Cold-Pressed Winter Forest Soap Recipe

Cold-Pressed Winter Forest Soap Recipe

A beautiful handmade soap, inspired by a peaceful walk through a snow-covered pine forest. Deep forest-green swirls contrast with creamy white soap, making it look as if snow is swirling through the pine trees.

Ingredients

• Olive oil 225 g
• Coconut oil 125 g
• Shea Butter 75 g
• Castor oil 25 g
• Cocoa butter 50 g
• Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) 69.0 g
• Distilled water 145 g
• Alpen Lodge & Winter Spar Fragrance oil, Max. 15 g
• Forest green, soap-safe mica
• Titanium dioxide, soap-safe – Optional

The amount of lye is an approximate calculation based on standard SAP values for about 5% superfat.

Instructions

1. Wear safety goggles, chemical-resistant gloves, and long-sleeved clothing. Work in a well-ventilated area, away from children and pets.
2. Carefully add the sodium hydroxide to the distilled water while stirring. Never add water to sodium hydroxide. Allow the solution to cool.
3. Melt the coconut oil, shea butter, and cocoa butter. Add the olive oil and castor oil.
4. Once the oils and the lye solution are at a suitable, reasonably similar temperature—around 30–40 °C—slowly mix them together.
5. Mix until a light emulsion or a very thin “trace” forms.
6. Add the fragrance oils in a verified, soap-safe concentration. First, test their effect on the “trace” and check for any discoloration.
7. Divide the soap batter into two portions. Color one portion forest green and leave the other white, or color it lightly with titanium dioxide.
8. Pour the two colors alternately into the mold to create a natural, forest-inspired swirl.
9. Let the soap saponify and set; keep an eye on the temperature and prevent it from overheating.
10. Remove the soap from the mold once it’s firm enough, cut it into pieces, and let it dry in a well-ventilated area for about 4–6 weeks, or longer if necessary.

Creative tip: Create a white top layer with a texture that resembles freshly fallen snow. Use green swirls throughout the soap to suggest evergreen branches beneath the frost.

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