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Mesa by Debbie Morris

This soap is meant to fit into the Zen theme since it makes me think about Arizona and meditating in the desert.

Base Ingredients

90% Olive oil
10% Castor oil
1/4 cup Annato

Distilled Water
NaOH [6% superfatted]

The annato was infused in 2 cups of the olive oil then blended with the remainder of the olive oil to create the shades I was looking for.

Additives

Ultra iridescent cosmetic grade glitter
Pink clay
Red clay

The amount of clays used per batch were varied to get a shade I liked and not measured.

Scented with

Peppermint essential oil
Peru Balsam essential oil
5 fold orange essential oil

The percentages of eos were 40% Peppermint, 40% Peru Balsam and 20% 5 Fold Orange in the colored layers and 50% Peppermint 50% Peru Balsam in the white layer. I used approximately 30ml of essential oils per pound of soap.

Note/Method

This soap was made in 6 layers. I used two molds, each of which holds a soap recipe using three pounds of oils. I made 6 1 pound batches and split each batch between the two molds. The layers were made and poured one after the other, and a spatula was used to create some texture between the layers.The layers were colored with various amounts of either pink clay, red clay and/or from the annato within the olive oil.

The orange essential oil has significant color and was left out of the lighter colored layers. I have absolutely no idea why the white layer developed such a large amount of soda ash.

I added some ultrafine glitter to the soap surface after cutting and aging the soap. It was simply rubbed onto the exterior of the "ashy" light pink layer as an afterthought - minimal amount used.

Debbie

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Soap Naturally Recipes 7th International Soap Swap NAME's Soap Recipe

Mesa by Debbie Morris

Base Ingredients

Additives

Note/Method

Soap Naturally Recipes
7th International Soap Swap
NAME's Soap Recipe