Lavender soap

autumn is coming, want to have a gentle & moisturizing soap, so sweet almond oil is the main ingredient for this soap;
while castor and camillia oil can give a good foaming effect for cleaning.

i have some tea tree leaves grounded powder from Linda's shop,
tea tree leaves (oil) has a very good antiseptic/antibacterial function, putting the powder in the soap gives the peeling effect as well.

thinking of tea tree, i want the soap a bit more naturally green.....
so i added some matcha powder in it as well....
but the color is a bit darker than i expected though.... very disappointed....

hope it will turn lighter in color when getting more mature.
maybe it's because of the very concentrated lavender water:
i added 2 big handful of dried lavender in 210ml hot water, let it cool down to room temperature and then put in the fridge; the drained flower water is brownish......



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batch size: 600g

sweet almond oil 260g 43%
camellia oil 100g 17%
castor oil 60g 10%
palm oil 60g 10%
coconut oil 60g 10%
shea butter 60g 10%

2 handful of dry lavender buds

water : 210ml
NaOH : 84g
INS: 121

additives:
sweet almond oil 10ml
lavender essential oil 10ml
tea tree powder 5g
matcha powder 1.5 tablespoon


date: 12 Sept 2009