Morning Sunshine Soap - Day 1

I love the mornings. Especially in the winter, when the air is crisp and cold. It is always quiet and peaceful. During these mornings, I can feel like the only one awake in the entire valley. All of the houses are sleeping under a blanket of snow and occasionally sighing warm clouds of steam into the air. It is on these mornings my fingers find themselves wrapped around a cup of steaming tea and crystals form from my breath. (Recently I have been drinking the Black Currant Cardamon Raw Green Bush Tea. Yummy. 😎 A great companion for these beautiful mornings.)

Now this soap has been giving me fits. The first batch I made separated! Argh! It was so frustrating! You can see in the photos how it is lumpy and not very smooth. This is because of the separation. While this is not ideal, this cosmetically challenged soap is still usable.

The separation was caused by an extreme difference in temperatures between my lye and my oils. This would have been preventable if I weren’t so impatient. Had I allowed my oils to cool to a similar temperature of my lye water, I would have been just fine.

Items Needed:

Ingredients Needed: Hydrogenated Soy Coconut Oil Olive Oil Water Lye Lemon Zinger Fragrance Oil Ultramarine Blue Yellow Lip Balm Color

Equipment: Scale Microwave Safe Container Immersion Blender Spoons Mold

Recipe:

Recipe in Ounces 12 ounces Hydrogenated Soy 10 ounces Coconut Oil 10 ounces Olive Oil 12 ounces Water 4.4 ounces Lye .4 ounces Lemon Zinger Fragrance Oil 2 tsp Ultramarine Blue 12 ounces Hydrogenated Soy 10 ounces Coconut Oil 10 ounces Olive Oil 12 ounces Water 4.4 ounces Lye .4 ounces Lemon Zinger Fragrance Oil 2 tsp Yellow Lip Balm Color

Recipe in Percentages 25% Hydrogenated Soy 20% Coconut Oil 20% Olive Oil 25% Water 9% Lye 1% Lemon Zinger Fragrance Oil Q.S. Ultramarine Blue 25% Hydrogenated Soy 20% Coconut Oil 20% Olive Oil 25% Water 9% Lye 1% Lemon Zinger Fragrance Oil Q.S. Yellow Lip Balm Color

Weigh all of the oils in a single kit into a microwave safe container. Heat gently until liquid. Add the lye to the water to for a lye solution. Mix the oils and lye solution and blend until a light trace is achieved for each soap kit. Add the Lemon Zinger Fragrance Oil and color and mix well. Pour blue colored soap then the yellow over a center object into a mold, swirl and allow to sit for 24 hours. Cut the soap. Allow the soap to cure. Longer curing time will result in a harder bar. Enjoy!

Swirled Soap Finished Soap

Bottom of Swirled Soap