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3 bars of organic soap sit next to a block of the same soap

How To Make Natural Organic Soap Recipe With Green Clay & Wheatgrass

This organic soap smells amazing and is suitable for both face or body. I've chosen oils that will create a nice hard bar, with lots of bubbles. They are also readily available and easy to work with. 
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Active Time: 30 minutes
Curing Time: 28 days
Total Time: 28 days 45 minutes
Course: Soapmaking
Cuisine: N/A
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Yield (adjustable): 8 chunky bars
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Ingredients:

Equipment:

Instructions:

  • If you are new to soapmaking, please refer to my basic cold process soap guide, read that in full before you try to make this soap.
    I always find it best to prepare everything before I start making my soap. So I make sure I have my mold, stirrers and blender within reach, and that all the ingredients have been weighed out.
    Then Put on your protective clothing, mask gloves and glasses
    soapmaking PPE
  • Pour your lye into the distilled water, and stir until dissolved.
    127.64 grams Soapmaking Lye, 255.28 grams Distilled Water
    Lye crystals are poured into distilled water
  • Add the green clay and wheatgrass powder to the lye water, stir until well incorporated. The clay and grass won't fully dissolve so it will look a bit grainy. Set a side in a safe place to cool.
    1 tsp French Green Clay, 2 tsp Wheatgrass
    The wheatgrass and green clay are added to the liquid lye
  • Place the oils and butters into a good size heat proof container . Do not add the essential oils at this point. Gently heat the oils in the microwave until the solid oil and butter has been melted.
    360 grams Olive Oil, 315 grams Coconut Oil, 45 grams Avocado Oil, 135 grams Castor Oil, 45 grams Cocoa Butter
    All of the oils in this recipe (excluding the essential oil) are added to a heatproof mixing bowl
  • Check the temperature of the oils and lye regularly. You want them both to cool to around 120 to 90f. Once lye and the oils have fallen to around 120f - 90f it's time to mix them together.
    A soap maker measures the temperature of the oils to compare with the lye
  • Carefully pour the lye into the melted oils and give the batter a good stir with a silicone spatula.
    The lye is added to the melted oils
  • Grab your stick blender and blend the batter using 30 second intervals until you reach trace (when a small mound of batter takes a few seconds to blend back within the mixture)
    The mixture is beaten with a stick blender
  • Add the essential oils to the batter and stir until fully incorporated. This can be done with a few short blasts with the stick blender or manually with a spatula.
    15 grams Bergamot Essential Oil, 10 grams May Chang Essential Oil, 7 grams Palmarosa Essential Oil
    Essential oil is added to the soap batter
  • Once you have a good thick trace, pour or spoon the batter into the mold. Level out and tap the sides of the mold to make sure the soap gets into all the corners.
    The soap batter is poured into the mold
  • Use a spoon to make a wave pattern on the top of the soap and set aside for 24 hours to harden.
    Then, release the soap from the mold and cut into slices. Although the soap should no longer be very caustic, it will still be too harsh on the skin so you will need to cure it for around 4 weeks before using.
    The back of a spoon is used to make impressions on the surface of the soap batter
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