Welcome to my soap making tutorial for beginners. This video demonstrates the full method for cold process soap making using an easy beginner recipe (scroll down for details).

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Please store your lye solution in a polypropylene plastic container instead of glass! Or don't store it at all and make it fresh :)

Also, please be aware that this recipe is almost a castile soap! It's not really an allrounder recipe, just what I came up with at the time (I honestly had no idea it would be so popular! It was my first soap recipe shared on youtube and I thought only a few of my friends would see it ). Please check out my other videos for more balanced recipes. I have so many wonderful soap recipes on this channel!

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Sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide (lyes) used in soap making, in granular or flake form or in solution with water/other liquids, as well as raw soap batter, are highly corrosive and require careful and attentive handling and the proper use of personal protective equipment. Please watch this video to learn more about essential soap making safety precautions    • Soap Making Safety Essentials  Detai...  
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Recipe details
My mould used in this video is 37cm long, 7cm wide and 5.7cm deep
It holds 1.480kg of soap batter just enough for this recipe.

Ingredients:
• 950 grams olive oil
• 50 grams coconut oil
• 199 grams water
• 133 grams caustic soda (also known as sodium hydroxide)
• 2050 grams of essential oil (optional I used 40g lavender EO *please check your supplier for usage rates)
• Lavender buds, clay or colours for your soap (optional)

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