My First Go at Salt Bars

I tried making salt bars for the first time. If I made them correctly...interesting! I say interesting because...that was it?? What have I been afraid of? It was certainly quite easy to make.

First the recipe. I have been reading about them for 7 years, so I gathered all my notes and here is my summary....

• Use a high % of coconut oil
• Salt should be 50% - 100% of your oil weight
• Use regular salt or sea salt DO NOT use dead sea salt
• Superfat at 20%

So my recipe is:
80% coconut oil
15% olive oil
5% castor oil

75% my oils in salt (I used regular table salt)

I colored my salt...my theory was my colored salt would show through my non colored soap....hahaha...ok...I had a good laugh at myself as I stirred in my salt at trace....

My theory didn't pan out....BUT...I absolutely LOVE the color I ended up with!!

So here are my beautys poured into their molds. Thankfully I grabbed an extra mold (the flowers) just in case I had extra soap, because I wasn't sure how much this new mold held, and I knew the salt would add volume as well. I went with 20 ounce oil weight, so I can cut that back next time.

Come back in a few days and see how they came out.

Soaping Pot - Rosemary Mint

Making Rosemary Mint today....a blend of Rosemary, Garden Herbs and Mint....a great "wake you up in the morning" aroma.

Adding the green mica into the soap batter...and then mix mix mix...

I keep a small portion left uncolored to pour onto the top for a little bit of contrast.