Coconut Oil & Sea Salt Soap

A coconut oil soap recipe is a cold process bar, and this one adds Pink Himalayan sea salt so the bar cleanses and gently exfoliates. It is made with Baraka virgin coconut oil, and the lye and water amounts below are calculated for this bar using the saponification value of coconut oil. Coconut Oil can be moisturizing as well as cleansing, as many soap makers report.

What makes this bar so special? Virgin Coconut oil has a distinct smell that is naturally intoxicating while at the same time beneficial to the skin.

What can you use it for? The addition of Sea Salt makes this an excellent bar for exfoliation.

Why should you totally try this? In the winter months the skin can become scaly and dry. The Coconut Oil and Sea Salt soap is a natural exfoliating bar that gently cleanses and exfoliates to reveal smooth skin.

Ingredients

1. Distilled Water: 4.7 oz (133 g), about twice the lye weight
2. Sodium Hydroxide (lye): 2.3 oz (66 g), calculated as 16 oz (454 g) coconut oil x 0.183 saponification value (how much lye is needed to turn this oil into soap) x 0.80 (20% superfat, because this is a salt bar). Check it in a lye calculator before you make it
3. Coconut Oil: 16 oz (454 g)
4. Pink Himalayan Sea Salt: 8 oz (227 g)
5. Love Spell Fragrance Oil: 1 Ounce
6. 3 Teaspoons of French Green Clay

Baraka Recipe

1. Put on your safety gear.
2. Measure all ingredients.
3. Pour your sodium hydroxide into the distilled water and mix completely to make a lye solution, Add the 3 teaspoons of French green clay and mix well.
4. Pour the lye solution into the measured coconut oil and blend well.
5. Add the Pink Himalayan sea salt and fragrance oil.
6. Pour into single cavity molds and allow to sit overnight.
7. Remove from mold and allow to cure for 4 weeks.
8. Enjoy

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• Baraka Virgin Coconut Oil, 2.2 lb (1 kg): enough for two batches

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Distilled water, sodium hydroxide (lye), pink Himalayan sea salt, Love Spell fragrance oil and French green clay are not Baraka products; use your usual supplier.

We recommend you to check out our two of the most popular recipes made with the shea butter:

1. Whipped body butter recipe
2. Aloe butter recipe

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About Zakia @LiveSoapSchool

For Zakia Ringgold, magic happens when motherhood collides with life, work and technology. Seeking work/life balance and natural ingredients surrounded by a supportive family, she launched her online shop NaturalSoapByZakia.com. She did this with a live stream and a cell phone to the tune of 100 orders in the first week, without leaving her dining room. She realized it was so much more than soap, it was education, opportunity, empowerment and most importantly community.

Zakia is a certified soap maker, blogger, instructor and author who teaches students around the world soap making and digital technology. With over 15 years experience developing training curriculum, Ringgold decided to lean into her passion of soap making and combine it with her skillset to make training programs and digital solutions in LiveSoapSchool.com. Additionally Zakia has authored the New Soap Makers Cookbook series to help new soap makers learn the art and science of soap making.

Soap Making, Live Streaming, Chatbots, and simple instruction are the foundations on which Zakia bases her services. This has placed her in the international space, shipping her product line to 17 countries and counting, while training students globally to do the same. Watch Zakia and her two daughters Nyla and Paige, broadcasting live on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.