I am aghast that I haven’t made time to get down to some serious Christmas time soap making. This past week has been a whirlwind of driving in crappy weather and all that fun stuff that seems to always land right before Christmas.

Maybe this week I’ll get down to it (crossing fingers!)

I thought that you might like to see this recipe from last year. I gave this soap out as gifts and used it myself for quite awhile and never got tired of it, not once.

If you make it, send me your pictures! I’d love to post them.

So here it is -

HOLIDAY WOODLANDS SOAP RECIPE.

Essential Oil Blend…

I made this soap using the Angels Wings essential oil blend.

I used

4 parts fir needle

2 parts white grapefruit

1 part frankincense

That blend had smelled quite light and pretty to me as it was.

After I made the soap, I found that it became quite woodsy, it reminded me a little of opening up an old cedar chest, probably the combination of fir and frankincense. The frankincense really comes through although there is quite a bit of a smaller amount.

This makes a really nice man’s soap, but I like it too :0)

I also used the same recipe, but had to make a few changes, of course.

Here is the recipe that I used to make a 1lb batch.

HOLIDAY WOODLANDS SOAP TAKE 1

Castor Oil .5oz

Cocoa Butter 4oz

Coconut Oil 5oz

Canola Oil 4oz

Shea Butter 2oz

Aloe/Sunflower Oil .5oz

5 oz water

2.25oz lye

I used .5oz essential oils.

THE RESULTS

I love this soap!

I decided to mix a bit of green and red mica in.

I mixed up a small bit of each separately and drizzled it in using layers.

I poured a layer of the white base, then drizzled some red across the top, then some green.

Then I did another layer, finishing with a layer of the red and green.

I cooked it in the over at about 170* for 2 hours, shutting the oven off and leaving the soap in until a little after noon the next day.

A LITTLE WHITER

My daughter pointed out that the soaps would have been nicer if the base was a little whiter.

I tried to keep it white but I will have to try harder.

As it dries, it seems to be turning more and more beige.

Next time I’m going to try some vegetable shortening to replace some of the canola and see what happens.

I’ll keep you posted!

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Have a Shiney Day!

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