Bamboo Mint Cold Process Soap Tutorial

• Baking & Spices

  • 20 14 oz. avocado oil
  • 10 7 oz. cocoa butter

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 25 17.5 oz. coconut oil
  • 30 21 oz. olive oil
  • 5 3.5 oz. castor oil
  • 3 1/2 oz Bamboo mint fragrance oil

• Dairy

  • 10 7 oz. mango butter

• Liquids

  • 23 oz Distilled water

• Other

  • 18 Bar birchwood mold
  • Green Chrome Oxide Pigment
  • Evergreen Mica
  • Flowers and Spirals Impression Mat
  • Silicone Liner for 18 Bar Mold
  • 9.7 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye
  • Titanium Dioxide

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Description

Ingredients

• 18 Bar Birchwood Mold
• Silicone Liner for 18 Bar Mold
• Flowers and Spirals Impression Mat
• 14 oz. Avocado Oil (20%)
• 3.5 oz. Castor Oil (5%)
• 7 oz. Cocoa Butter (10%)
• 17.5 oz. Coconut Oil (25%)
• 7 oz. Mango Butter (10%)
• 21 oz. Olive Oil (30%)
• 23 oz. Distilled Water
• 9.7 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye
• Titanium Dioxide
• Green Chrome Oxide Pigment
• Evergreen Mica
• 3.5 oz. Bamboo Mint Fragrance Oil

Directions

• Slowly and carefully add the lye to the water and gently stir until the lye has fully dissolved and the liquid is clear. Set aside to cool.
• Melt and combine the avocado oil, castor oil, cocoa butter, coconut oil, mango butter and olive oil. Once the lye water and the oils have cooled to 110-120 F degrees or below (and are ideally within 10 degrees of each other), add the lye water to the oils and stick blend until thin trace. If you’d like a harder bar of soap that releases faster from the mold, you can add sodium lactate to the cooled lye water. Use 1 teaspoon of sodium lactate per pound of oils in the recipe. For this recipe, you’d add about 5.5 teaspoons sodium lactate. Because this recipe contains a large amount of olive oil, you may find it takes a little bit longer to trace.
• Once the soap has reached a thin trace, split off about 200 mL of soap. Add 1.5 teaspoons of dispersed titanium dioxide. Use a whisk to mix in.
• Pour enough white soap into the mold to just cover the bottom.
• Use a Scraper tool to spread the soap throughout the mold. You want the white soap to fill the indents of the design, while the raised pattern should be wiped clean of white soap as much as possible. Place any leftover white soap back into the small container.
• From the main batch of soap, split off about 500 mL of soap into a separate container. Add 1 teaspoon of dispersed Chrome Green Oxide and use a whisk to mix in.
• Carefully pour the green soap into the mold. Try to avoid breaking the white layer as much as possible; the idea is to let the dark green soap show on only the raised design as much as possible. I found using a spoon to carefully cover the pattern worked best. Continue until all the green soap is used up.
• Add the Bamboo Mint Fragrance Oil to the main batch. Use a whisk to mix in thoroughly.
• Pour off about 900 mL of soap into a separate container, and add 2 tablespoons dispersed Evergreen Mica and use a whisk to mix in.
• To the uncolored soap, add 1 tablespoon of dispersed titanium dioxide. I also added the leftover white soap used to fill in the impression mat back into this container of white soap. Now it’s time for an in-the-pot swirl! Pour the green soap into the white soap, pouring from about 6-8 inches above. Pouring from above allows the green soap to break through to the bottom of the container. Continue to pour the soap into various areas of the white soap container. Use a dowel or chopstick to swirl the soap once or twice.
• Spoon the swirled soap on top of the dark green. Once you have covered the green layer, continue to pour the white and green soap into the mold until completely full.
• Spread the back of the soap with a spoon or spatula to smooth. Spritz with 99% isopropyl alcohol to help prevent soda ash, then cover and insulate for 24 hours. Allow the soap to stay in the mold for 3-4 days. Remove from the mold and remove the impression mat. Cut into bars. Allow the bars to cure for 4-6 weeks to allow them to fully cure. Enjoy!