Homemade Coffee Scrub Soap

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 5 oz Coconut oil
  • 5 oz Olive oil
  • 6 oz Soybean oil

• Drinks

  • 1 tsp Coffee, Grounds

• Liquids

  • 6 oz Purified water, hot spring

• Other

  • 2 oz Lye

Found on frugalfarmwife.com

Ingredients

• 6 oz of hot spring/purified water
• 1 teaspoon coffee grounds
• 2 oz lye
• 5 oz coconut oil
• 5 oz olive oil
• 6 oz soybean oil (also known as vegetable oil)

Directions

• Tip: you will want a digital read out food scale for the most accurate results as using liquid measuring cups results in varying results)
• Mix coffee ground in water to make coffee and allow to cool
• Mix lye and coffee together until lye beads or crystals have dissolved
• Allow to cool again to between 120-130º (a great tool for instantly measuring your soaping temperatures is an infrared instant read thermometer)
• Combine oils and heat to about 120º as well
• When all your ingredients are relatively close in temperature, it’s time to mix them together!
• You can either mix vigorously with a spoon for as long as 45 minutes, or use a stick blender to pulse and stir - which should take about 5-6 minutes
• Either way, store until your soap mixture reaches a trace (you can read more about soap tracing here)
• Pour into molds, and cover
• Set your soap away in a safe place for a few days to let it set up and harden.
• After that, you can unfold your soap, and cut it into bars if you used a loaf type mold
• Put your soap back away in a safe place, and continue to let it cure for three weeks.
• That’s it! After three weeks, you soap is ready to use.
• Note: This is a cold process soap making method. You can read instructions here on how to make hot process soap, which can be used right away here (you can use these ingredients in place of the ones called for).
• Enjoy!