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Laura Bogumill's Creamy Cucumber Soap Recipe
Creamy Cucumber Soap by Laura Bogumill
My cucumbers are thriving during the hot, hot summer months that Illinois is enjoying. I use cucumbers in all types of non-food related items. I decided that I wanted to use my cucumbers, along with some tropical ingredients like virgin coconut oil and fresh coconut "milk", to create a creamy, summery soap. I infused olive oil with vanilla beans to give the soap a creamy vanilla-y fragrance. The vanilla turned the green soap blackish, but it was pretty when I first cut into it!
I hope you enjoy it!
Laura Bogumill
Ingredients [*]
Part 1
- 24.4 ounces fresh coconut "milk", cold
- 9.6 ounces lye
- 1.4 ounces sodium lactate
- 8 ounces palm kernel oil
- 24 ounces virgin coconut oil
- 32 ounces lard
- 4 ounces olive oil, infused with vanilla beans
- chromium hydroxide green
Mix the oils and milk/lye solutions when both are approximately 110*F. At light trace, add the vanilla infused olive oil and chromium hydroxide green.
At trace, pour into bottom of 6 pound mold.
Part 2
- 12.2 ounces fresh organic cucumber juice, cold
- 4.8 ounces lye
- 0.7 ounces sodium lactate
- 16 ounces virgin coconut oil
- 16 ounces lard
- 2 ounces Cucumber Essence
Upon completion of part 1, quickly start putting together part 2. At light trace, add 2 ounces of cucumber essence and mix to final trace.
Pour soap contents on top of part 1 soap and swirl in with large spoon.
More recipes can be found in the Soap Naturally book and in other soap recipe pages on this Website.
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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: Laura Bogumill
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