Nuts provide so many benefits for our health whether from consumption or applying it to our skin. Today’s recipe is the Nuts about Almond Milky Bar. Almond milk is a new favourite among consumers, while almonds are one of the healthiest snacks around. Today we will make your favorite nut into a soap.
To do so, combine an oil mix with lye flakes, distilled water, 137 degree’s almond milk and almonds.This method is called the cold processed method so that all the nutrients are retained. Heres a link if you are interested to read more about it.
The oil mix is rich with antioxidants and vitamins which will moisturize and nourish your skin. Almond Milk is rich with antioxidants which protects and rejuvenates the skin. It also hydrates and moisturizes it, keeping dry skin away. The almonds are nourishing and leaves the skin smooth and supple.
To have a nutty, sweet smell add almond fragrance oil. Yum! We hope you love this!
Duration:
Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Total Time : 40 minutes
Ingredients: (makes 6 x 50g soap bars)
- 94.5g Coconut Oil
- 94.5g Olive Oil
- 31.5g Castor Oil
- 94.5g Palm Oil
- 46.5g SoapLab’s Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Pastilles
- 46.5g Distilled Water
- 31.5g Almond Milk
- 22.5 Almond Fragrance Oil
- 8g Almonds
- 5g White Liquid Colour Pigment
- 10-20 sprays of Rubbing Alcohol
- 6 cavity silicon mold 50g
Equipments You Will Need:
- Heat Resistant Containers
- Spatula/ Stirrer (Can Also be kitchen Spoon)
- Weighing Scale (Digital)
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Visual Guide
- Combine lye flakes with distilled water carefully. Wear gloves & long sleeves to avoid backsplash getting in contact with exposed skin.
- Slowly mix with a whisk until all the lye flakes have dissolved in the distilled water. Solution may become hot, do be cautious.
- To bring lye solution to room temperature, place container in a water bath.
- Measure out the Almond Milk carefully to avoid any spillage and then set aside.
- Separately, pour your Oil Mix into a heat resistant mixing container. Combine room temperature Lye Water with the oil mix.
- Next, use a whisk and mix until it reaches thin trace. Timing of this may vary as the faster you mix, the faster solution will saponify and reaches thin trace.
- Next, add in Almond Fragrance Oil. For this, use a pipette for easy measuring & dispensing
- Add in Almond Milk into the container and mix everything using a whisk until milk & oil are evenly dispersed throughout the soap mixture.
- Prepare your silicone mold. Spray with Rubbing Alcohol to sanitise mold. Next, pour in soap mixture into each cavity. Pour carefully, soap might still be warm.
- Sprinkle on some almonds on top of each soap. Then, leave soap for 24 to 48 hours to harden.
- Once hardened, carefully pull mold away from soap. This will help preserve those desired sharp & crispy edges of the soap.
- Whenever you feel ready, gently push soap out from the mold.
- Soap will be needing 2 - 4 weeks to fully cure before it is used. Keep soap aside till then.
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Caution!
- Always test the product on your skin for allergic test first. Click here to find out how to do so
- If you are selling this product, advice your consumers to do allergic test first
- Make sure all your utensils and work surface is clean and sterilise as dirty area and utensils can reduce shelf life of scrub
- Do not add in any Fresh ingredients that can spoil easily as this will reduce the shelf life of product unless specified in recipe. Click here to find out more
- If applying on face, avoid citrus based or sandalwood essential oil as Malaysian weather will cause your skin to be easily sun burnt. Wear sun protection if add these Essential oils.
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