Handmade Frankincense and Myrrh Soap

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 oz Cocoa butter
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • 30 oz Tallow
  • 2 tbsp Turmeric

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 16 oz Coconut oil
  • 1/2 oz Essential oil, orange
  • 1 oz Frankincense essential oil
  • 1/2 oz Myrrh essential oil
  • 16 oz Olive oil

• Liquids

  • 24 oz Water

• Other

  • 9oz lye

Found on simplelifemom.com

Description

Ingredients

• 30oz Tallow
• 16oz Olive oil
• 16oz Coconut oil
• 2oz cocoa butter
• 24oz water
• 9oz lye
• 2 Tbsp turmeric
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1oz frankincense essential oil
• 0.5oz myrrh essential oil
• 0.5-1oz orange essential oil

Directions

• Weigh and combine tallow, olive oil coconut oil, and cocoa butter in a large stainless steel pot.
• Melt and cool fats to 95-100 degrees F.
• Weigh water and lye. Add lye to water (not the other way around) OUTSIDE, being careful not to breathe in fumes. Cool to 95-100 degrees F.
• Add lye water to fats and stir with hand mixer on and off until light trace.
• Remove a cups worth of soap and add turmeric and paprika. Combine until there are no clumps and add soap back into batch, mixing well (or wait and swirl it in after you pour your batch into your mold).
• Add essential oils and mix until well combined.