Coconut 50%
Rice Bran Oil 40%
Shae butter 10%
1/2 cup salt per pound of oils.
See directions below for lye and handling instructions--
I like to separate the quantity of coarse Kosher and table sea salt and put color in the salt. I divide out the recipe after lye is added, and mix in the colored salt. Then I put Titanium dioxide in one batch and layer the colored batches into a loaf mold. I use coarse salt on top, with shiny diamond dust mica, or color in it.
Here's my first batch ever--
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34020329@N07/3167963257/
These are the directions from the lady who gave me the original recipe that I modified:
Begin Quote:
"Sweetviolet's Spa Salt Bars
90% Coconut
10% Shea Butter
1/2 cup coarse sea salt per lb of oils
Run through Soap Calc, did not take water discount,
superfat at 15%. Blend oils (I do not melt or just
slightly melt so they can be mixed together well),
mix lye and water and add to oils when lye has cooled
(I use room temp oils and lye). When at medium trace
added colorant and fo or eo, and then coarse sea salt,
swirling together. Pour into log mold, add salt to top,
patting lightly to get salt to adhere to top of soap.
Place in preheated oven at 150 degrees, left for 2 hours,
shut off oven, left until morning. I have also left in
a warm oven at 150 degrees over night (well from say 2
until 8). This worked well so the soap was warm when I
was ready to cut. Bars must be slightly warm to cut, or
will be very hard and they might crumble. If too cool, put
back in oven at 150 degrees for about a half hour and
cut immediately.
That is the basic recipe I used, but you can switch other
oils as long as you use at least 50-60% coconut. I have
used alkanet infused rice bran oil, castor and/or sunflower.
I have subbed Monoi for up to 50 % of coconut to make a
decadent, lovely fragranced bar.
Do not use Epsom salts, it is not the same as sea salt, and a lot of people
have had problems using Dead Sea salt. I just use plain sea salt. I prefer
the coarse, but you can use med or fine.
Cut while warm, or rewarm in oven to cut." End Quote
These are awesome, and I'm so thankful someone gave me a leg up on making them.
HTH,
Val
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