Cold Process and Melt & Pour Soap Making - Combining CP & MP

Cold Process and Melt & Pour Soap Making - Combining CP & MP Soap. Timeline & recipe below. This simple soap was going to be my entry for the CP + MP Soap Challenge Club last month, but I just ran out of time. Since I recorded the whole process, I thought I’d make a video anyway. I apologize for the shaking table at times. I'm in a temporary location at the moment. Hopefully that will be fixed next time.

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This was my first time to use melt and pour soap, and I was really pleased at how easy it was to get vibrant colors using very little of my herb and spice infused oils. One more thing about the melt and pour - I was worried it wouldn't stick to the cold process (especially since I let the CP soap sit for so long). At first it seemed that way, but after the cut bars sat for a day, I couldn't budge the mp.

••• SAFETY INFO •••
Remember to always wear safety glasses and gloves when making soap. If you’d like more info on lye safety or basic soapmaking, check out these links:

Soap Queen TV Lye Safety & Beginner Series: http://goo.gl/FqA0Yt

Lovin’ Soap offers a free ebook on basic soapmaking called Basic Cold Process Soap Making Guide: https://bit.ly/2PlwB3s

Understanding Water Discounts & Lye Solutions by Modern Soapmaking: https://bit.ly/2Yvyq2m


*** Video Timeline ***
00:16 - Making the charcoal cold process soap
01:06 - Making the plain white cold process soap
01:40 - Punching holes in the cold process soap slabs
02:44 - Melting, coloring, and pouring the melt & pour soap
04:26 - Cutting and trimming the soaps
05:28 - Final Pics

*** RECIPE ***
Both batches used the same recipe

Olive Oil - 35%
Coconut Oil - 25%
Lard - 30%
Avocado Oil - 5%
Castor Oil - 5%

Superfat - 5%
Water & Lye calculated with a soap calculator

Activated charcoal mixed in sunflower oil - I use a ratio of 1 tsp charcoal in 1 Tbsp of sunflower oil to get the charcoal nice and smooth. I then used 1 Tbsp of this charcoal oil for every pound of oils in my recipe.

Annatto Seed, Paprika, Indigo Root, and Alkanet Root infused oils - just enough to achieve the color. It really didn’t take much at all (no more than 1 ml each, if that).

Kaolin Clay - 2 tsp per 500g of oils - http://goo.gl/CE9m0V

Essential Oils:
Rosemary essential oil - 3 parts
Peppermint essential oil - 1 part

If you’re interested in some natural melt & pour soap, you could check here http://goo.gl/PdVVRu
I used clear, low sweat melt & pour soap

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Waring 7” Quik Stik Immersion Blender from Amazon.com - http://amzn.to/2j2vgMf (my favorite blender ever)
7” Slab Mold - Kiwi&Company on Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/KiwiCompany
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*** MUSIC INFO ***

The Bluest Star by The 126ers

Water Lily by The 126ers

Weekend in the City by Silent Partner

Happy Mandolin by Media Right Productions

Blizzards by Riot

Runaways by Silent Partner

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