How Do You Make Organic Palm Soap?
Making soap at home is an inexpensive way to customize your soap and avoid chemical ingredients found in commercial soaps. Making your soap organic simply requires that you purchase organic oils to use in your recipe. This basic soap recipe uses multiple types of oil, in addition to the palm. If you want a higher concentration, use more palm oil and less of another type of oil. Making soap requires the use of a caustic solution called lye, so it is very important to observe safety protocol. Put on your safety glasses, gloves and apron. It is best to wear clothing that covers all of your skin as well. Combine the water with the sodium hydroxide. Stir it well. The sodium hydroxide causes a chemical reaction, heating the water. Set the mixture aside. Combine the oils in a double boiler and heat to between 100 and 125 degrees. If you don’t have a double boiler, use a smaller pot or bowl inside a larger pot of water. Combine the oils and the lye water once they have both reached about the s
