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Strawberry Cold Process Soap

Yield: 8 Bars  |  Est. Time: 1 Hour  |  Level: Advanced – Danger Chemicals
About This Recipe:
This coconut-free cold process soap recipe packs in luxurious ingredients including murumuru butter, strawberry powder and poppy seeds. It’s topped off with a summer strawberry scent.


Shopping List:
(1) Distilled Water
(1) 2 lb Sodium Hydroxide Flakes
(1) 1 lb Olive Oil - Refined A
(1) 1 lb Babassu Oil
(1) 1 lb Safflower Oil
(1) 1 lb Palm Oil
(1) 2 fl. oz Sun Ripened Strawberry Fragrance Oil 421
(1) 2 oz Castor Oil
(1) 2 oz Vanilla Color Stabilizer - CP Soap
(1) 2 oz Murumuru Butter
(1) 2 oz Strawberry Powder
(1) 2 oz Poppy Seeds
(1) 2.5 gm Bag NuTone Scarlet Mica Powder
(1) 1 Mold Regular Loaf Silicone Mold 1501
(2) 1 Piece Beaker - Natural Polypropylene


Recipe Ingredients:
Measure ingredients with a scale or precise measuring tool.

• 10.50 oz. Distilled Water
• 3.95 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Flakes
• 9.55 oz. Olive Oil - Refined A
• 7.85 oz. Babassu Oil
• 4.20 oz. Safflower Oil
• 4.20 oz. Palm Oil
• 1.70 oz. Sun Ripened Strawberry Fragrance Oil 421
• 1.40 oz. Castor Oil
• 0.85 oz. Vanilla Color Stabilizer - CP Soap
• 0.85 oz. Murumuru Butter
• 0.10 oz. Strawberry Powder
• 0.10 oz. Poppy Seeds
• 1/2 Teaspoon(s) NuTone Scarlet Mica Powder


Equipment From Home:
• (1) Safety Equipment (goggles,mask,gloves)
• (1) Polypropylene Pitcher
• (1) Polypropylene Container for lye
• (1) Spatula
• (1) Metal Pot (64 oz.)
• (1) Stovetop
• (1) Stick Blender
• (1) Measuring Spoons
• (1) Spoon for texturing
• (1) Scale - Digital Display
• (1) Thermometer - Digital

Directions:
WARNING: This project and these instructions have been written for someone who has experience making soap and knows the potential dangers due to working with sodium hydroxide. It will not outline all safety methods of working with dangerous chemicals, it is simply a soap recipe for advanced soap makers.
  1. To propylene pitcher, add water. Slowly add lye to water stirring as you pour. Set aside to cool.
  2. To metal pot, add olive oil, babassu oil, safflower oil, palm oil castor oil and murumuru butter. Heat on stovetop until all ingredients are liquid.
  3. To beaker, pour small amount of melted oils and add red color. Mix well.
  4. To second beaker, mix fragrance and stabilizer together and allow to sit for at least two minutes.
  5. When oil mixture and lye mixture are both 120ºF, slowly pour lye mixture into oil mixture. Using stick blender, mix until light trace is reached.
  6. To soap batter, add fragrance mixture, color mixture, strawberry powder and poppy seeds. Blend.
  7. Pour soap into mold and texture top as desired.
  8. After 24 hours, remove soap from mold and slice into bars. Allow soap to cure for 4-6 weeks. 
  9. Package and label as desired.
To Use: Lather with water onto skin. Rinse off. Avoid contact with eyes.

Ingredient Label: Water, Olive Oil, Babassu Oil, Safflower Oil, Palm Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance, Castor Oil, Murumuru Butter, Strawberry Powder, Poppy Seeds, Fluorphlogopite, Titanium Dioxide, Tin Dioxide, Iron Oxide.
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