How to Make Hot Process Bastille Honey Soap---Great for Babies!

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Matushka.Susan

subheading: Ingredients for Honey Bastille Soap Recipe:

subheading: Lye Solution:

9.3 ounces distilled water

3.54 ounces sodium hydroxide (lye)

subheading: Oil Mixture:

21 ounces olive oil (Yep! That much! This is a soap with 75% olive oil.) **Costco has the best prices!

4.5 ounces shea butter

2.5 ounces castor oil (helps with lather)

subheading: Colorant:

I added about a tablespoon of honey to the oil mixture as it was melting in the crock pot, and it gave the soap a pretty brown color. That's not why I added the honey, but that is what it did to the color.

subheading: Scent:

1.5 ounces Lavender Essential Oil (Link is to Starwest Botanicals, where I get essential oils for soap making)

.5 ounce pure vanilla extract (no chemical additives, sweeteners, etc.) **Find out how to make your own Vanilla Extract! , along with a story about Vanilla.

Learn to make soap! Jan Berry instructions are where I first learned to make cold process soap! This is a wonderful resource to have and will get you started!

subheading: Tools You'll Need to Make Hot Process Soap:

subheading: The tools needed for hot process soap differ just a little bit from cold process soap. The chemical process is sped up during the cook time, and although hot process soap is the more traditional method, these days modern soap makers use a crock pot! Here are the tools you'll need:

A large crock pot, and I prefer the manual ones.

A hand blender

A kitchen scale for measuring

Wooden spoons

Heat resistant pitcher for the lye solution

Safety Gear ( glasses & gloves)

Soap mold

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