Lemon soap

by Anonymous

When making homemade soap is it bad to just directly add lemon juice?


Answer:

You would have to use the lemon juice in place of some of the water and either add the lye to the water/lemon juice solution or hold the lemon juice out and add it to the soap batter once it reaches a light trace.

As I've never tried this, I'm not sure what the result will be. I suggest experimenting with a small test batch and be sure to take lots of notes.

Be aware that the lemon juice will not really give the soap a 'lemony' scent. For that you will need an essential or fragrance oil.

Good luck,
Cathy

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by: Anonymous

In my short experience, if it is a strong and natural lemon scent you are looking for the soap I posted a questionable about a few months ago has an incredible lemon smell and I used chopped up ( in a food processor) lemon leaves straight off the tree. The leaves turned a slight brown, but the soap smells incredible. My learning is that next time I will try it with dried lemon leaves instead if the fresh ones. Not sure this idea is for everyone, I am just trying to make my soap as natural as possible by using as much from nature as possible as well as using essential oils without having to use fragrances.

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