Directions:
NOTE: If you are making these products for sale, good manufacturing practices recommend you wear a hairnet, gloves and a mask. We also recommend a clean apron and workspace.
- Cover a jelly roll pan with plastic wrap and set aside.
- To a microwave-safe measuring cup, add 20 oz. of cut up Basic Clear Soap Base. Heat in microwave in 30 second intervals until the soap is completely melted.
- Add 0.50 oz.Hawaiian Coconut Fragrance Oil and 1/2 teaspoon of Chocolate Brown Mica Powder and mix well.
- Pour brown soap into the lined jelly roll pan and spritz the top with rubbing alcohol to pop any surface bubbles. Set aside to cool.
- Once cooled, remove soap from jelly roll pan and peel away the plastic wrap. Cut into 12 strips measuring 1.25" W by 8.75" L. While the soap is still pliable, curl strips smooth side out and place into the 6 cavities of the Round Silicone Mold to hold their shape. Place mold in freezer for 10 minutes to set up then repeat with the remaining 6 strips. If the strips are not molded early, they will crack if molded later on in recipe.
- Weigh 1 oz. of white soap. Grate into shreds. Place white shreds into the open spaces of all 12 luffa slices.
- Place the Round Silicone Mold on a jelly roll pan for stability. Place one luffa slice with white soap into each cavity and set aside.
- To a microwave-safe measuring cup, add 28 oz. of cut up Basic Clear Soap. Heat in microwave in 30 second intervals until the soap is completely melted.
- Add 0.75 oz. Hawaiian Coconut Fragrance Oil and stir well.
- Once the melted soap cools to a temperature of 160°F, you are ready to begin. If necessary, heat briefly in microwave to bring up temperature. Your melted soap needs to be between 150°-160°F in order to gently melt the white soap shreds to create the coconut bloom in the finished soap.
- Working with one soap cavity at a time spritz the luffa, white soap shreds and one molded brown strip with alcohol.
- Pour melted clear soap into the first cavity over the luffa and white shreds filling only 3/4 of the way. Gently fit molded brown strip into cavity around the luffa slice. (*Note: We found that a plastic knife helped to move the luffa into place.) Spritz top with alcohol.
- Repeat with remaining 5 cavities. If the soap cools, simply microwave for 30 seconds to bring the temperature back up to 150°-160°F. Let soap completely harden after all 6 soaps have been poured.
- Carefully remove soaps from mold. Wrap tightly with clear plastic wrap and label accordingly.
- Repeat steps 7-14 with remaining supplies to complete all 12 bars of soap.
To Use: Lather onto wet skin, rinse off with warm water.
Ingredient Label: Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Stearic Acid, Lauric Acid, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Glycerin, Titanium Dioxide, Luffa, Fragrance, Mica, Iron Oxides.