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Roger McPherson's Soap Recipe
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Roger's Citrus Potpourri
Roger's Citrus Potpourri
40 oz Olive oil ("100% pure" from Sam's Club)
20 oz Coconut oil (92 degree)
20 oz Palm oil
20 oz Palm Kernel oil
14.25 oz NaOH
35 oz RO filtered water
5 oz Sweet Almond oil (added at trace)
1.5 oz Sweet Orange essential oil (added at trace)
1.5 oz Lime essential oil (added at trace)
1.5 oz Lemon essential oil (added at trace)
1.5 oz Grapefruit essential oil (added at trace)
Brought lye and oils to 100 degrees F and mixed with stick blender for about two minutes,
till tracing began. Mixed in Sweet Almond oil and essential oils. Poured into loaf mold
lined with plastic wrap and covered with plastic wrap. Covered with blankets for 24 hours.
Removed from mold, cut and left to cure.
I like the orange scent in this bar. The lemon and lime and grapefruit are behind the
orange. The base winds up being hard enough to last a while, but feels soft when wet.It's
interesting ... we make a "Whispering Pine" soap that my wife and our comrade in
crime (Faye) both love the scent of and I don't like it. The scent is the first
determining factor in my like or dislike of a soap. After that, the texture is important
as well. We make a lavender bar with lavender buds that makes a nice scrub bar. My
daughter (7 yrs) calls it Lavender Bugs, because the buds are dark and get all over you
and the shower floor.
Regards,
Roger
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