Olive oil soap with grapefruit or how to make soap roses
Few weeks ago, when I posted my thoughts about the 100% olive oil soap, suddenly I got an urge to make one 🙂
I added salt to make it harder (in other words – less slimy when used) and 10% of castor oil for bubbles (ok, this makes it 90% olive oil soap…)
And for the first time, I tried to make soap rose!
Here is how I did it…
Recipe
900g olive oil
100g castor oil
127g NaOH
380g distilled water
1.5 Teaspoon kitchen salt
10ml grapefruit essential oil (next time I will double the quantity…)
2 full teaspoons of cornstarch (to fix the scent)
Instructions
1. I dissolved salt in my lye solution
2. I blended the soap until trace, which was fast, because of the castor oil
3. Then I added the EO mixed with cornstarch
4. Poured into mold and put in the oven for 2 hours (50°C ~ 122°F)
How to make soap rose
When the soap is firm enough to be cut, but not too much to be dry on the top, cut a piece of size of one soap. Work it as a dough and divide into 7 balls of similar size. Roll the balls into round slices and make soap rose according to these instructions (it is in French, but photos are important…)
http://soapsession.com/blog/2009/10/01/tuto-roses/
I wanted to add a link to a very good video I have seen on this some time ago, but I just cannot find it anymore…
If you have some, please, share!
Soap well,
Evik
This entry was posted by evik on May 18, 2013 at 10:16, and is filed under soap recipes, soap tips & tricks, soapmaking, soapmaking techniques. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.
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#3 written by Agnes 7 years ago
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#4 written by Lise 6 years ago
found this for making rose petals if it’s any help re: youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39nppmN4FBo
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Hi Evik, just a modest experience: I always make soap which is 950 g olive oil and only 50 g of castor oil. All my soaps are according to this percentage and they are fine in terms of the bubbles, means it is quiet a lot and also they are hard enough. Just to say, no need for 100 g of castor oil if you only put for the bubbles- 50 g is just fine. Salt I never put as I always forget :).