橄欖甜杏仁溫和皂 Olive and Sweet Almond Oil Soap

1. 2.5g Sodium lactate
2. Lipstick tree (red)
3. Light trace.

• This time caused more soda ash than before. Temperature may be one reason, light trace could be the other.

Elderflower & Rosehip Salve

I am interested in making this salve.

See the full post:
https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/elderflower-rosehip-salve/

Ingredients for Elderflower Salve

• 3 oz (85 g) elderflower infused oil
• 0.5 oz (14 g) rosehip seed oil
• 0.5 oz (14 g) beeswax

純粹橄欖皂 100% Olive Oil

使用朋友自己進口的有機橄欖油來製作，有淡淡的橄欖香。

Used the quality olive oil imported by a friend to make this 100% olive oil soap. It has a fresh olive scent.

1. 1% Sodium Lactate to make this soap harder.
2. Unscented

左手香皂 Patchouli Soap

1. Pencil line: Patchouli powder 撒上左手香粉來呈現線條。
2. Patchouli leaves + some distill water, using vitamix to make patchouli juice, slightly cook the juice to boil, then sift till no residue. Freeze or set the sifted juice aside to cool. It will be used to combine with NaOH. 左手香葉加入一些蒸餾水打成汁，稍微煮過，過濾至沒有雜質，作為溶鹼的液體。

1. 1% sodium lactate
2. Peppermint essential oil

甜杏仁可可皂 Sweet Almond Oil and Cocoa Butter

以茉莉花浸泡甜杏仁油為主，加上可可脂和椰子油，做出來的皂色非常純白討喜。這次想加入一些粉紅礦泥粉添增些浪漫的感覺。

With jasmine infused sweet almond oil, cocoa butter and coconut oil, the finished soap has a beautiful white color. I'd like to add some romantic touch in this soap with French pink clay.

The soap batter had been over traced.

The swirl is not as pretty as what I expected.

1. 1% sodium lactate
2. 95% alcohol spray to prevent soda ash
3. Lavender essential oil

Sweet Almond Oil Soap 甜杏仁可可皂

Since my last sweet almond oil soap has some cracks at the edges, I think I can try another batch to make it right. I added some green and yellow clays in the soap batter, and used clothes hanger to make some swirl pattern. This time, the sweet almond oil is just sweet almond oil, nothing infused.

1. 1% sodium lactate
2. 95% alcohol spray to prevent soda ash
3. Lavender essential oil

甜杏仁可可皂 Jasmine Infused Sweet Almond Oil Soap

Since my last marseille inspired soap was so charming, I decided to make another batch with sweet almond oil. I have a jar of jasmine infused sweet almond oil for over a month, which I used, and along with cocoa butter and coconut oil. I am quite surprised with the pure white color at the end. Really love it!

I was too eager to unmold the soap,
which made it has some cracks at the edge.

1. 1% sodium lactate
2. 95% alcohol spray
3. Jasmine essential oil

72% 橄欖皂 Marseille Inspired Soap

This high quality organic olive oil was imported from Italy by a friend. I  bought half dozen and has tried cooking with it. It has a very fresh smell of olive, which I quite like it. I am thinking of what would make the difference if I use this olive oil and the coconut oil that I am using for cooking as well, also combined with some cocoa butter. The result is quite satisfying!

The jelly effect looks gorgeous!

The texture looks great!

Just untold

1. 1% Sodium Lactate
2. 95% alcohol spray
3. Unscented

心心相印 72% 橄欖皂 Marseille Inspired Soap

1. 1% sodium lactate
2. 95% alcohol spray
3. Pink clay with two different ratios to make different colors of pink
4. White clay, but not really shows up the difference
5. Decorative heart {how to make decorative heart}
6. Lavender essential oil

CP 100% Olive Oil Soap 純橄欖油皂

The HP 100% olive oil soap I made yesterday was quite nice. I like the pure soap batter, which makes me want to do another batch by using cold process.

1. 1% Sodium Lactate
2. Black sea salt flakes (for fun)
3. Pepper mint essential oil

HP 100% Olive Oil Soap 純橄欖油皂

Using slow cooker to make this 100% olive oil soap.

1. 3% Sodium Lactate
2. Cook at low for nearly one hour. Check and stir every 10 mins
3. Unscented

燕麥乳霜 DIY Eczema Cream

This recipe is adapted from https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/diy-eczema-cream-colloidal-oatmeal/.
I like 【Ｔhe Nerdy Farm Wife】 very much, always expecting her next post. The most important thing is the information Jan wrote is always very helpful. I've tried many of the recipes in her blog and they all turn out great!

Today, I remade this DIY Eczema Cream with my fine ground oatmeal. I used Vitamix to grind oatmeal till very fine, and sifted the oatmeal powder twice. I don't want my cream to be grainy. Then just follow Jan's post and it's done!

萬壽菊燕麥皂 Marigold and Oatmeal Soap

Last Sunday, my mom gave me some dried marigold. It has a special sweet scent and is commonly used to make tea. I infused half of it in olive oil, and keep half in jar for tea. 

I made some marigold tea with distill water and freeze it for making soaps. The ice cubes of marigold tea  and some more distill water along with NaOH were mixed as lye water. The purpose of freezing the tea is just to keep the lye water in a lower temperature.

I have some Chamomile infused oils, one is apricot kernel oil and the other is extra virgin olive oil. I used both of them. Though oatmeal is often seen in the recipe of Honey and Oatmeal Soap, I still decided to add my fine ground oatmeal in this soap, since oatmeal is good for eczema and sensitive skin. This soap is designed for my sister, who has sensitive skin and is going through some medical treatment.

1% sodium lactate
chamomile essential oil
95% alcohol spray

竹炭皂 Activated Charcoal Soap

This recipe is base on 72% olive oil, and added activated charcoal. Since my new bottle of activated charcoal oil is not exactly black, I added a little bit of charcoal powder. 

1. 1% Sodium Lactate
2. 95% alcohol spray
3. Golden color powder

潤膚霜 Body Cream/Lotion

There are many good articles about 

DIY cream/lotion on https://thenerdyfarmwife.com. 【After Bath Sleepy Time Lotion Recipe】 is one of them, and【Nourishing Rose Hand Cream】is another. Based on these two posts, I made three kinds of body cream/lotion: Rose, Lavender, and Chamomile.

Container one:

1. Lavender hydrosol 20g
2. Distill water 40g

Container two:

1. Sunflower oil 17g
2. Shea butter 15g
3. Beeswax 2g
4. Emulsifying wax 7.5g

*Preservative of choice

Container one:

1. Chamomile hydrosol 30g
2. Distill water 40g

Container two:

1. Sunflower oil 23g
2. Emulsifying wax 7g

*Chamomile essential oil 5 drops

*Preservative of choice

Container one:

1. Rose hydrosol 20g
2. Distill water 40g

Container two:

1. Sunflower oil 17g
2. Shea butter 15g
3. Rose wax 0.5g
4. Beeswax 1.5g
5. Emulsifying wax 7.5g

*Preservative of choice

72%橄欖皂 Marseille Inspired Soap

1% sodium lactate
green clay
yellow clay

72% 橄欖皂 HP Marseille Inspired Soap II

用電燉鍋再煮一次，約煮 50 分鐘。
Using slow cooker cooked for 50 mins at low. 

3% Sodium Lactate
Unscented

72% 橄欖皂 HP Marseille Inspired Soap I

This batch is over cooked for over 1 hr, at high. The texture is too hard and easily break.

1. 3% sodium lactate
2. unscented
3. slow cooker set at low, cook for around 50 mins, check every 10 mins