Apples, Woods and Berries

                                                         Recipes

We recommend that you always use a soap calculator to calculate the lye/water ratio for your recipes and formulas. We have several soap recipes here for you to enjoy. These recipes were written by Sally Trew.

http://www.soapcalc.com/calc/soapcalc.asp

Basic Soap Recipe:

This is a good basic recipe to start with. It's simple and yet makes a really nice

 bar of soap.

Castor Oil   10%

Coconut Oil  20%

Shea Butter  10%

Palm oil   60%

Please use the SoapCalc to calculate your water/lye solution.

INS  160

Hardness 50

Cleansing 14

Conditioning 47

lather  68

Iodine  48

Red Palm Butter Soap  

Cocoa Butter          10%                                                              

Shea Butter            12%

Coconut Oil (76 degree)  21 %

Red Palm Butter   14 %

Palm Oil       30 %

Olive Oil     6 %

Castor Oil   7 %

Please use a Soap Calc to calculate your own water/lye solution. IF your soap calc does

 not list Red Palm Butter you can calculate the lye by adding palm oil as the red palm

butter percent.  So I put palm oil in twice. Their SAP is the same. http://www.soapcalc.com/calc/soapcalc.asp

INS   161

Hardness   51

Cleansing   15

Conditioning   46

Bubbly & Creamy Lather  64

Iodine    47

Mango Butter Soap

Castor Oil   7 %

Shea Butter  10 %

Mango Butter  20%

Coconut Oil ( 76 degrees)  21 %

Olive Oil   8%

Palm Oil  34 %

Please use a Soap Calc to calculate your own water/lye solution. http://www.soapcalc.com/calc/soapcalc.asp

INS   160

Hardness   50

Cleansing   14

Conditioning  48

Bubbly & Creamy Lather  63

Iodine  48

Facial Bar With Peanut Oil

Castor Oil       13%

Cocoa Butter  5%

Coconut Oil    10%

Shea Butter    10%

Olive Oil        10%

Peanut Oil     12%

Red Palm Butter 5%

Palm Oil       35%

Always use the SoapCalc for your own lye/water solution.

INS 138

Cleansing 7

Conditioning 59

Lather    62

Iodine    60

Hardness 38

Surprisingly after this bar has cured out it bubbles a lot more and is harder then I thought it would be. Very nice on mature skin.

Goober Soap with Peanut Oil ( my favorite recipe )

Castor Oil       12%

Mango Butter  8%

Coconut Oil    17%

Cocoa Butter   5%

Peanut Oil      15%

Palm Oil        43%

Be sure and use the Soapcalc to get your own water/lye solution.

Hardness   44

Cleansing  12

Conditioning 53

Lather   67

Iodine   54

INS   152

Teenage Acne Soap - This bar must sit and cure for at least 3 months before it is used.

Before you start, this soap will get HARD in the mold very quickly and needs to be cut 6-8 hours AFTER it is poured. Be sure to wear protective gloves while you unmold and cut because the lye will still be active.

Coconut Oil    60%

Cocoa Butter  10%

Palm Oil         30%

Use the Soapcalc for your own water/lye solution.

INS   214

Hardness   68

Cleansing  40

Conditioning  25

Lather 68

Iodine   20

Lip Balm Recipe

Makes about 8 oz of balm

5 oz Beeswax or other hard wax of your choice

1 oz Jojoba Oil

1 oz Sweet Almond oil or other soft oil of your choice

1 oz Mowrah Butter

A few drops of Vit. E

Lip balm Flavoring of your choice