- 600g of olive oil
- 150g grapeseed oil
- 125g of coconut oil
- 100g of corn oil
- 50g of castor oil
- 25g of cocoa butter
- 20g beeswax
- 140g of caustic soda (6% discount)
- 400g of distilled water
- 1 handful of dried lemon beerbrush
- 1 tablespoon of sweet almond oil
- 1 tablespoon of nettle powder
- 10 ml of lemongrass essential oil
This soap is inspired by the scent that invades our garden every summer, that of lemon beerbrush! At home we have always used lemon beerbrush in the kitchen, to make excellent herbal teas and a fantastic digestive liqueur .. And I thought: why not experiment with it in soap too? !! I then made this recipe with the hot method, using both the lemon beerbrush infusion and the leaves in the dough to create a light exfoliating effect. (this year, incredible but true, the lemon beerbrush is still in bloom in November !!)
Preparation
Hot method.
Make an infusion with distilled water and the lemon beerbrush dried the previous day, then filter it and keep the leaves separately, which will then be air-dried and roughly chopped. Add caustic soda to the prepared infusion. Heat the oils in a water bath and add them to the caustic solution when both have reached a temperature of 40 °. Once you have reached the "trace" phase, proceed with the hot method in a water bath. When cooked, add the almond oil, the nettle, the lemongrass essential oil and the leaves left over from the infusion, mix vigorously and pour quickly into the mold, isolating it for the first 24 hours.
How to use
Use as a normal soap.
