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Margarita Salt Spa by Sharon Elvin

So what to make for a Zen Soap? Total blank, nothingness, meditation. So where does one achieve this? In the spa, let the aroma surround you.

Zen to me, Zen is time out when you are totally relaxed and the mind is cleared. This soap is to help one achieve clarity of mind, in the spa. Enjoy !

Base Ingredients

875 g Palm oil
486 g Olive oil
437 g Coconut oil

443 g Water
258 g NaOH

48.65%
27.03%
24.32%
30.00% discount
5.00% superfat

Scented with

53 g Lime essential oil

Additives

1/2 tspn Ground Keffir peel
5 Kaffir Lime leaves
3 tspns Glycerin
200g Sea Salt medium size grain
cosmetic colour

Method/Notes

Kaffir lime leaves and peel was ground in a mini blender with the glycerine and zapped in the microwave, the idea of this was to help preserve the peel and leaves.

RTCP* with lye and water mixed at room temp, this lye mix was not allowed to cool down and blended straight into the room temp oils while hot. Reason for this was to make the soap gel as the salt seems to hinder gel. Once at very light trace add eo's and peel/leaves, blend a little more until all mixed, then add salt then pour off some to be coloured.

NB: Keep soap away from humidity as the salt will sweat and bead. This is a creamy soap with medium bubbles and medium creamy lather when used with warm water, the harder the water used when bathing the less lather and bubbles.

*Room Temp Cold Process, the oils are no hotter than the ambient room temp which was about 25-27°C. This is a big time saver especially when one has a lot of soap to make and there is less cleanup involved.

Also using pre-mix lye is another time saver and fantastic to control temperature wise, but this is another story altogether.

I was breaking new experimental ground on this one. I was at one stage at the point of not sending it as I was not happy with the lather, but it is a salt soap so I really don't know what expectations people have or what is achievable.

Sharon

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