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Beeswax and Honey Soap Recipe

Homemade honey & beeswax soap recipe with nourishing olive oil and shea butter. Technical details: superfat: 5%, lye concentration: 35%

Course Cold Process Soap Recipes
Cuisine skincare
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Additional Time 2 days
Total Time 2 days 25 minutes
Servings 4 bars or 1 lb of soap
Author Celine Logan

Ingredients

  • 2.7 oz distilled water 76 g
  • 1.4 oz Sodium Hydroxide (lye) 41 g
  • 3.2 oz coconut oil 89 g (30%)
  • 3.9 oz olive oil 110 g (37%)
  • 2.6 oz shea butter 74 g (25%)
  • 0.2 oz beeswax pellets white or yellow beeswax, 6 g (2%)
  • 0.6 oz castor oil 18 g (6%)
  • 0.4 oz honeycomb fragrance oil from brambleberry: 11 g
  • 1 teaspoon honey fully liquid, if crystalized heat up in microwave or water bath and let cool

Instructions

  1. Gear up for safety! Put on gloves and goggles, wear long sleeves and make sure you're in a well-ventilated area
  2. Into small plastic cup measure lye
  3. Into medium sized container measure water
  4. Create lye water solution by adding lye to water and stir until fully dissolved. Don't inhale fumes coming off the lye solution! Set aside to cool.
  5. Prepare soap mold by cutting bubble wrap into 3 x 2 ¼ inch pieces, place on bottom of mold
  6. Place mold on cutting board for easy handling later
  7. Melt coconut oil, shea butter and beeswax over medium heat in a water bath or on short bursts in the microwave, make sure beeswax is fully melted
  8. Add olive and castor oil

  9. Ensure temperature of lye solution and oils is at around 130 degrees F

  10. Add fragrance oil and honey to melted oils
  11. Slowly and carefully pour lye solution into the oils
  12. Stick blend briefly until soap batter is at very light trace (light pudding consistency)
  13. Continue stirring using spatula until medium trace
  14. Pour soap mixture into soap mold and tap down to release any air bubbles
  15. Place soaps in freezer for 3-4 hours
  16. Unmold bars of soap after 48 hours by pulling on sides first. Gently peel off bubble wrap
  17. Let soap cure for 4-6 weeks
  18. Store in empty shoebox away from heat and humidity up to 12 months