Soap Making Essentials

Basic Homemade Soap Recipe


Basic Homemade Soap

Everyone needs to have a basic homemade soap recipe with which to play around. Half the fun is trying out different ingredients and creating new soap masterpieces. Below you will find my basic soap recipe that I use to develope my cold process soap recipes with.

Base Ingredients Grams Ounces Percentage
Coconut Oil 270 gr. 9.524 oz. 30%
Olive Oil 360 gr. 12.699 oz. 40%
Palm Oil 270 gr. 9.524 oz. 30%
Distilled Water 326.07 gr. 11.502 oz.  
Lye 125.632 gr. 4.432 oz.  

Water as % of Oils = 36.23
Super Fat/Discount = 8%

Additives Measurement
Grapefruit Seed Extract 1 1/2 tsp. (7.5 ml)
Rosemary Extract 1/4 tsp. (1.25 ml)
Sw. Almond/Vit. E (80:20 blend) 1 tsp. (5 ml)
Confectioners Sugar 1 tsp. (5 ml)


Most of the above ingredients can be purchased at Mountain Rose Herbs.

Bulk organic herbs, spices and essential oils. Sin



This soap was made following the instructions on The Process page.

The GSE was added to the base oils.

The confectioners sugar was added at a thin trace followed by the Rosemary Extract and Sw. Almond/Vit. E blend.

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

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