Basic Homemade Soap Recipe

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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