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Debbie P's Honey Jungle
Debbie P's Honey Jungle Soap
The reason I made this soap is that one of my favorite things is anything to do with the
jungle - animals, sounds, prints, movies, etc. (I even did the bedroom my two babies share
in jungle theme!) And the fragrance oil I used is currently one of my faves, as well. It's
Oatmeal, Milk & Honey from Tradewinds Fragrance Co. in South Carolina. The jungle part
comes in because of the design. I don't know if it's the colors or what, but something
about how it came out reminds me of animal prints.
An interesting note (I think)....I actually made two different kinds of soaps for this
swap and I took them in to work to ask my friends what their impressions were of the two.
They both got good reviews, but almost everybody said they liked that this one reminded
them of "jungly stuff"! THAT clinched it!
This soap is NOT a big bubbler, but it does clean well, moisturize and smell great on your
skin!
Honey Jungle
1st batch:
1.15 ozs. Sweet Almond Oil
3.4 ozs. Coconut Oil
3.4 ozs. Pomace Olive Oil
10.2 ozs. Vegetable Shortening (Crisco or generic)
.9 ozs. Beeswax
2.75 ozs. lye
2 TBSP Powdered Buttermilk mixed with enough ice and water to equal 4.75 ozs.
Melt and mix oils. Add lye mixture and stick blend/stir until trace.
Then add 2 TBSP finely ground Almonds, 1/2 TBSP ground Cinnamon, 1/2 TBSP Honey, .85 ozs.
Castor Oil, 1.15 ozs. Shea Butter,and 1.4 ozs. Oatmeal, Milk & Honey fragrance oil.
Pour into a loaf mold (doesn't matter what size). When cured, chop the entire thing up
into smallish chunks. Now make your 2nd batch....
2nd batch
Prepare two loaf molds (interior of mine are 11 3/4" long x 4" wide x 3
1/2" deep)
Have one or two disposable latex gloves handy to slip on
19 ozs. Vegetable Shortening (Crisco or generic)
12 ozs. Pomace Olive Oil
12 ozs. Coconut Oil
6 ozs. lye
9 ozs. ice and water
Melt and mix oils. Add lye mixture. Stick blend/stir until trace. Add 1.5 ozs. Castor Oil,
1.5 ozs. Shea Butter (Castor & Shea melted together, then add f/o) and 2.5 ozs.
Oatmeal, Milk & Honey fragrance oil.
Now you gotta hustle!
Scoop out about a cup and a half and place in a small bowl. Add to this 1 tsp Gold Mica
(from MMS) and 1 tsp Mica Powder (from Bitter Creek). Mix well. It will turn a beautiful
golden yellow with teeny tiny sparkles!
To the remaining soap mixture, add ALL of your chunks from your 1st batch. Now slip on the
latex gloves. Spread an inch-deep layer of chunky mixture in each mold. Shouldn't be
perfect at all - this adds to the design!) Now scoop a small handful of the golden mixture
and spread it on top of each layer. Add another layer of chunky to each one, then one more
layer of
golden yellow mix, then one final layer of chunky. Try to make this top layer as level as
possible so you don't lose so much when you trim the bars.
Allow to cure and slice up. I like to experiment like this with different colors and
additives, never really knowing what the final product will look like - only that I will
always be surprised and I'll never be bored!
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