Green Tea Soap Recipe

Description

A scentless, odorless soap that is very gentle on the skin.

Ingredient List

33.6 ounces - Olive Oil

33.6 ounces - Vegetable Shortening

25.2 ounces - Coconut Oil

4.2 ounces - Castor Oil

32.2 ounces - Cold Distilled Water

13.6 ounces - Lye

1 ounces - Green Tea Bag

Directions

Once you have all of the ingredients measured out, you can begin to prepare the soap. Please note that all measurements are made by weight, not be fluid measurement. All of the oils and the water must be measured on a scale accurate to 0.2 ounces.

 

• Begin by mixing the olive oil, shortening, coconut oil and castor oil in a large stainless steel pan. Set the pan aside for now.
• Next, put the water into a glass or stainless steel bowl. Slowly add the lye into the water. I usually mix my lye and water outside to reduce the chance of breathing in the fumes. Be very careful with the lye crystals and with the lye/water mixture because both are highly corrosive.
• Stir the water/lye mixture until the lye has completely dissolved. The lye/water mixture should be warming and may even become hot. Once the lye has dissolved set the mixture aside in a safe place with a thermometer in it to measure the temperature.
• While the lye is cooling, you can now begin to heat the oils. You will heat the oil with to exactly 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Keep an eye on the lye mixture. You need to keep the oil at approximately 110 degrees Fahrenheit until the lye mixture cools to about 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Once the lye mixture is at 110 degrees and the oil mixture is at 110 degrees you can combine the two mixtures.
• You must now stir the mixtures together until trace. If you hand stir the mixture will take about 30 to 50 minutes to trace. If you use a stick blender it will take less than 15 minutes to trace.
• Once the mixture has reached trace, add the green tea and any fragrance oils.
• Stir for a few more minutes to even out the added ingredients, then pour into soap molds.
• Leave the soap in a covered mold for about 48 hours before removing and cutting.
  

 

Contributed By

Veggie Soaps Staff

 

Soap Making Recipes

All Natural Lemon Microwave Cleaner

All Natural Mild Orange Wall Cleaner

All Vegetable Soap

Citrus Doggie Soap (Dog Soap)

Fisherman's Friend Soap

Grandma's Banana Cream Pie Soap

Great Castile Soap

Green Nori Seaweed Soap

Green Tea Soap

Melon Ball Shampoo Bar

No Coconut or Palm Oil Veggie Soap

Perfect Oatmeal Honey Goat Milk Soap

Psoriasis Soap with Pine Tar

Pumpkin Spice Soap

Seaweed Soap

Simple Coffee and Cinnamon Soap

Spicy Milk and Honey Soap

Strawberries and Cream Soap

Vanilla and Green Tea Mint Bath Soap

Well Balanced Soap

White Chocolate Soap

Contribute

Submit a Soap Recipe

Submit a Soap Article

Jump To

Soap Making Information

Veggie Soap Recipes

About Veggie Soaps