MOO No. 25 Simple Soap
If you've always wanted to try your hand at making soap, but have been nervous, this recipe is ideal. You're using three ingredients, no caustic soda or exact measuring or temperatures are needed. For beginners, this is a good recipe to gain confidence before moving onto the more complicated soap recipes.
Be sure to use Lux flakes, don't substitute another laundry soap. You'll find Lux Flakes in the laundry aisle. The box is approximately $7 (it will depend on your supermarket of course!).
Ingredients:
4 cups Lux flakes
1 cup milk*
1/2 cup powdered milk*
Pure essential oil for fragrance (optional)
Step 1. Spray your soap moulds with cooking spray, this stops the soap from sticking.
Step 2. Add the Lux flakes to an old stockpot or large saucepan.
Step 3. Add 1/2 cup milk and stir over a low heat. Continue stirring and adding milk until all the soap flakes have dissolved.
Step 4. Keep stirring until the soap reaches the consistency of mashed potato, quite thick and lumpy. This is when you add the milk powder and stir. The milk powder will make the mixture creamy and smooth. It should be a pourable consistency.
Step 5. If you are using essential oils, add them now. Depending on how strong you want the scent to be, use between 2 and four teaspoons of pure essential oil. Stir well to mix the essential oil through the mixture.
Step 6. Pour into your moulds and leave for 24 hours to set.
Step 7. Remove from the moulds and place soap on a cake rack to cure for at least a week. The longer the soap cures, the harder the cakes will be.
Notes:
*I use silicone cake moulds as they are relatively cheap and available from $2 shops and the different shapes make pretty soaps
*Keep this pot just for soap making, do not use it for cooking food in once it's been used to make soap.
*Milk - you can use either cows or goats milk in this recipe
*Milk powder - full cream gives the best result. Skim can be used in a pinch but the soap won't be as smooth and creamy and won't have a rich feel to the lather
*This soap doesn't create a huge lather, but rather a nice, silky froth
*Only use pure essential oils if you are going to be using this soap for hands, hair etc
Be sure to use Lux flakes, don't substitute another laundry soap. You'll find Lux Flakes in the laundry aisle. The box is approximately $7 (it will depend on your supermarket of course!).
Ingredients:
4 cups Lux flakes
1 cup milk*
1/2 cup powdered milk*
Pure essential oil for fragrance (optional)
Step 1. Spray your soap moulds with cooking spray, this stops the soap from sticking.
Step 2. Add the Lux flakes to an old stockpot or large saucepan.
Step 3. Add 1/2 cup milk and stir over a low heat. Continue stirring and adding milk until all the soap flakes have dissolved.
Step 4. Keep stirring until the soap reaches the consistency of mashed potato, quite thick and lumpy. This is when you add the milk powder and stir. The milk powder will make the mixture creamy and smooth. It should be a pourable consistency.
Step 5. If you are using essential oils, add them now. Depending on how strong you want the scent to be, use between 2 and four teaspoons of pure essential oil. Stir well to mix the essential oil through the mixture.
Step 6. Pour into your moulds and leave for 24 hours to set.
Step 7. Remove from the moulds and place soap on a cake rack to cure for at least a week. The longer the soap cures, the harder the cakes will be.
Notes:
*I use silicone cake moulds as they are relatively cheap and available from $2 shops and the different shapes make pretty soaps
*Keep this pot just for soap making, do not use it for cooking food in once it's been used to make soap.
*Milk - you can use either cows or goats milk in this recipe
*Milk powder - full cream gives the best result. Skim can be used in a pinch but the soap won't be as smooth and creamy and won't have a rich feel to the lather
*This soap doesn't create a huge lather, but rather a nice, silky froth
*Only use pure essential oils if you are going to be using this soap for hands, hair etc