Lime Margarita Soap Recipe

© 2006 Rebecca's Soap Delicatessen

Ingredients:
33.2 oz. Coconut Oil
38 oz. Olive Oil
20 oz. Palm Oil
4.8 oz. Shea Butter

30 fl. oz. distilled water
13.8 oz. lye

At trace:
Stir in 4 oz. of Camden-Grey's Lime Margarita Fragrance Oil

Coarse Salt

Directions:
Follow your basic cold process soapmaking directions. Once the soap reaches a light trace, stir in the fragrance oil. After the soap has been poured into the molds, sprinkle the top of the soap with coarse salt forming a nice layer, pressing the salt into the top of the soap.

For a green soap, add colorant just before you add the fragrance oil.

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