HERB - Here's the Soap recipe again 8^) Lavender ....
Moonshadow
doroket at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 15 03:21:14 PDT 1999
Here is the soap recipe, just add whatever herbs, or
flowers you like. The cinnamon is a period recipe and
very good for gentle scrubbing of the skin. Although
I did not know that the lavender is good for healing
acne, I did have good results with it for other skin
irritations! Have fun and experiment, you can use
other fats but lard seems to work the best.
> Soap....
>
> 3 cups fat Glass measuring cup
> 1 cup distilled water Wooden spoon
> 1/4cup+2tbls. lye Glass mixing bowl
> Candy thermometer
> Vaseline 8x8 glass baking dish or mold
> Enamel cooking pot
>
> About 1/4 cup flower petals, cinnamon, oatmeal
> ground in food processor or whatever strikes your
> fancy. Flower petals should be free of chemicals.
> Adding a few drops of essential oil helps to
> enhance the aroma.
>
> Generously spread vaseline inside the baking dish,
> set aside. Add lye to water in glass measuring cup.
> Cool to 90o, stir carefully.
> Melt fat, heat to 120o, stir occasionally,
> scraping sides of pan to get all.
> Check temps, when ready mix immediately pouring
> fat
> into glass mixing bowl, slowly adding the lye. Mix
> well
> until some runs off the spoon and lies in a ribbon
> on
> top of the mixture.
> Quickly add rest of the ingredients, mix well then
> pour into dish or mold. Let air dry for 24 hours
> then
> wrap and store in dry place for one month.
> Take out of mold, cut and polish bars with soft
> cloth.
>
>
> Experiment with different types of oils, essences,
> etc. and have fun!! 8^) Dorothy~~~~~
>
>
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