Honey Glycerin Soap 蜂蜜甘油皂

If honey is added when melting gelled soap, the result of this honey glycerin soap will have darker color (might be because of caramelized). However, the benefits of honey might not have left much. The amount of alcohol used depends on how much will evaporate during heating. When the melting soap becomes syrup-like, you can add another 10% of alcohol in and cover the lid. The cooking time to melt the gelled soap might be up to 2 hours. This youtube is good for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrCGSU3XHhA

Honey added at the end.

My experience is:

1. Hot process (slow cooker) for cooking the soap batter till gelled (around 1 hour for this small amount)
2. I'll change to double boiler method. Add glycerin first. 20% of total oil weight. Hot water pan has been heated and the second container is getting hotter. Stir the soap and glycerin. The texture should be like smashed potatoes.
3. Adding 75% alcohol. The amount of alcohol can be 80% of total oil weight. Stir and cover the lid. It's better to have tight lid which can prevent evaporation. It will take a while to dissolve the soap. If after 30 mins of cooking, there's still some small parts that can't melt, I will add 10% of alcohol and cook till nearly melted or totally melted.
4. Add sugar (20% of oils) + water (70% of sugar) and honey (5% of oils). If the solution is quite sticky, I will add another 10% of alcohol as well. Stir... sift, add fragrance, pour in mold.

Melting time around 80 mins. Not completely melted. Sift the liquid is my way.

Honey added with glycerin will have darker color.

1. This recipe is for this amount of oil only, double everything might not work well.
2. 95% Alcohol, 50% first, then 10%.... till nearly melted
3. Glycerin 20g
4. Honey 5g
5. Suger 28g water 25g

Stamping Lavender Soap

1. Lavender infused sweet almond oil
2. Sodium Lactate: 4g
3. Lavender Essential Oil: 12g
4. Extra Fat: Chamomile Butter 10g

Brown Sugar and Honey Soap 黑糖蜂蜜皂

Using Taiwanese black sugar

1. Hot process 
2. 95% alcohol:80g. Glycerin: 20g. Double boiler to melt the gelled soap. Cook till melted or almost melted. Covered with lid to prevent evaporation.
3. Brown sugar (Taiwanese black sugar): 15g. Distill water:11g. Honey: 5g. 75% alcohol:20g.

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• Recipe 3 泡沫細緻。
• 不加蜂蜜，則使用第一次做成功的比例。
• 加蜂蜜，用此配方，但還是比較軟。

Garden Mint Soap 田園薄荷皂

Stamping the soaps after two weeks of curing.

1. Sodium lactate: 3.5g
2. Oat butter: 10g super fat
3. Essential oil: tea tree, cedarwood, pachouli

Honey Glycerin Soap (From Scratch)

1. Based on this recipe (adapted from Catherine Failor's book of Making Transparent Soap P.67), adjust the rations of the solvents.
2. 80% alcohol. 10~20% glycerin. /// 10% distill water. 5~10% honey. 20% alcohol.
3. Slow cooker hot process as making soaps. For this small amount, cook the batter for around an hour. Check every 15 mins, stir the batter. (check my previous article of a youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSSbTdgwyP8)
4. Double boiler. Cover with 2+ layers of plastic wrap, sealed tightly. Cook for 20-30 mins until dissolved.
5. Add the rest solvents. Fragrant. Pour (sift) into mold.

Honey Soap 3

Looks nice

1. Alcohol 100%, glycerin 15%, sodium lactate 2g
2. Sugar 10%, distill water 10%, honey 10%

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Next Time:

• When dissolving the gelled soap, can try to blend the soap will glycerin and alcohol... in order to make the soap finer to dissolve. Try 50% alcohol at first. glycerin 15%.
• Try honey 15%, water 10%, and 20% alcohol at the end.

Honey Soap 1 and 2

Honey Soap 1

Honey Soap 1

1. 80% alcohol, 20% glycerin, 28g honey. Too much honey!
2. Too soft. wobbly inside.
3. Found it ideal to make liquid hand wash. 

Liquid hand wash

Honey Soap 2

1. Melting gelled soap with 80% alcohol, 20% glycerin.
2. Suger 15g, distill water 11g, honey 6g
3. Looks good

1. Hot process procedure. Slow cooker at low, cook for 1 hour, check and stir every 15 mins.
2. Change to double boiler method. Add glycerin (20%) and alcohol (80%) , completely covered, and cook till completely dissolve, around 30 mins.

Transparent Soap (Recipe 3)

1. NaOH: 15g
2. Alcohol: 45g
3. Glycerin: 30g
4. Sugar: 28g + Distill water: 25g 
5. The alcohol will evaporate during heating when dissolving the gelled soap. 
6. Added another 20g at the end when mixing in the sugar water. 
7. Should adjust the percentage of alcohol in the beginning.

Transparent Soap (Recipe 2)

This recipe is adapted from the book of "Making Transparent Soap the art of crafting, molding, scenting & coloring" by Catherine Failor. 

The original result of this recipe was not transparent. May be the evaporation
of alcohol. Melted twice and added alcohol and glycerin. So the final recipe
is unknown, should do it again.

1. Mix oil and lye solution and whisk to trace.
2. Hot process procedure.
3. Add alcohol (40% of total oil) and glycerin (20% of total oil), double boiler, dissolve completely.
4. Add sugar (25% of total oil) solution (75% of sugar)
5. Cool for 20 mins then to add fragrance if needed
6. Pour into mold

Black Soy Milk Soap 黑豆漿皂

1. Black soy milk ice cube + black soy milk total 105.5g
2. 3.5g sodium lactate
3. 14g lavender essential oil
4. 5g charcoal oil + soap batter 50g for black color 

洋甘菊護膚皂 Chamomile Soap

1. Chamomile Infused Sweet Almond Oil
2. Excess Chamomile Butter: 8g
3. Red Palm Oil
4. Chamomile Essential Oil: 8g

Yuzhu Soap 玉竹皂

Yuzhu tea is said to be good for whitening the skin.

1. Yuzhu tea ice cube + yuzhu tea: 109g (for lye solution)
2. Sodium lactate: 3.5g
3. Rose geranium essential oil: 11g
4. Red clay oil 10% of soap batter (100g soap batter + 10g red clay oil)
5. Fast trace, light trace should go into mold

Stamping The Cocoa & Coffee Butter Soap

1. 3.5g sodium lactate
2. Unscented
3. Unrefined cocoa butter
4. 1g cocoa powder

Stamping The Mild Soap

1. Rosehip powder 1g+100g soap batter
2. 3.5g sodium lactate
3. Lavender, geranium rose essential oils

甜杏仁牛奶皂 Almond and Milk Soap

Actually, milk soap doesn't need to cover. It will heat up later.

Some cracks in the middle after a couple of hours,
I will smooth it.

After one and a half days, it's ready to unmold.

1. Milk ice cubes: 114g
2. Excess oat butter: 10g
3. Lavender essential oil: 12g