Brambleberry soap recipes: 60 photos

You can never go wrong with a 34/33/33 ratio. That's 34% olive oil, 33% coconut oil, and 33% palm oil. It creates a firm, moisturizing bar with great bubbles. From there, you can start experimenting and adding your favorite oils.

around 120-130° F.. Once you're ready to make soap, you want your oils and lye water to be around 120-130° F. Lower temperatures may not reach gel phase as easily. The final factor to consider is the temperature of your soap making space. If it's really cold, you may need to cover the mold with a towel and put it on a heating pad.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(WWLHZuaiMt7QwPAP3uPwuAY__40,

To calculate the oil percentage in soap, simply divide the total weight of the oils by the total weight of the lye and water. For example, if your recipe uses 100 grams of lye and 200 grams of water, and the total weight of all the oils is 300 grams, then the oil percentage would be 50%.

Cold process soap making is the original, traditional method of making soap by combining fat or oil (animal or plant based) with sodium hydroxide lye then blending in addition of essential oils and colorants as required. This treatment causes a chemical reaction called saponification which takes up to 48 hours.

around 5%. Generally we superfat to around 5%, which means that every bar of soap will have 5% of excess oils. You can use an online calculator to work out the quantity of sodium hydroxide needed to saponify 95% of your butters and oils leaving the remaining 5% as a superfat.