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Vicky Lackey's Soap Recipe

a US soap recipe in ISS3

Melted hard oils, butters and wax in the Crock Pot, and mixed lye water. Mixed 2 oz powdered GM with 2 oz. water and put in refrigerator (freezer made it too cold last time). Turned the CP off and added liquid oils after hard oils & butters were melted.
Stirred in the lye water.
Brought to trace with a stick blender (traced very fast, maybe 2 minutes).
Turned CP back on Low and cooked about 1 hr. (until vaseline stage).
Turned CP off and added:
- .5 oz Evening Primrose Oil
- 3 tsp. Honey
- Goats Milk (previously in refrigerator)
Stirred occasionally and waited for temp to reach 130 degrees F
Mixed in:
- 8 Drops of Vit. E
- 3 tsp. Peppermint EO
Stirred thoroughly.
Gradually added 1/8 cup cocoa (powdered) to about 2 cups of the soap and stirred (not smoothly), added this to the rest of the soap and stirred till swirly looking. Molded and insulated for about 6 hours, let sit in mold overnight, and unmolded and cut in the morning.

This is my latest creation because:

I had used this recipe twice before without the beeswax and cocoa butter. I was trying for a harder bar in a shorter amount of time. But, alas, I couldn't tell that this bar was any harder than the others after about 1.5 weeks. May even come to some of you a bit soft. I've decided that even though it gets pretty hot here in Texas, the area I am in is still a little humid, and that must be what keeps the bar from getting really hard fast. (Any suggestions are welcome).
I have never swirled, or colored (except one flop with paprika) before. Not even in Cold Process, so this was my very first attempt at getting a marbled two tone soap. (I think it did pretty well, although some bars look better than others, so it may depend on the bar you get as to whether you agree. You may definitely disagree; I won't be offended, as I will take it as constructive criticism.)
I was going for a chocolate mint smell, using only natural ingred. i.e.. Cocoa butter (undeodorized), cocoa, and peppermint EO. I am usually a little less that satisfied on my scents, but I like this one, I hope you do too!
This is my very first "International Soap Swap"! Actually my very first Real Swap!

I hope you enjoy ALL of your swap soaps. This is soooo much FUN!

Vicky

Contributor: Vicky Lackey [vlackey --at-- glade.net]

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