Chamomile Lavender and Eucalyptus Soap with Ground Oats
Recently I had a special request from Nick for soap!
Something with eucalyptus!
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He was looking for something to wake him up in the mornings.
But, I wasn’t looking to smell like vapor rub so I had to come up with something a little different.
Chamomile Lavender and Eucalyptus Soap with Ground Oats!
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When I learned how to make cold process soap I couldn’t have imagined how much it would have changed my views on store bought soaps!
If you’re new to soap making I HIGHLY encourage purchasing Jan Berry’s Natural Soap Making EBook Collection.
I had been using my own homemade soap for a year, and one morning after getting in the shower I realized the bar hadn’t been replaced.
So I sucked it up and used a body wash that was left over from who knows when.
When I got out of the shower I noticed that I had completely broken out in hives and vowed never to use any soap but my own again!
Now that I’m pregnant my skin sensitivity is even worse so I wanted to make sure that this batch was soothing and nourishing as well!
The ground oats in the soap give a gentle exfoliation while soothing irritated skin.
While the soap has Shea Butter and Coconut Oil to nourish and moisturize.
To give some balance to the scent I decided to use a mixture of chamomile lavender tea and lavender, rosemary and eucalyptus essential oils.
Most tea’s scent burns off during saponification but chamomile leaves a mild scent in the end.
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Waiting for a finished product can be a little nerve racking when you experiment with new scents.
They fill your house for the first day and I always worry that I took it too far!
After a day or two though, they mellowed out and I was SO excited to try my new cold process soap!
I ALMOST couldn’t wait the 4 weeks to try it out!
The end result was a refreshing and grounding scent!
Not too girly, and definitely not like a vapor rub! Perfect to start the day!
Making Chamomile Lavender and Eucalyptus Soap with Ground Oats
This batch makes an approximate 3 lb batch, perfect for these flower molds!
And don’t forget to reference Jan Berry’s Natural Soap Making EBook Collection!
Ingredients
- 4.42 oz Lye
- 11.06 oz Chamomile Lavender Tea (brewed from lavender and chamomile grown in my healing garden!)
- 3.50 oz Castor Oil
- 5.00 oz Coconut Oil
- 23.00 oz Olive Oil
- 2.00 oz Unrefined Shea Butter
- 2 Tbsp finely ground oats
- 1 tsp Eucalyptus Essential Oil
- 1 tsp Lavender Essential Oil
- 1 tsp Rosemary Essential Oil
Directions
Step 1: Gather all of your materials! (Seriously, I hadn’t made soap in awhile and ended up running around the house because someone likes to “borrow” from my soap kitchen and things go missing!) Here’s a great list of supplies you’ll need when making soap.
Step 2: Measure out your chamomile lavender tea in a heat safe liquid measuring cup.
Step 3: Measure your lye in a container only used for this purpose.
Step 4: Sprinkle your lye into your liquid and then mix with a spatula, only used for making cold process soap.
Step 5: Set this mixture aside, and rinse your lye cup and spatula clean.
Step 6: Melt your Shea Butter in an aluminum or stainless steel pan.
Step 7: Add remaining oils and stir.
Step 8: Wait for the temperatures of the lye mixture and oil mixture to both reach between 90°F and 115°F with only 20°F temperature difference.
Step 9: Pour your lye mixture into the oil mixture and blend with an immersion blender in 30 sec intervals until you reach trace.
Step 10: Add essential oils and ground oats and mix in with your spatula.
Step 11: Pour into your molds, give them a shake to get any air bubbles out, cover with plastic wrap and a towel.
Step 12: Wait 24-48 hours before removing. It’s always super hard for me to wait that long but when I don’t, many of them come out damaged.
Step 13: Allow the soap to cure in a dry space for 4-6 weeks and you’re finally ready! Enjoy the rich lather and refreshing scents!
Chamomile Lavender Eucalyptus Soap with Ground Oats
Ingredients
- 4.42 oz Lye
- 11.06 oz Chamomile Lavender Tea
- 3.50 oz Castor Oil
- 5.00 oz Coconut Oil
- 23.00 oz Olive Oil
- 2.00 oz Unrefined Shea Butter
- 2 Tbsp finely ground oats
- 1 tsp Eucalyptus Essential Oil
- 1 tsp Lavender Essential Oil
- 1 tsp Rosemary Essential Oil
Instructions
- 1. Gather all of your materials! (Seriously, I hadn't made soap in awhile and ended up running around the house because someone likes to "borrow" from my soap kitchen and things go missing!) Here's a great list of supplies you'll need when making soap.
- Measure out your chamomile lavender tea in a heat safe liquid measuring cup.
- Measure your lye in a container only used for this purpose.
- Sprinkle your lye into your liquid and then mix with a spatula, only used for making cold process soap.
- Set this mixture aside, and rinse your lye cup and spatula clean.
- Melt your Shea Butter in an aluminum or stainless steel pan.
- Add remaining oils and stir.
- Wait for the temperatures of the lye mixture and oil mixture to both reach between 90°F and 115°F with only 20°F temperature difference.
- Pour your lye mixture into the oil mixture and blend with an immersion blender in 30 sec intervals until you reach trace.
- Add essential oils and ground oats and mix in with your spatula.
- Pour into your molds, give them a shake to get any air bubbles out, cover with plastic wrap and a towel.
- Wait 24-48 hours before removing. It's always super hard for me to wait that long but when I don't, many of them come out damaged.
- Allow the soap to cure in a dry space for 4-6 weeks and you're finally ready! Enjoy the rich lather and refreshing scents!