Thursday, September 10, 2009

Juicy Swirl Soap

YIELD: APPROX. 3 LBS. CURED & DRIED.

We added a dash of titanium dioxide to this recipe to help brighten whites and add greater contrast between colors, if you choose to swirl.

For more information on swirled soaps, please visit our Swriled Soap pictoral.

Recomended scent: Juicy Couture type fragrance oil. Add 2 oz. to batch at trace.
Oils(by weight)
Sweet Almond oil
20 ounces Avocado oil,
5 ounces Coconut oil, 76 degree
11 ounces Palm oil
5 ounces Sunflower Oil
20 ounces Distilled water, by volume: 19 ounces
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) by weight: 8.45 ounces (5% lye discount).

OPTIONAL: titanium dioxide. Add 1 teaspoon water dispersible titanium dioxide to the lye-water mix. We used yellow oxide and chromium hydroxide green to make swirls in the pictured soap.

Click here for instructions on making cold process soap safely at home.

Source: http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/form_cpsoap_7.html

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