Pure Castile Soap from 100% Olive Oil – Step-by-Step Guide

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Don't tell me it's castile if you're using more palm kernel and coconut oil than olive oil! Real castile soap is olive oil based, no marketing gimmicks.

This is how I make liquid castile soap. I like to make my liquid soap cold process, because I just don't like cooking soap. If you hot process it would probably speed things up.

Typically you will use sodium hydroxide for hard soap and potassium hydroxide for liquid. In order to get the castile soap to set up quickly, the trick is to do a hybrid of hydroxides (new band name). For this recipe I used 70% potassium and 30% sodium.

I waited about 24 hours for the paste to set up, then diluted it. It took another couple days to fully dilute, but if you wanted you could hit it with the stick blender to mix right away.

With 300 grams of olive oil, I ended up with about 3 liters of liquid soap, talk about value! This soap is gentle AF. Hands and bodies will love it, especially if you wash your hands often. Takes scents really well, mmm maybe lemon?

Recipe
300 grams Olive Oil
100 gram Water
44 grams Potassium Hydroxide
12 grams Sodium Hydroxide

The soap adventures are well under way. Liquid soap is oh so satisfying. Easier than bar soap! Take a look at the ingredients in your soap, is that want you want to be rubbing on your body???