coconut 12%
bee wax 3.5%

Option
yellow clay
pink clay

EO
lavender

No.15 Choco mint



Recipe

Oil
canola 33.3%
coconut 33.3%
lard 33.4%

Option
cocoa powder

EO
peppermint

No.14 Carrot and Coconut milk



Recipe

Oil
rice bran 16.7%
olive (infused with carrot) 33.3%
coconut 33.3%
lard 16.7%

Option
coconut milk (50%, in place of the water)

FO
mango

No.13 Pale pink



Recipe

Oil
olive 58.3%
coconut 33.3%
lard 8.4%

Option
pink clay

EO
lavender
rosemary
geranium

No.12 Coconut milk


Recipe
Oil
rice bran 16.7%
olive 33.3%
lard 16.7%
coconut 33.3%
Option
coconut milk (50%, in place of the water)
EO
geranium
lavender
rosemary
palmarosa

No.11 Shampoo bar


Recipe

Oil
olive 50%
coconut 50%

Option
turmeric powder
EO
lavender
rosemary

No.10 Sea salt & Kelp


Recipe

Oil
olive 33.3%
coconut 16.7%
avocado 16.7%
lard 33.3%

Option
sea salt
kelp powder

EO
rosemary
peppermint
patchouri
lemongrass

No.9 Choco malble


Lard is one of my favorite solid oil. Some people don't like to use it
for soapmaking and stick to vegetable oils, because lard is animal fat.
But I like, it is cheap, and make a hard soap:)

Recipe

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

Option
cocoa powder

EO
orange

FO
mango

No.8 Waste oil (Kitchen soap)

This soap is for kitchen, maden from waste oil. It is good for the environment,
also I thought it is more powerful and better than ordinary liquid soap!!

Saponification % is 100. So all oils(fatty acids) react with alkali and no more
extra fat in it, cured for 6weeks.

Recipe

Oil
canola(used) 75.8%
coconut 22.7%
bee wax 1.5%

EO
peppermint
tee tree

No.7 Deep forest



My 2nd time try of green color soap making.
Beautiful green color is from natural avocado oil which containing
high amounts of Vitamin A, B1, B2, D, and E.

Avocado oil can be used for baby soap and skincare. It is one of popular products in NZ!

Recipe
Oil
avocado 45%
coconut 15.7%
palm 23.5%
olive 15.8%

EO
lemongrass
patchouli
eucalyptus
lavender



No.6 For Kitchen



I made it as a kitchen soap.
So I setted 95% saponification.(normally I set 90%)

Saponification is the chemical reaction that occurs when fats or oils (fatty acids) come into contact with lye (caustic soda).


Recipe

Oil
canola
coconut

Option
green clay

EO
lemongrass
orange
grapefruit

No.5 Us

2 layers soap with my boy friend and my favorite color :)

No.4 Sakura



Sakura means cherry tree in Japanese.
I imaged sakura and made this soap. Pink is my favorite color!

Recipe

Oil
olive 60%
coconut 20%
palm 20%

Option
pink clay

EO
lavender
geranium
palmarosa

No.3 Forest


Recipe
Oil
rice bran 40%
coconut 30%
palm 30%
Option
green clay
EO
tee tree
lavender
peppermint
lemongrass

No.2 Rice bran 100%



Recipe

Oil
rice bran 100%

EO
lavender

No.1 Olive 100%



I have started soapmaking since April 07.
It is really fun! and it's going to be my hobby in my life.

Handmade soaps are made from oil+ caustic soda+ water,
I'm using "cold process" method and cured for a month.

It is my first batch "Olive 100%" soap:)
I added green tea powder(maccha) for option, but it reacted with strong alkali
and changed color..