Create your own healthy soap with this easy-to-follow recipe. Olive oil is antibacterial, which helps prevent unwanted fungus growth in the kitchen and bath. Plus, it’s a moisturizer that’s fantastic for dry skin. Its antimicrobial property also makes it a great soap bar for sensitive skin prone to developing rashes and allergic reactions.
Olive oil soap recipe from Alban
Course: Recipes–
servings10
minutes20
minutes–
kcal30
minutesWe know how difficult it is to cope with the cold and dry winter, which often dries half of our skin. That is why we want to share with you a most effective way of how to moisten it – with homemade soap from olive oil. Recipe is from the Volunteer Alban.
Beware this is chemistry – you need Protection equipment!
Ingredients
1,93liter olive oil
410gramm caustic soda/lye powder
965cl distilled water
- Protection equipment
Glasses
Gloves
Mask
- Others
1 glass bowl
1 mixer
Directions
- Pour the water in a glass bowl. Add the lye little by little.
- Mix well. Let cool down to around 30 deg C.
- Add the olive oil slowly and mix it.
- Put in a mold. Let cure for about 5 weeks before using.
Notes
- Tip: You can flavor the olive oil with lavender, rosemary, dry orange peel or about anything but it must be dry and rested in the olive oil for some time.
