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Megan's Soymilk & Vanilla

Megan's Soymilk & Vanilla Soap

This soap is probably my favourite out of the soaps I have made so far (this is my eleventh batch!). It is based on one of Susan Miller Cavitchs recipes - one she calls the "soap essentials bar". I like the creamy texture of the soymilk and the light vanilla fragrance. The bar has plenty of lather and
doesn't fall apart even when the soap gets small! It is also popular with my friends and partner (who I experiment on). I used the following recipe but I increased it by 20% to get 100gm bars in the divider mould which I then cut in half.

1081 gm (4 pounds) olive oil
1013 gm (2 pounds 8 ounces) coconut oil
680 gm (1 pound 8 ounces) palm oil
460 gm sodium hydroxide
700 gm water
336 gm (slushy) soymilk

4 tbsp oil (eg sweet almond, grapeseed)
7 tsp vanilla fragrance oil (mixed in with the oil)

I made this soap when both oils and lye reached 30 degrees. For those not familiar with the slushy method, I put the soymilk in the freezer just before I added the sodium hydroxide to the water. When the lye got down to about 35 degrees I added the soymilk to the solution just a bit at a time.
The soymilk is 'slushy' from being in the freezer.

This soap traces pretty fast - in about half an hour with hand stirring. At trace add the 4 tbsp oil and the 7 tsp vanilla and pour into the mould.

Hope you enjoy it.
Meg Cole - New Zealand

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