1. Gear up for safety: gloves, goggles and long sleeves
2. Measure lye into a small cup using a digital scale
3. Measure out water
4. Carefully pour lye into water while stirring and set aside to cool
5. Melt shea butter and coconut oil, then add avocado and castor oil
6. Scrape out a small avocado, weigh out 4.5 oz, and smash it up with a fork
7. Add the smashed avocado to the warm oils and stick blend until all of the avocado is evenly blended in, no clumps.
8. Add essential oils and kaolin clay to the oils and stick blend
9. Carefully pour the lye solution into the oils and stick blend to medium trace (pudding consistency)

Optional layer design:

1. Separate a ¼ (~ 300g) of the batter into a small container and add 1 ½ teaspoon of dispersed nettle leaf powder
2. Use a whisk to thoroughly incorporate nettle leaf powder until you see no more clumps
3. Take the uncolored batter and fill the mold half way
4. Wait until that first layer is thick enough to support another layer
5. Then gently pour the green batter over a spatula into the mold, so that it doesn't break too much into the first layer

Continue:

1. Pour the uncolored batter into the mold
2. Give the mold a good tap to release any air bubbles
3. To texture the top, I used a small plastic knife to drag midway across (see image above)
4. Put the soap in the freezer overnight
5. Take it out and let it sit at room temperature for another 24 - 48 hours until the soap is hard enough to be released from the mold
6. Pull on all sides of the mold first, then gently push from the bottom
7. Cut into bars and cure for 4-6 weeks
8. Enjoy!