This section will not teach you the detail steps and instructions on how to make the cold process soap (only describes the simplified version at bottom of page), instead will share the best recipes with you and this will be very useful for those already know the basic techniques and skills to make cold process soap.
Creamy and Luxurious Soap Recipe
Any soap recipe that includes milk is known to be super moisturizing and gives your soap a luxurious creamy touch. You can replace the water in your lye solution with milk either entirely or use half water and half milk when dissolving the lye. You can also use powdered milk that you add during the trace step. Either ways, this is a wonderful recipe if you suffer from dry skin.
The oils
- 2.75 ounces 14% almond oil
- 1 ounce 5% castor oil
- 5.3 ounces 27% olive oil
- 5.3 ounces 27% palm oil
- 5.3 ounces 27% coconut oil
For the Lye solution
- 2.8 ounces of lye
- 5.9 ounces of water
Additional
- 1 ounce fragrance oil
Note: You can make half the 5.9 water and half of it milk. If you decide to use liquid milk, add the milk with the lye solution. If you decided to use heavy cream instead of milk, add it with the oils
Lavender Heaven
This heavenly recipe is admired by many due to its magical aroma. Follow the usual cold process soap making steps. Add the ingredients titled under “the magic touch” at trace. Let your wonder soap cure for 3-4 weeks. Add colorants if desired. The blend of patchouli along with the orange essence and lavender gives this recipe a distinctive touch.
This recipe makes about 3 pounds of lavender infused soap
The oils
- 10.2 ounces of coconut oil
- 10.2 ounces of olive oil
- 3.4 ounces of sunflower oil
- 1.7 ounces of cocoa butter
- 1.7 ounces of castor oil
- 6.8 ounces of palm oil
For the Lye solution
- 4.9 ounces of lye
- 11.3 ounces of water
The magic touch
- 2 tbsp. of lightly ground lavender buds
- 0.8 ounces of lavender essential oil
- 0.5 ounces of orange essential oil
- 0.3 ounces of patchouli essential oil
Green Tea with Eucalyptus and Lemon Grass Nature’s Blend
This recipe allows you to include the magic of brewed green tea and green tea leaves in your soap. Follow the usual cold process soap making steps. Add the ingredients titled under “the magic touch” at trace. Let your wonder soap cure for 3-4 weeks. Add colorants if desired. A light green color would reflect and match with the aroma of the soap.
The oils
- 11 ounces of olive oil
- 5.2 ounces of palm kernel oil
- 4.6 ounces of soybean oil
- 6.3 ounces of coconut oil
- 2.3 ounces of cocoa butter
- 8.4 ounces palm oil
- 5.1 ounces of sunflower oil
- 2.7 ounces of castor oil
For the lye solution
- 6.4 ounces of lye
- 13 ounces of home brewed fresh green tea
The magic touch
- 5- 8 tsp of green tea leaves from what you brewed
- 1.1 ounces of lemongrass essential oil
- 1.1 ounces of eucalyptus essential oil
Coffee Soap Recipe
It will be such a pleasant day to start with the smell of coffee on your hands. Even if you are running late and couldn’t drink your coffee, you can still make it through the day by using this soap recipe. You can use the standard soap recipe; however, you can replace the water in the lye solution with freshly brewed coffee rather than purely water. You can use half the allocated weight of water as coffee or use it entirely as coffee. You can add 1-2 teaspoons freshly ground coffee for each pound of soap as a powerful exfoliating agent. Follow the usual cold process soap making steps. Add the ingredients titled under “the magic touch” at trace. Let your magic soap cure for 3-4 weeks. The peppermint oil compliments the smell of coffee beautifully and sensually.
The oils
- 6.5 ounces of coconut oil
- 7.5 ounces of olive oil
- 6.5 ounces of palm oil
- 1.3 ounces of castor oil
The Lye Mixture
- 3.1 ounces of lye
- 8 ounces water (split to 4 oz. of water and 4 coffee or substitute with 8 oz of coffee
The magic touch
- 1-2 tsp of Ground Coffee
- 1 ounce of peppermint oil (optional)
Healthy Classical Pine Tar soap
Pine tar is one of the classical ingredients in soap due to its health benefits on the skin such as fighting eczema and other skin conditions. Pine tar has a wood like smell with a gooey appearance. You can create a water bath for a glass dish that contains the pine tar to make it more liquid. Be careful with using this recipe for commercial purposes as you become legally responsible for creating a drug responsible for medical treatment rather than a cosmetic product which requires lots of health regulation and testing to be compliant with consumer protection laws.
The Oils
- 8.2 ounces of Palm kernel oil
- 13.5 ounces of Lard
- 13.5 ounces of Olive oil
- 5.8 ounces of Sunflower oil
- 7.1 ounces of Pine tar (added to the oils)
For the Lye Mixture
- 5.9 ounces of Lye
- 15.8 ounces of water (1 tbsp. sugar added to it)
The Magic Touch
- Blend 2.5 ounces of Essential oils such as tea tree, lavender, tea tree, eucalyptus
French Green Clay Soap
French clay is perfect for the skin, adding it to your soap is such a luxurious touch and takes your soap making skills to the next level.
The Oils
- 1 ounce of castor oil
- 2.1 ounces of canola oil
- 5.2 ounces of palm oil
- 6.3 ounces of coconut oil
- 6.3 ounces of olive oil
For the Lye Solution
- 3 ounces of lye
- 7.2 ounces of goat’s milk
The Magic Touch
- 1 ounce of any earthy fragrance oil
- 4-8 tablespoons of French green clay (you can add more based on how much clay you want in your soap)
Here are the simplified steps for all the recipes
- Weigh all your ingredients using the digital scale
- Add the lye to the pitcher containing water (not the other way around) and stir to make a lye solution
- Heat the oils to 110 F thru double boiler or microwave
- Remove from stove and add the lye solution to the oil when they are at 100 F and stir
- Using a stick blender, mix the mixture in short bursts until you achieve trace
- Add your fragrance or essential oils
- Pour your soap mixture into your chosen mold and let it harden for 12-24 hours to solidify
- Once unmolded, cut the soap into bars and leave them in a well-ventilated area to cure for 4 to 6 weeks before using, turning them every few days to ensure that they cure evenly.