燭果脂皂 Kokum Butter Soap

燭果脂硬度很高，最近喜歡做硬一點的皂，來試試。

以甜杏仁油為主，燭果脂為輔，加入珍珠粉，薏仁萃取液，來強調美白效果。

這次做 7% superfat。

皂的硬度高，皂化中心溫度很高，開始有裂痕時就放入冰箱了。

可以脫模時，就脫模切皂，再晾皂。

Lilac essential oil: 6g
Sprinkle gold mica and pearl powder on top for decoration.

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 做 15 次應該就上手了！

Bastille Soap 70% 橄欖油皂

Bastille Soap 也是一款溫和的皂，含有 70% 以上的橄欖油，這次參考 【How to Make Bastille Soap for Sensitive Skin】來製作這款牛奶蜂蜜橄欖皂。

 

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昨天做了加了核桃餡料的肉桂捲給朋友，今天自己再做一個，非常好吃！

 

Castile Soap 純橄欖皂

是蜂蜜也是茶的關係，這皂的顏色真美！

山金車花＋紫錐花茶／Arnica + Echinacea flower tea

乾燥花加入純水中，加熱後浸泡。
濾掉乾燥草花，茶液備用。

蜂蜜有保濕與抑菌效果，所以這次的橄欖皂仍要加入蜂蜜。通常 1 磅的油量加入 1T 蜂蜜。

另外有薏仁萃取液，美白，加了 1t。

蜂蜜好處與 Bastille Soap

參考資料：

【Benefits of Adding Honey to Soap】 

"The secret of my health is applying honey inside and oil outside," is a quotation credited to Greek philosopher and physician who lived to be 109 during the years 460-370 BC. It sounds like Democritus would have gotten along well with soap makers—though he could have used some convincing him that honey was good to use on the inside and the outside.

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Honey's Humectant and Antimicrobial Qualities 

But history aside, honey is actually a pretty remarkable liquid. Honey is primarily known for its humectant—a compound that attracts moisture to itself and helps retain the moisture—and antimicrobial qualities. Naturally, humectants are wonderful oil additives to lotions, scrubs, and other skincare products.

Honey's unique chemical composition also makes it an effective antimicrobial agent. People have used it to treat minor burns and scrapes, and for aiding the treatment of sore throats and other bacterial infections for centuries. If you just want to use it in some tea or on a muffin, honey contains antioxidants, trace amounts of vitamins, so it’s better for you than just plain sugar.

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Honey in Soap Making 

Honey is also a wonderful additive to soaps, and you don't have to be a beekeeper to use it. It imparts a light, warm, sweet scent, the added sugar content helps increase the lather, and acts as a humectant. We generally use about 1 tbs. per pound of oils and add it at a very light trace.

You want to make sure it gets completely incorporated into the soap before your trace gets too thick. Honey will turn your soap a light tan color. This, similar to what occurs when you use milk in soap, is from the chemical reaction with the extra sugars in the soap.

【How to Make Bastille Soap for Sensitive Skin】

橄欖皂 Castile Soap

參考資料：

• 【Olive Oil Castile Soap Recipes】
• 【Simple Castile Cold Process Soap Tutorial】
  

100% Olive oil，這麼軟的皂，應該可以加蜂蜜、加牛奶。

 糖分可增加泡沫，加了蜂蜜。鹽可加快脫模，加了乳酸鈉。水分減量，可縮短晾皂時間。

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加些量，讓肉桂捲膨脹時再擠一點。

椰子牛奶蜂蜜皂 Coconut Milk Honey Soap

這是唸了 The Spruce Crafts 的文章 【Making 100% Coconut Oil Soap With 20% Superfat】

而產生的靈感，來試試看。

入模後便放冰箱冷藏，因為一定很高溫，會裂。

皂硬度非常高，所以幾個小時後便可脫模，
切皂。

切好，晾皂

100% Coconut Oil Soap (From The Spruce Crafts)

Good information:  Qualities of Soapmaking Oils

The following article is from: 

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/coconut-oil-soap-with-superfat-516603

There are two long-held soap making rules:

• Don’t use more than 30 percent coconut oil in a recipe—it will be too drying.
• Don’t superfat more than about 8 percent to 10 percent or the soap will be soft, have poor lather, and will be prone to the dreaded orange spots or spoilage.

This soap recipe, however, breaks both of those rules by using 100 percent coconut oil while increasing the superfat percentage to 20 percent. The pros of coconut oil and superfatting combine to cancel out the cons of using a high amount of coconut and using a high superfat percentage, resulting in a really lovely bar of soap.

Coconut oil is not really “drying”—it’s just super cleansing. It cleans your skin so well that it strips the oils off of your skin, making it feel dry. Coconut oil itself is good for your skin. Having 20 percent extra oil in the soap mitigates the "drying" effect, resulting in a bar that's really mild.

Dreaded orange spots (or DOS) are caused by the free oils in the soap going rancid. In any bar of soap where there is any amount of superfatting, there is going to be a certain percentage of oil left behind. In a standard, balanced soap recipe, you’re going to have a combination of soft, more fragile oils like canola, sunflower, almond, or even olive along with long-lasting hard oils like tallow, palm, or coconut.

Coconut oil is a long-lasting stable oil. Even if left “free” in the soap at a high percentage, it will be sturdy and shelf-stable for one to two years. Add to that stability, and it makes a super lather, demonstrating why a 100 percent coconut oil bar of soap cancels out the lathering and spoilage issues commonly associated with a high superfat percentage.

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 單顆的肉桂捲有不一樣的口感，表面較硬，有焦糖感，我還是比較喜歡麵包感的肉桂捲。