Homemade Candy Cane Soap
Just in time for the holidays, homemade candy cane soap looks and smells like a Christmas treat! This cold-process soap bar is ultra-nourishing to the skin with a variety of plant-based oils and peppermint essential oil.
Servings: 12 soap bars
Equipment
- Safety goggles, mask, and gloves
- Silicone soap loaf mold
Ingredients
- 15 oz lard
- 8 oz coconut oil
- 4 oz avocado oil
- 2 oz castor oil
- 11 oz water
- 4.2 oz lye
- 0.075 oz peppermint essential oil (50 drops)
- 1 tsp red mica powder
Instructions
- Melt lard, coconut oil, avocado oil and castor oil in a double boiler. Set aside to cool.
- Slowly add lye to water. Stir the ingredients together gently. Set aside in a safe area to cool.
- Once both the oil and lye solution have cooled to around 100°F, slowly pour the lye solution in with the oils.
- Mix with an immersion blender until it comes to a light trace and add your fragrance.
- Continue mixing with the immersion blender until it reaches a medium trace.
- Separate the soap into two batches. Add your red mica powder to one of the containers and stir it in well.
- Layer the soap into your soap mold, alternating between colors.
- Allow the soap to harden for three days before removing it from the mold and cutting it into individual bars. Lay the soap bars on their ends to cure for 6 weeks before using!
Notes
- Always wear proper protective gear when making soap, including goggles, a mask, and gloves.
- Work in a well-ventilated area, especially when handling the lye.
- Keep children and pets out of your workspace. Store ingredients in a safe place out of reach of children.
- Never add water to lye. Rather, put the water in a jar and slowly add the lye to that. Adding water to the lye can cause a dangerous reaction.
- Do not deviate from the recipe. If you wish to swap out any of the ingredients or change the recipe, you'll need to recalculate with a soap calculator.
- You can download free printable labels in my member resource library!