Handmade Soap Recipe: Egg & Lemon Shampoo bar

28oz/792g olive oil
2 egg yolks
2oz/57g beeswax
2oz/57g creamed coconut
9.5oz/269g spring water
4oz/113g lye
2tbsp/30g lemon essential oil
1tsp/5g vitamin E oil

1. Grease the mould. Set aside 1oz/28g of oilve oil and whisk this up with the egg yolks.
2. Place the remaining olive oil, beewax and creamed coconut in pot.
3. Add lye to water.

Handmade Soap Recipe: Baby Soap

227g/8oz vegetable fat
227g/8oz calendula-infused sweet almond oil
227g/8oz sunflower oil
227g/8oz white beeswax
312g/11oz spring water
142g/5oz lye
5g/1tsp carrot seed oil

The temperature: 49 - 60°C/120 - 140°F
Trace time: 90mins

Add the carrot seed oil and stir well when traced.

Leave to set for 24hrs or until the soap reaches a solid consistency. And leave to cure for 6 weeks.

The recipe is from Melinda Coss.

Handmade Soap Recipe: Kitchen soap

30g/2 tbsp fresh coffee grounds
325g/11.5oz spring water
340g/12oz dripping/tallow
340g/12oz coconut oil
227g/8oz olive oil
142g/5oz sodium hydroxide/caustic soda/lye

1. Boil the water and pour it over the coffee. Stir it and leave it to cold.
2. Heat the oil  until dissolved.
3. Add the lye to the coffee.
4.When the temperature is between 49-60°C, pour lye solution into the oil. Stir occasionally until reaches trace.
5. Pour immediately into the mould and cover with a towel.

The recipe is from Melinda Coss.

Handmade Shampoo Bar Recipe

http://www.zimbio.com/Make+Your+Own+Handmade+Soaps,+Shampoos,+Bath+and+Body+Products/articles/214/Best+Shampoo+Bar+Recipe

* 2 oz Castor Oil



* 2 oz Jojoba Oil


* 8 oz Soybean Oil


* 12 oz Distilled Water


* 8 oz Coconut Oil


* 12 oz Olive Oil


* 4.3 oz NaOH (Lye)



Measure Oils and put in crock. Turn on low. Measure water and lye. Mix outside. Put lye water mix in crock, bring to trace and let cook 30 minutes, stirring a couple times. Then stir down, cook another 15-30 minutes (coconut oil makes this thing cook faster than I thought before)and constantly stir.

Handmade Soap Saponification Chart by Theresa Lott

The chart is from Theresa Lott: http://www.soapnaturally.org/calculator/index.html

Since the chart works by proportion it doesn't matter if you use ounces or grams. There is a regular column for those who need to know the exact amount of lye to use and wish to superfat what they wish, and a second column that shows a 5% superfat figure. I personally use the 5% superfat figures and do not hold any oils out to add at the end. All of my oils are added at the same time.


To use the chart in the "Input Oil" column put in how many ounces or grams of that particular oil you wish to use in your recipe. Then press enter on your keyboard. Work your way down the chart adding in all your oils. Once you are finished, scroll down to the bottom of the chart. You can add in any extra ingredients, recipe notes, etc in the Extra Ingredients section. I would then recommend printing out the chart. Also do a FILE and SAVEAS on your computer and give this recipe a file name. If you keep one blank chart you can use it over and over again for the creation of new recipes.

Decide which column you wish to use, either the Regular Soap or the 5% superfat soap. Then use the amount of lye and water at the bottom of that column in your recipe.