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Solid Soap · NaOH · 58 g oil load · 5% superfat · 3 views · 0 saves

Prepare your Soap Making Station Ensure that your kitchen workspace is clean and set up with all of your tools, ingredients, and equipment. Pre-measure all of your ingredients. The solid oils into the crockpot, the distilled water into a heat-proof jug, the lye into another jug (or glass jar), the essential oils into a small ramekin, the sodium lactate, sugar and the yogurt into another ramekin, Make the Lye Solution Mix the sugar into the water stir until dissolved. Pour the sodium hydroxide into the water and stir very well. It will be very hot at this point so be careful. Set the jug some place safe and leave the lye mixture to cool to around 120°F (49°C). When the lye solution is cooled to 130 degrees add the sodium lactate Melt the solid oils Next, pour the liquid oils into the slow cooker with the melted oils. Use the spatula to get every last drop out of the jug then stir the oils together gently. Take the temperature of the pan of mixed oils. You're aiming for around the same temperature as the lye solution, but they can be a few degrees within 120°F (49°C)*. Bringing the Ingredients to 'Trace' When the temperatures are right pour lye solution into the oils. If you want to minimize air bubbles, set the immersion blender in the crockpot at an angle and slowly pour the lye solution somewhere along the head-end. Carefully place the head of the immersion blender (stick blender) into the oils. Insert it at an angle so that any air inside the head can escape as you submerge the head. Air trapped inside the head can create air bubbles in your soap. The next step, bringing the ingredients to trace. Have a watch to understand all the steps better, but especially this one. If you're a cold-process soapmaker, this step is exactly the same as bringing the soap to trace for that method. Stir the contents of the pan gently, using the immersion blender as a spoon. Then bring it into the center of the pan and hold it against the bottom of the pan. Not moving the immersion blender, pulse for a couple of seconds. Then gently stir. Keep repeating this pulse then stir process until the soap thickens to a medium trace — it will have the texture of warm pudding. Stop blending, tap off the immersion blender's head, and put it aside. You will not use it again. Cooking the soap The next step is cooking the soap. Turn the heat setting on the crockpot to low. Using your spatula, gently scrape all the soap residue from the sides down into the main batter. If you don't, this thin layer can turn crusty pretty quickly. Next, place the lid on and leave it to cook for thirty minutes. Do not take the lid off during this time or it will release moisture. You need your soap batter to be fluid for the next steps. Over the half-hour, the soap batter will begin to puff up a bit around the edges and its texture will change. The soap in the middle will appear opaque and creamy, whereas the hotter soap on the outside will look glossier and more vaseline-like. You're aiming for all of the soap to have the glossier texture. After the time is up, look through the lid of the slow cooker. If you see an opaque center still, keep cooking, and set a timer for fifteen minutes. Slow cookers vary so while it takes my model 45 minutes to cook the soap, others might take less or more time. While the soap is cooking you can mix the colorants. Once all of the soap batter resembles vaseline, you can turn off the heat, take the cooking vessel part out of the slow cooker, and set it on a potholder. Gently stir the outside edges towards the center and mix well but avoid stirring any crusty bits into the soap. They'll show up in your final bars as white lumps. Take the soap's temperature next. It will be very hot, and you need it to be just under 180°F (82°C) before you add your next ingredients. While the soap is cooling, it's best to keep the lid on the vessel. It slows down the cooling time, but it also keeps the moisture in the soap from evaporating out. After the cook When the temperature of the cooked soap is right, stir in the essential oil, and the yogurt. Mix it in gently but thoroughly. Add colorants at this time Spoon the soap batter into the silicone loaf mold while it's still fluid. After each spoonful, tap the mold to settle the soap and to help release any trapped air bubbles. Leave the soap to cool and harden for at least twelve hours. Afterward, measure and cut the soap into bars of whatever size you'd like. Though hot process soap is fully saponified after the cook, you should cure it for a full four weeks (at least) before using it. To cure your soap, set the bars on a piece of grease-proof paper (or baking paper), in an airy place out of direct sunlight. Leave the soap there to dry out and to help excess water to evaporate from the bars. Orange essential oil, jasmine essential oil, honeysuckle essential oil, lime eo, lavendar eo, euc oil, rosemary eo lavendar and lemongrass eucolptus and peppermint