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.
Alban’s olive oil soap
Prep time
10
minutesCooking time
20
minutesTotal time
30
minutesWe know how difficult it is to cope with cold and dry winters, which often dries out our skin. That is why we want to share with you a most effective way of how to moisturize it – with homemade soap from olive oil.
🚨 this is chemistry – make sure to use personal protection equipment!
Ingredients
1,93 liters olive oil
410 grams caustic soda/lye powder
965cl distilled water
- Protection equipment
Glasses
Gloves
Mask
- Other
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 degrees C.
- Add the olive oil slowly and mix it well.
- 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.
