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Recipe #3

Add Some Mild Creaminess

By David Fisher, About.com

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In this recipe, I added canola oil to give it some creaminess and mildness. Plus, it's an inexpensive oil that's readily available in the supermarket.

Recipe #3

  • 60% olive oil
  • 10% palm oil
  • 20% coconut oil
  • 10% canola oil
Or, to make about 4.5 lbs of soap, you would use:
  • 30 oz. olive oil
  • 5 oz. palm oil
  • 10 oz. coconut oil
  • 5 oz. canola oil
  • 16 oz. water
  • 6.9 oz. lye
  • Between 1.5 and 2.2 oz of fragrance or essential oil, according to your preference
Follow Basic Soap Making Instructions

Make sure that you run your recipe through a lye calculator to make sure that all of your measures are correct!

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