Gingerbread Cold Process Soap Recipe

The ginger soap popped out of the form and cut while frozen.

Gingerbread cold process soap recipe. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures pour lye water into. When you prepare the extracted aloe in a blender or food processor to make soap it ll become fluffy like egg whites. This cold process soap recipe is gentle enough to use on your face thanks to the aloe gel and nourishing oils. The gingerbread soap is just a fun recipe for christmas time.

If you are not familiar with sodium hydroxide or cp soapmaking please watch the soap queen tv video on lye and how to use lye properly or read the lye safety section in the soap crafting book these are my favorite 3 cold process soap recipes that i tend to. So i created a little box template that fits the soap perfectly and gives a nice finishing touch as a gift. When the lye solution has cleared up and isn t. Follow the usual cold process soap making steps.

Our gingerbread man soap mold is easy to use and the results are always adorable. The art of soap making can be traced as far back as ancient babylon when archaeologists during an excavation first discovered a soap material inside clay cylinders dating as early as 2800 b c. Let the solution slightly cool in an area where it won t be touched or knocked over by other people or pets. Let your wonder soap cure for 3 4 weeks.

Find a juicy aloe plant so you can extract fresh aloe for the soap. My favorites are the liquid soaps specifically the liquid coconut oil soap and the glycerine bar soaps. A light green color would reflect and match with the aroma of the. Add the ingredients titled under the magic touch at trace.

Add colorants if desired. Inscriptions on the cylinders described a process of fats boiled with ashes the world s first soap making method but the babylonians weren t the only ones who benefited. I took some of the ginger pulp and laid it out on a cookie sheet to dry a bit more. It does require research before diving in.

Gingerbread soap project from soap queen on vimeo. It s a time tested technique. Let cool until it is. Combine olive coconut and castor oils in a large pot and heat to 110 degrees fahrenheit.

I couldn t resist sharing this classic project but i wanted to give it fresh new twist. This recipe allows you to include the magic of brewed green tea and green tea leaves in your soap. Instructions make the lye solution by pouring the lye into the chai tea or water your choice and stirring until the lye has. I also have a whole soap making section up on the blog with all sorts of soaps like glycerin soap liquid soaps and shave soap.

Then i put it in a food processor shred it down some more. Cold process soap is amazing and produces a better bar of soap than most store bought soaps. Wearing appropriate safety equipment go outside and add lye to water and stir until dissolved. We used about 1 4 cup in our three pound recipe.