Cold Process Soap with Tallow Recipe

Prepare your workspace. Wear safety goggles, gloves, and long sleeves. Work in a well-ventilated area and have all ingredients weighed and ready before beginning.

Using a digital scale, in a bowl, weigh out 7.76 oz of distilled water. In a second bowl, add 2.81 oz of Sodium hydroxide. Slowly add the lye to the distilled water while stirring gently. Never add the water to the lye. Allow the mixture to cool until they are approximately 90°F to 110°F.

Using a digital scale, weigh: 15.32 oz tallow, 4.09 oz coconut oil
1.02 oz castor oil. Melt the tallow and coconut oil together. Once melted, add the castor oil and stir well. Allow the oils to cool until they are approximately 90°F to 110°F.

Prepare your color and scent. To a small bowl, add ½ to 1 teaspoon Woodland Green Matte Powdered Pigment and mix it with a small amount of your soaping oils. Stir until smooth. To a second bowl, add 0.61 oz Garden Mint Fragrance Oil. Set both of these aside.

When the oils and lye solution are within a similar temperature range, slowly pour the lye solution into the oils. Stick blend to emulsify.

Separate the batter. In a small bowl, add 2-3 oz of your batter. Set aside.

To the larger bowl, add the dispersed Woodland Green pigment and stir until the color is evenly distributed.

Add 0.61 oz Garden Mint Fragrance Oil. Stick blend.

Now, pour the uncolored batter into various spots throughout the bowl containing the green batter. Use your rubber spatula to swirl the soap

Pour the soap batter evenly into the six cavities of the mold. Tap the mold gently on the counter a few times to release any trapped air bubbles.

After 24-48 hours, remove the soap from the mold. Allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.