Lye Soap Recipe of the Day

Lemongrass, Green Tea, & Oatmeal Soap

Ingredients:
30 oz Olive Oil
7 oz Vegetable Shortening
9 oz Soybean oil

17.5 oz Green tea (make using distilled water and allow to cool completely.)
6.2 oz lye

1 Cup ground oatmeal ( grind in blender)
10 Green tea with Lemon tea bags (remove loose tea from bags)
1 oz. Lemongrass essential oil

Instructions:
Melt shortening with other oils into a large stainless steel pot just to melting point. Remove from heat and allow to cool to about 95 degrees. In a separate container, very slowly add lye to 17.5 oz. of tea water while stirring continuously. Allow tea-lye water to cool before mixing into oils, then slowly stir in lye-tea water. Blend thoroughly with a stick blender until trace. At trace, add 1 oz. Lemongrass Essential oil, all ten Green Tea with Lemon tea bags, and 1 cup ground Oatmeal. Mix well and then pour into molds. Cover. Unmold after 24 to 48 hours. Allow to cure several weeks.

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