Homemade Soap Recipes
Easy Soapmaking Instructions for Olive Oil based Handmade Soap Recipe using Sandalwood, Jasmine and Geranium Essential Oils.
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Sandalwood, Geranium and Jasmine Essential Oil Soap - A heavenly soap to clear your mind - unwind and relax with !
How to make handmade soap - Sandalwood, Geranium and Jasmine Essential Oil Soap.
Soap making Ingredients, all weighed out on a scale.
20 oz of Olive oil
2.5 oz Lye
7.5 oz Water
10 drops Sandalwood Essential Oil
10 drops Jasmine Essential Oil
5 drops Geranium Essential Oil
Equipment that you need.
Steel pan
Pyrex jug
Candy thermometer
2 wooden spoons
Stick blender
Eye protection and rubber gloves (health and safety !)
Greaseproof paper
Plastic cartons or silicone cake moulds.
Soapmaking instructions for Sandalwood, Jasmine and Geranium Soap.
1. Put water into jug, place jug in sink.
2.Open window, don eye-protection and rubber gloves.
3.Gently sprinkle lye into the water, mix gently,with wooden spoon, it will get very hot.
Take care not to splash it about.
4.Leave the jug in the sink.
5.Heat the oil in the steel pan, over a gentle heat until it reaches 110F, use the candy thermometer.
6.Test lye temperature when it is also 110F, gently add into the heated oil.
7.Mix lye and oil together using the stick blender.....carefully !
8.When the mixture resembles creamy custard and is at the point where a drizzle of the mix will lay briefly on top of the mixture, "trace" has been reached.
9.Add the essential oils into the mixture, give the mix one last gentle zizz with the stick blender to fully incorporate the final ingredients.
Thats It !
Now pour the mixture into your chosen mould.
Smooth down mix.
Cover with greaseproof paper.
Wrap blankets over the top and walk away for 2 days.
After 48 hours, take out of the moulds.
Place onto greaseproof paper and leave for 5 weeks to "cure".
After 5 weeks the soap is ready.
Enjoy your heavenly Sandalwood, Jasmine and Geranium soap !
Follow the links below to discover how to use essential oils in your home, for beauty and health,
for cooking, for cleaning, in soapmaking and also how to grow herbs. Try planting some Jasmine or Geraniums and enjoy the beautiful fragrances they emit :)
Why not go to the Make Soap page for more homemade soap recipes, see the link below to try some easy Olive Oil based soap recipes.
All of the recipes use only Olive Oil, Essential Oils and Herbs, there are many to choose from, if you
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