I am very excited to share this Lemonade Stand cold process soap DIY. For this DIY I decided to add some exfoliating properties and added a full tablespoon of ground walnut shells. This cold process soap formulation is a double butter formulation including shea butter and cocoa butter. I’ve also added avocado oil which is a fantastic oil for cold process soap making.
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The cold process soap formulation I am sharing today is a double butter soap recipe/formulation. It does not contain palm oil. I use palm oil for some of my cold process soap formulations but I also know that some may want to avoid it for various reasons. I have both options of soaps available in my shop…. head over to check out your favorite.
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Two of my favorite additives that I include in every batch of my cold process soaps are kaolin clay and colloidal oatmeal. I love how these additives make the soap feel very luxurious and silky. The kaolin clay helps anchor the scent and also adds a bit of hardness to the soap and makes it longer lasting. The colloidal oatmeal is known to have great properties for the skin and I just love the feel it gives to the soap. An additional additive I used for this soap is the ground walnut shells. This is a great way to add a bit of exfoliating action to the soap.
How to make Lemonade Stand cold process soap
Cold process soap ingredients
- 1.6 ounces Cocoa Butter (10%)
- 2.4 ounces Shea Butter (15%)
- 7.2 ounces Olive Oil (45%)
- 4..0 ounces Coconut Oil (25%)
- 0.8 ounces Castor Oil (5%)
- 2.17 ounces of Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
- 4.35 ounces of Distilled Water
Cold process soap ingredients for formulation with Avocado Oil
- 1.6 ounces Cocoa Butter (10%)
- 2.4 ounces Shea Butter (15%)
- 4.8 ounces Olive Oil (30%)
- 2.4 ounces Avocado Oil (15%)
- 4.0 ounces Coconut Oil (25%)
- 0.8 ounces Castor Oil (5%)
- 2.17 ounces of Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
- 4.35 ounces of Distilled Water
Additives
Ground walnut shells for soaps
I use Kaolin clay and colloidal oatmeal in most of my soaps at a ratio of on tablespoon per pound of oils.
Other Ingredients used
- Mica colorants (I used Guava Lava Mica for the pink and La La Mica for the yellow. Both these micas are from Mad Micas. I must say I really like working with these micas as they blend really well and the colors are gorgeous.)
- Fragrance – Lemonade Stand from BeScented. I had no issues working with this fragrance. It might have accelerated the batter a bit but not enough to create any issues for the design I had planned for this soap.
This recipe has a 7% superfat and a 2:1 water to lye ratio. My favorite lye calculator is soapcalc.net. Below is a snapshot of the recipe in soapcalc.
Formulation with Avocado Oil
I doubled this recipe for this video, make sure to resize if making a larger batch using your favorite lye calculator.
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Lemonade Stand cold process soap making process
If you have never made soap before be aware that handcrafted soap uses lye. Lye is caustic and can burn your skin in contact. Before you try to make soap make sure to use the proper safety equipment. Use gloves, safety glasses, long sleeves, long pants and closed toe shoes.
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All the cold process soapmaking most common questions finally answered in one single place
I’m Interested in making this soap I see that you say you add avocado oil how much and also how much titanium dioxide did you use
And also how much kaolin clay did u use? And colloidal oatmeal? One teaspoon or two ?
Hello,
For the avocado oil you can replace 15% of the olive oil with avocado oil. I’ve updated the post to include a picture of the formulation using 15% avocado oil and 30% olive oil. As I always recommend re-run again through your favorite lye calculator.
For Kaolin clay and colloidal oatmeal I use and recommend one tablespoon per pound of oils. On the titanium dioxide I use one teaspoon of water soluble mixed with one tablespoon of water. I am usually very flexible in the amount of titanium dioxide, I usually add until I get the white color that I have in mind.
I hope your soap turns out great!
Hello, I followed your recepie. Now I wanted to cut the soap and it is stone hard 🫢 do you now what went wrong? Thank you.
Hello, without seeing your process is difficult to troubleshoot but I would ask to review the recipe and make sure that it was followed correctly. How are you trying to cut the soap, you can use a soap cutter like in the video or a knife. If you waited too long to cut the soap it can be harder but you should still be able to cut it.
Hello, I have always wondered and never found the answer to this question When using all these different colors do you have to use certain oils, like can I use any of your recipes and get the same results on the color? like some of the recipes you have different butters in them, will they effect the color as opposed to not using butters? And are you using the same recipe for all these videos?
Hello, to get consistent colors it is important to get good mica colorants that are created for cold process soaps. There are several soap making suppliers that have great mica colorants. I have several formulations that I love and use often, and they all include a lot of butters including shea butter, cocoa butter, kokum butter and mango butter. The initial color of your soap base may affect how the color shows in your soap. You can also find butters that have been processed to remove the color, this can help keep your formulation lighter so that the mica shows more accurate. I use different formulations for the videos, usually the formulation I use is in the blog post associated with the soap making video.