Bastille Soap Making

Place your soap mold on a cutting board.

Bastille soap making. Pour the soap batter into the soap mold cavities. Lay your soap on hard flat surface. Unmold soaps and set out to dry. It is a natural soap that is made of 100 olive oil and it gets its name from castile spain where it is believed it originated.

Leave your soap out on the counter for 24 hours. We re changing up everything this week. Bastille soap is primarily made with olive oil which means that no matter what other oils are mixed with it it will still retain some amazing skin conditioning abilities. Bastille soap includes any soap that is at least 70 olive oil.

This soap is composed mostly of olive oil at least 70 but it also contains other oils or butters. 12 16 oz water 345 grams 4 4 oz lye naoh 125 grams. Tap soap mold with cutting board down to release air bubbles. Handmade soap is.

Welcome to dragées by s this is a basic recipe for bastille soap it is meant for babies and for sensitive skin. However because castile soap has low lather and requires an extended cure time bastille soap makes a wonderful substitute that results both in a better lather as well as a harder bar. Check every 10 mins until gelled. There is however a version calledbastillesoap.

After 4 days stamp your soaps if desired. Add stearic acid and blend to trace. Recipes techniques water discounts additives hair. To counteract the downsides of castile soap a soap maker many years ago came up with bastille soap.

Oven pre heated to 77c turn of after 5 min. Lye and oils same temp within 30c 86f. Other oils can be added to help with lather shorten the curing time etc. Bastille cold process soap recipe these ingredients are by weight.

Bastille soap must have at least 75 olive oil and the other oils can actually help offset the lack of cleansing of a pure castile soap. Any cold process soap made with at least 70 olive oil is considered a bastille soap.