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		By: Jan @ The Nerdy Farm Wife		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/carrot-honey-soap-recipe/#comment-55239&quot;&gt;Rachel da Rosa&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Rachel, I sure do! This is a recipe I wrote for the Bulk Herb Store:
https://www.bulkherbstore.com/blog/2015/07/how-to-make-easy-cold-processed-lavender-soap/
How wonderful to have your own ready supply of organic olive oil! 
Pure olive oil soap naturally traces slow, but you can help it along by decreasing the amount of water used in the recipe.
Look at the amount of lye in the recipe and then use roughly twice as much water.
So, if your recipe calls for almost 4 oz of lye, use around 8 ounces of water. More water than that and it will take a lot longer to reach trace.
Using less water also helps it unmold faster.
Another trick is to add 1 tsp of salt to the lye water to help it harden up a bit faster.
If you have a second type of oil you can use, you could also try 80 or 90% olive oil with the balance being the second oil.
This will help the lather (pure olive oil soaps have very little lather on their own.)
Pure olive or high olive oil soaps do take longer to cure - at least six weeks, though olive oil soaps that cure for months are even better.
I&#039;ve also found that using milk in the soap recipe adds a nice creaminess and boosts the lather. 
You could try a honey and oatmeal combination - since the sugars in honey would help boost lather and the oatmeal might thicken it a bit. 
Adding a natural clay at trace will also often cause your soap to thicken up fairly quickly.
I hope some of those ideas help and good luck with your soap experiments!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/carrot-honey-soap-recipe/#comment-55239">Rachel da Rosa</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Rachel, I sure do! This is a recipe I wrote for the Bulk Herb Store:<br />
<a href="https://www.bulkherbstore.com/blog/2015/07/how-to-make-easy-cold-processed-lavender-soap/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.bulkherbstore.com/blog/2015/07/how-to-make-easy-cold-processed-lavender-soap/</a><br />
How wonderful to have your own ready supply of organic olive oil!<br />
Pure olive oil soap naturally traces slow, but you can help it along by decreasing the amount of water used in the recipe.<br />
Look at the amount of lye in the recipe and then use roughly twice as much water.<br />
So, if your recipe calls for almost 4 oz of lye, use around 8 ounces of water. More water than that and it will take a lot longer to reach trace.<br />
Using less water also helps it unmold faster.<br />
Another trick is to add 1 tsp of salt to the lye water to help it harden up a bit faster.<br />
If you have a second type of oil you can use, you could also try 80 or 90% olive oil with the balance being the second oil.<br />
This will help the lather (pure olive oil soaps have very little lather on their own.)<br />
Pure olive or high olive oil soaps do take longer to cure &#8211; at least six weeks, though olive oil soaps that cure for months are even better.<br />
I&#8217;ve also found that using milk in the soap recipe adds a nice creaminess and boosts the lather.<br />
You could try a honey and oatmeal combination &#8211; since the sugars in honey would help boost lather and the oatmeal might thicken it a bit.<br />
Adding a natural clay at trace will also often cause your soap to thicken up fairly quickly.<br />
I hope some of those ideas help and good luck with your soap experiments!</p>
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		By: Rachel da Rosa		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you have any recipes that only use olive oil as an oil for soap? We grow olives and I have a lot of old oil to use. I have a personal issue with buying tropical oils when I have so much oil here of my own. I have tried a bunch of different recipes but none trace well. Would using oatmeal or any herbal additives help? So far I have tried to keep it basic so I can eliminate variables but now I am wondering if anything works. I do get a useable soap, but it is still liquid when poured into the molds and often takes 6 weeks to cure. I also sell my old olive oil for $20/gallon for soap making or salve making. It&#039;s certified organic and grown in California.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have any recipes that only use olive oil as an oil for soap? We grow olives and I have a lot of old oil to use. I have a personal issue with buying tropical oils when I have so much oil here of my own. I have tried a bunch of different recipes but none trace well. Would using oatmeal or any herbal additives help? So far I have tried to keep it basic so I can eliminate variables but now I am wondering if anything works. I do get a useable soap, but it is still liquid when poured into the molds and often takes 6 weeks to cure. I also sell my old olive oil for $20/gallon for soap making or salve making. It&#8217;s certified organic and grown in California.</p>
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