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Kitty Chapin's Garden in the Grove Soap Recipe

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Garden in the Grove Soap by Kitty Chapin

So far it has just been the family that has tried it and it makes for a very nice skin softening bath.

I hope that everyone likes it and my recipe is easy to follow.
Kitty Chapin
Kitty's Garden, Nourishing Bath and Body Products

Ingredients [*]

Base Oil Ingredients

Coconut Oil 76 degree 21oz
Rice Bran Oil 20 oz
Peach Kernel Oil 10 oz
Palm Kernel 14 oz
Shea Butter 5 oz
Wheat Germ Oil 2 oz
Olive Oil 20 oz

Lye Solution 41.0% with a 39.9 % discount

Lye 13.53 oz
Water 19.43 oz (Remember that the Cucumber will account for some of this water)

Cucumber (Puree with Peel) 15.8 oz (Cucumber Adjusts the Water in the lye solution)

INSTRUCTIONS

Blend the Lye and Water and set aside to cool to 90 degrees.
Puree your cucumber (Peel and All) and set aside to blend in with EO's after the lye solution and oils have been blended.
Heat Oils to 90 degrees.
Once Oils have reached 90 degrees slowly pour lye solution and blend (I use a stick blender for this) Stir until trace.
Stir in Cucumber puree.
Stir in 2 pounds of Salt
Stir in your Lemon EO and Grapfruit EO

This seemed to trace very quickly so I had to work quickly. From the time I started step 1. and finished it took less than 4 min. I then poured them into a plastic box that would be used for the keeping of shoes. (So the size of a shoe box)

I had to keep a very close watch on the soap. It did not go through a gel stage or at least if it did I missed it. I turned the soap out when it was still very warm. (I ended up putting some rubber gloves on to protect my hands) When I say "still very warm" I mean very hot! I cut into it at about 1 1/2 hours after the pour. Keep in mind that I live in Arizona and put it out on the porch in the sun. It 108 degrees out that day.

As soon as you turn the soap out you need to start cutting. DO NOT WAIT as the soap will harden and you end up with "1" very big block of soap that it will take the whole family to help you just to hold the block of soap so that you can bathe.

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Special thanks to Roger McPherson [Diamond M Small Business Support and M & M Soapworks], Leanne Chevallier [Aroma Nature (France)], and Anna Posth.

Contributor: Kitty Chapin

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