The cold process soap formulation I am using for this Summer Vibes cold process soap contains three butters. I love soaps that contain both shea butter and cocoa butter but in this formulation I decided to add mango butter as well. This formulation contains 13% of shea butter and 10% of cocoa butter and mango butter. All of these butters add great properties to the soap and make a very hard long lasting bar of soap. With this recipe I used a 6% “superfat”/lye discount. If you want a higher amount of “superfat” just make sure to run it through your favorite lye calculator.
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The inspiration for this soap is a fun summer vacation by the ocean and a lovely sunset. The top layer of the soap is a representation of the sunset and the bottom layer is intended to be the ocean full of color and waves. With a bit of imagination I can actually see a beautiful sunset over the ocean waves. Both layers use an in the pot swirl.
I have shared several cold process soap formulations in the posts linked below. Take a look and you may find a favorite.
Handmade Cold Process Soap Making
All Natural Aloe Vera Cold Process Soap
Kiss Pour and Handmade Mold DIY
Coconut Milk & Coconut Water Cold Process Soap
Mahogany & Amber Cold Process Soap
How to make Summer Vibes Cold Process Soap
Some of my favorites soap making additives
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 extra hardness to the soap and makes it last longer in the shower. The colloidal oatmeal is known to have great properties for the skin and I just love the feel it gives to the soap.
Additional materials needed for cold process soap making
- Mixing pitchers
- Immersion blender
- Silicone spatulas
- Funnel pitchers
- Infrared thermometer
- Digital scale
Other Ingredients used
- Mica colorants: Celestial blue and la bomba blue mica colorants for the ocean section of the soap and yellow and fruit punch red mica colorants for the top section representing a lovely sunset over the ocean.
- Fragrance: Fragrance is always optional. All the scents that I use are phthalates free. I also like to use essential oils to scent my soaps. In this summer vibes soap I used a 50/50 mix of “Honey I washed the kids” and Rose Quartz
Ready to start making your own cold process soaps? Then this eBook with 25 different cold process soap formulations is the perfect resource. With so many formulations, you will have lots of inspiration to experiment and find the perfect one.
This eBook also includes best practices to modify the formulations to your liking.
Want more techniques, design ideas, and learn how to incorporate salt, sugar, and honey into your soaps? This post has a lot more details for the beginner and experienced soap maker.
Cold process soap most common questions answered in one place.
Thank you for this video, it was very interesting, I feel like I have a better idea on how to mix colours now.