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.

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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.