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Cold Process Soap & Toiletry Recipes Page


I have compiled a few of my favorite soap and bath recipes to share with you. If you have a recipe, tip or fragrance combos you would like to share, you can send them to me via email at: julie  Subject Line: Recipes . I will review and post your recipes along with your name!

Don't forget to join the mailing list! I will periodically send new recipes, special offers and notices for new products. You may also email me directly if you have questions about the soap making process or problems you are experiencing  with your finished soap. Soap Making Help.

If this is your first attempt at cold process soap making, please read the soap making instructions found on this site first. All recipes are accurate to my knowledge. For your own safety please run the soap recipes through a lye calculator just to be safe.



Enough gabbin' already.....On to the recipes!


Cold Process Soap Recipes
100% Olive Oil ( Castille)
Olive Oil 50 oz
Distilled Water 20oz
Lye 7 oz
Temp: Oil & Lye 100-110
Can add color and fragrance if desired at trace.
The easiest recipe to make. Produces a bar with little lather.
This recipe is especially good for people with sensitive skin.

My Sunflower Recipe
Coconut Oil 30 oz
 Olive Oil 30 oz
Palm Oil 24 oz
Sunflower Oil 18oz
Distilled Water 32 oz
Lye 12oz
Temps Approxiamately 105 Degrees
At Trace add 1/4 cup Calendula Petals
and 1oz sunflower fragrance oil.
*Another great sustitute is Chamomile Flowers and Chamomile Essential Oil
Cinnamon Stick
Coconut Oil 14 oz
Palm Oil 28oz
Grapeseed Oil 8 oz
Olive Oil 24 oz
Shortening 12 oz
Beeswax 2oz
Distilled Water 32 oz
Lye 12 oz
Temps 95-100 degrees
At trace add Cinnamon LeafCinnamon Leaf Essential Oil or other spice fragrance/essential oil
1 Tsp of ground cinnamon (natural Color)
Avacodo Soap
Olive Oil 16 oz
Soybean Oil 36 oz
Coconut Oil 25 oz
Avocado Oil 8 oz
Distilled Water 24 oz
Lye 12 oz
Temps :90-100 degrees
Ultra luxurious Conditioning Bar
Apricot Kernel Oil 5oz
Coconut Oil 36oz
Jojoba Oil 2oz
Olive Oil 14oz
Palm Oil 18 oz
Shea ButterShea Butter 2 oz
Distilled Water 31 oz
Lye 12 oz
Temps : Fat and Lye 105
Add Fragrance to taste
Cocoa Butter Bliss
Olive Oil 52 oz
Coconut Oil 14 oz
Palm Oil 16oz
Cocoa Butter 6oz
Distilled Water 32 oz
Lye 12 oz
Temps : 95-100
At trace try adding chocolate or vanilla fragrance or essential oil. This will enhance
the natural cocoa butter fragrance.
Bath Recipes
Fizzy Bath Bombs
 
1 cup Sodium Bicarbonate
1/2 cup Citric Acid
1/2 cup Cornstarch
2 T.Sweet Almond Oil
1 T. of water
 Mix dry ingredients together. Mix oil, fragrance(if desired) and water and drizzle onto dry ingredients, mix well. Shape into balls or pack in molds to shape. Tap out, let dry 24-48 hours.
Relaxing Bath Bars

Epsom salt 2/3 cup
Sodium Bicarbonate 1/3 cup
Vegetable Glycerin 5 drops
Colorant
Fragrance
Small dessert molds(could use floating candle molds)
 combine epsom, baking soda and glycerin. Add color and 3 drops fragrance. Mix Well
Press firmly in mold. Trim invert mold and tap to remove bath bar let sit overnight to dry.
Lotion Bar w/Cocoa Butter & Shea Butter
 
1 part Beeswax
1 part Cocoa Butter
1 part Shea Butter
1 part Oil (coconut, sweet almond, sunflower, etc)
 

Melt all and pour into a container or mold.
Healing Peppermint Lip Balm
 
2 T. petroleum jelly
1 tsp.Beeswax
1-3 Drops Vitamin E itamin E
10-14 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
 

Melt petroleum jelly, and then add beeswax. When melted, remove from heat and add peppermint EO. Pour into a container and cool.
Antiseptic Balm
Ingredients:
2 ounces Beeswax
3 ounces Sweet Almond Oil
1 ounce Jojoba Oil
20 drops Wheat Germ Oil
20 drops Myrhh Essential Oil
20 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil

Heat the Sweet Almond
and Jojoba oil in a saucepan and add Beeswax.  Adjust beeswax to your liking
Allow the base to cool down to see what the consistency is. You can always add more oil to thin or beeswax to thicken.  Add the essential oils when the mixture has cooled slightly.
Pour into ready containers.

Bath Salts
Sea Salt (Fine) 1cup
Epsom Salt   3/4 cup
Vegetable Glycerin 1 tbs
Kosher Salt  ½ cups
Liquid colorant
Fragrence or Essential Oil to taste

Mix all dry ingredients together
Mix Vegetable Glycerin, liquid colorant and scent together .  Add to dry mixture and mix well.
Perfume Balm
Ingredients:
3 parts  Jojoba Oil
2 parts White beeswax
1 part  Skin Safe Fragrance Oil
Melt all ingredients until well mixed. Pour
into containers and let cool.
Cold sore Balm
4 TBS Beeswax
4 TBS Sweet Almond Oil
5 Drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
2 Drops Vitamin E
2 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
Melt beeswax with sweeat almond oil.  Remove from heat , allow to cool slightly, add vitamin E and Essential oils.  Pourinto ready containers.

Ultra Herbal Healing Balm
2 oz  Beeswax
2oz RosemaryRosemary infused olive oil
1 oz Calendula Petal infused olive oil
1 oz Plantain infused olive oil
1 oz St. John's Wort infused olive oil
1 oz  Comfrey infused olive oil
 Melt all together til beeswax is melted then add:
6 drops Vitamin E
5 drops Pine Needle Essential Oil
5 drops Chamomile Essential Oil
5 drops Lavender Essential Oil
5 drops Lavender Essential Oil
*quick infusion-7oz olive oil, 1oz each herb heat for 1-3 hrs* DO NOT BOIL

Massage Balm
5 oz Shea Butter
3 oz Beeswax
1 TBS Coconut Oil
1/2 TBS Sweet Almond Oil
1/2 TBS Menthol Crystals
1/2 TBS Camphor Crystals
1 tsp Vegetable GlycerinVegetable Glycerin
10 Drops Pine Needle Essential Oil
20 Drops Eucalyptus Essential OilEucalyptus Essential Oil
Melt Shea butter, beeswax and coconut oil together. Remove from heat.  Add all other ingredients except essential oils.  Stir until the camphor and menthol crystals are dissolved. (can reheat if necessary to melt crystals).  Allow to cool slightly, add essential oils and pour into container.

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*Using distilled water reduces “ash” on soap during the cure. Tap water contains sodium, iron and other impurities that can cause ash to form.
*Sometimes ash is inevitable. Don’t be alarmed.. It can be easily removed by simply cutting off.
*Experiment with fragrance combos on a tissue first. It will save a lot of money if your idea doesn’t smell too great in your soap. (Lesson from experience!)
* You don’t necessarily have to buy colorants like micas and other soap colorants. Try melting part of a crayon in a small amount of your base oils and add at trace. Natural colorants such as cinnamon, paprika, and cocoa powder are also excellent choices.
* Add your favorite herbs and botanicals to your soaps at trace. They can offer beautiful, and unique coloring to soaps.


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