This is my second unscented 100% Olive Oil Soap making, the first one did not go well then I rebatched it. Two months of experience pushed me to go forward and I decided to make one again. I was not confident but still wanted to have 100% Olive Oil Soap for myself.
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| Lining mold, separate in the middle for making two different soaps |
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| Oil and Orange peel paste and essential oils |
Two different soaps in one time, unscented and citrus soap! Base is the same 100% Olive Oil, prepare orange peel paste and essential oil blend.
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| Just after mix lye and water |
Make lye solution with care, I always make it outdoor. In the photo, you can see white lye solution, it is fume coming out of lye water, it gets hot (similar to boiling and steam comes out). You should stay away from this fume or you get burned throat by strong alkaline. However this heat helps dissolving lye to water completely. So I stir only a little (about 15 seconds) and leave for a while. When it gets cooler (about 60℃) I mix lye solution and oil.
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| Just after mix oil and lye water |
Pour lye water into oil and mix with stick blender. 100% Olive Oil takes more time to get trace.
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| After 15 mins, got light trace |
After 15 mins mixing with stick blender, it got light trace. I thought it would take more than 30 mins, so it was actually quick.
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| Pour into mold separately |
Half of soap mix without any options, pour into half part of mold.
I have not taken any photo during making citrus soap mix.. I made thin layer in the citrus soap with orange peel paste and swirl on the top.
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| 10 hours later it already got hard |
10 hours later, it got hard already. I also thought it would take more than 24 hours, it was really quick. But it was still warm and I was not sure that it was hard enough to cut, I left over night to cut the soap.
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| 100% Olive Oil Soaps! |
After 18 hours, I removed soaps from mold and cut. They were quite firm than I expected. It turned really nice and smells gorgeous in citrus soap! Surprisingly, unscented soaps do not smell at all. I am really happy with these soaps and I cannot wait to use them!! (It will be next year though..) One thing I need to improve is, cutting soaps.. All pieces are different sizes!
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