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

Chamomile Body Lotion 洋甘菊潤膚乳

Chamomile infused sweet almond oil

Strain the infused oil with paper herb bag

1. Chamomile infused sweet almond oil: 13g
2. Rosehip oil: 4g
3. Chamomile butter: 2g
4. Shea butter: 2g
5. Mango butter: 2g
6. Beeswax:1g
7. Olive emulsifying wax 1000: 7g
8. Lotion: 70g
9. Silk: 1g
10. Costard: 0.1g

Stir with this at first

Then I use this to stir when it cools

Pour in this travel container

Rose Petal Cream 玫瑰花護膚霜

This recipe is adapted from: https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/rose-petal-salve-recipe/

1. Rose petal infused sweet almond oil: 13g
2. Resehip oil: 7g
3. Shea butter: 3g
4. Rose wax: 0.5g
5. Beeswax: 0.5g
6. Olive emulsifying wax: 7g
7. Costard: 0.1g
8. Rose hydrosol: 70g 
9. Proteines de soie: 1g

Lavender Soap 薰衣草皂

Recently, focussing on super fat and extra butter added,
hoping to make the soap more gentle and leave the skin
with extra protection.

Lavender infused sweet almond oil.
This one has been infused for nearly 2 months.
Strain the oil with Chinese herb paper bag (or coffee filter).

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

Mint Soap 新鮮薄荷皂

這次去加拿大旅行著實被當地氣候打敗，抵達時的溫哥華冷又乾，帶的皂實在不太適合，想要做個洗了清爽也留下滋潤的皂。今天加入薄荷完全是因為管理員把我的薄荷照顧得很好，旅行一個多月，仍然長得很壯碩。

薄荷葉加入純水（蒸餾水）用 Vitamix 打細，可凍成冰塊，
如直接加入氫氧化鈉，就等鹼液降溫再使用

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

Meadowfoam Lip Balms 白芒花護唇膏

一個多月的旅程即將告一段落，這幾年每年暑假都來美國，今年特別，先去加拿大玩一趟，再轉戰南加。這次在朋友家的社區發現許多接骨木，便興起做了些簡單的東西，有護唇膏，潤膚餅和藥膏。回家再繼續作皂，腦子裡有許多新的想法！

The rations for this lip balm:
Liquid Oils: 3 (sunflower oil, meadowfoam oil, castor oil)
Butter: 0.5 (Shea butter)
Beeswax: 1

New pink lip balm tubes.
2 oz tin cans are perfect for these bee mold lotion bars.

Elder Leaf Salve (Shea Butter)

This recipe is adapted from https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/elder-leaf-salve/
It is good for bruising, strains, and old injuries.

Elder leaf infused sunflower oil: 50g
Shea Butter: 5g
Beeswax: 7g

STEPS

For quick infusion, double boiling the oil for at least 2 hours.

Sift the infused oil, add in shea butter and beeswax, then double boiling
all the ingredients till melted completely.

Pour in the tins

The salve can be used right away when it cools.

Elder Leaf Salve

This recipe is from:
 https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/elder-leaf-salve/

Elder leaf infused sunflower oil: 50g
Beeswax:7g
If keep stirring while the mixture cools, the texture will become creamy. 

Infused in sunflower oil