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Face Soap Recipe (Printable)

This soap is gentle and nourishing enough to be used on the face. Filled with soothing clay, coconut milk and essential oils.

Course Cold Process Soap Recipes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 28 days
Total Time 28 days 20 minutes
Servings 9 bars
Author Celine Logan

Ingredients

  • Distilled Water: 5 oz 140 g
  • Lye Sodium Hydroxide): 2.5 oz 70 g
  • Olive Oil: 7 oz 200 g
  • Shea Butter: 5 oz 140 g)
  • Coconut Oil : 5 oz 140 g
  • Rosehip Oil: 1 oz 30g
  • Jojoba Oil: 1 oz 30g
  • Rose Clay: 1 ½ tsp I got mine from Nurture Soap, but you can find it here also
  • Kaolin Clay: 1 tsp
  • Coconut Milk Powder: 1 Tbsp
  • Lavender Essential Oil: 12 g
  • Geranium Essential Oil: 4 g

Instructions

  1. Gear up for safety: Put on gloves, goggles and long sleeves. Make sure there are no kids or pets around
  2. Place the sunflower molds on a cutting board
  3. Create a lye solution by pouring the lye into the water (never the other way around!), avoid inhaling fumes coming from the solution; stir until lye is dissolved, then set aside to cool
  4. Melt shea butter and coconut oil in a double boiler on low heat or in the microwave on 30-second bursts
  5. Add olive oil, rosehip oil and jojoba oil to melted shea butter and coconut oil
  6. Add essential oils to melted base oils
  7. Add rose clay, coconut milk powder and kaolin clay to base oils
  8. With your stick blender mix base oils until coconut milk powder and clays are well incorporated and you see no more clumps
  9. Carefully add lye solution to base oils by pouring it down the shaft of your stick blender to avoid air bubbles
  10. Stick blend until medium trace (thin pudding consistency) is achieved
  11. Pour soap batter into the mold and give it a few taps on the counter (to release air bubbles)
  12. After 24 - 36 hours release soaps from the mold
  13. Cure for 4 - 6 weeks
  14. Store in a dry cool place away from sunlight and humidity