As I have mentioned before, I’ve started reading, studying and experimenting with soap making because I care about what I’m using for my child’s hygiene and because I know that dirty will be the daily norm once he starts walking and exploring.
For a child’s first years, I believe it is important for his sensitive skin that I use simple, basic products when it comes it comes to hygiene. I’ve shared below one of the easiest soap recipes that I’ve used so far.
Ingredients:
500g olive oil
168g water
62g lye
How to make the soap:
- measure all the ingredients
- make sure you have proper protection for your hands, arms, body and eyes and that you work in a ventilated area
- when creating your lye solution, always pour the lye into the water and not vice-versa, and continue mixing the lye solution till the salt is blended with the water.
- check that the oil and lye solution are both at around 40 degrees Celsius. if so, pour the lye over the oil while mixing with a blender.
- when you reach the point where the mixture is getting the consistency of a pudding, you can pour the “pudding” into your molds
- after 24h you can remove the soap from the mold and cut it
- the olive soap needs more time to cure, so let it rest for at last 6 weeks before using it
Notes
- It is very important for me that I use a good quality unrefined cold pressed olive oil
- to boost the olive proprieties you can add 2 table spoons of mashed olives at the end
- in case a fragrance is wanted, for this quantity you need 10g of the essential oil