"Seagrass"
Homemade Soap Recipe

A fresh, bright and uplifting homemade soap recipe, Seagrass is a blend of herbal scents that include lemons, rosemary, eucalyptus and lavender.

Base Ingredients	Grams	Ounces	Percentage
Castor Oil	27 gr.	0.95 oz.	3%
Coconut Oil	225 gr.	7.94 oz.	25%
Olive Oil	333 gr.	11.75 oz.	37%
Palm Oil	270 gr.	9.52 oz.	30%
Apricot Kernal Oil	45 gr.	1.59 oz.	5%
Distilled Water	324 gr.	11.45 oz.
Lye	127.66 gr.	4.5 oz.

Water/Coconut Milk as % of Oils = 36
Super Fat/Discount = 5%

Optional Additives	Measurement
Rosemary E/O	1.5 tsp. (7.5 ml)
Lemon Eucalyptus E/O	3/4 tsp. (3.75 ml)
Eucalyptus E/O	2 tsp. (10 ml)
Litsae Cubeba E/O	3/4 tsp. (3.75 ml)
Lemongrass E/O	3/4 tsp. (3.75 ml)
Lavender E/O	1 tsp. (5 ml)
White Mica	1 tsp. (5 ml)
Ultramarine Blue	1/4 tsp. (1.25 ml)
Chromium Green Oxide	1/8 tsp. (0.625 ml)

1. You can make the base for this homemade soap recipe following the instructions for your preferred soap making method on "The Process" page.
   
   
2. When the soap has reached a thin trace add the scent blend and the white mica.
   
   
3. Pour off some of the base into 2 containers. The amounts do not need to be even but should be around 1/4 of the full batch for each container.
   
   
4. Add the ultramarine blue to the largest portion of soap...what's left in the pot....and stick blend very well. Oxides like to clump and it's a pain in the butt! I like to mix my oxides with a bit of white mica....using the back of a spoon to break up the clumps. For some reason the mica helps it mix much better with the soap base.
   
   
5. Pour the blue base into your soap mold.
   
   
6. Add the chromium green oxide to one of the containers you poured off previously and stick blend well. Pour the green soap over the blue in a grid like pattern. Try holding the container at different heights to the mold while pouring. This places your green soap at different layers within the blue soap.
   
   
7. Now pour the remaining white soap base over the blue and green...use the same varying heights pouring method.
   
   
8. To swirl, run your spatula or thermometer stick through the soap going from side to side (in an 'S" pattern) following the direction you will be cutting the soap. This will give the flowing seaweed like look.
   
   
9. Finish up as per the soap making instructions for the method you are using.
   
   

Many more Homemade Soap Recipes can be found on the main recipes page.