How to Make Natural Soaps With Native Plants
Making your own soap is very rewarding for you and your family. Using native plants to make these soaps is the best recipe. There are many different native plants; a few of these are Blood Root, Echinacea, Golden Seal, Black Cohosh and many more.
Items Needed
- Eight Ounces Distilled Water
- Three Ounces Sodium Hydroxide
- Eight Ounces Olive Oil
- Five Ounces Coconut Oil
- One Tablespoon Caster Oil
- Wax Paper
- Paper Box
- Goggles
- Gloves
- Line the paper box with wax paper; this will be were the finished product will be put. Place your goggles on your eyes and your gloves on your hands.
- Place your Sodium Hydroxide into the bowl and add eight ounces of water slowly to the mix. Set aside the mixture to cool.
- Place the coconut oil into a measuring cup. Add olive oil and castor oil and mix all together.
- Melt the oil mixture in the microwave for two minutes. Do not overheat the mixture, because it takes a long time to cool.
- Check to see if the water and oil mixtures are cooled to 20 degrees. If your oils have turned cold, you can place it in the microwave for one minute.
- Pour water mixture into the oil mixture slowly and stirring at the same time. Using a whisk, stir the soap mixture. Keep stirring until the soap mixture looks thick.
- Pour the soap liquid into the paper container you lined earlier and cover with plastic wrap. Leave the soap mixture harden for two days.
- Take the soap out of the lined paper container and place on a cutting board. Cut the soap into bars using a sharp knife.