Soap “Gingerbread”

In the month of May I am back in my beloved country to visit family and friends. It was a wonderful trip, it had already been three long years since I had not returned. No need to tell you that I was lacking in my native Canada ! Not always easy to live away from his family but good… Ainsi va la vie. To return to our sheep… I had prepared beforehand to give small gifts, I had three different soaps which one I am presenting today.

It is as the name suggests a soap spices. I wanted black with golden yellow. I'm rather pleased with the visual result. The smell when cutting was absolutely delicious… a molasses cake as in my childhood. After his treatment he feels much cloves and molasses. Citrus fruits are harder to keep in soaps. Without delay, So here is my little recipe…

32 % Coconut oil
42% Olive oil
26% Beurre de karité

Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
3 cs Molasses
2 cc charcoal.
1 cc mica or + yellow ocher (for forms in spirals)
2% Clove oil and grapefruit

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Melt the oils together. Add soda water and cool. When both mixtures, water and soda, are room temperature, pour the soda / water in your oil and mix until the appearance of the trace. Then add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, oil and mica) and pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves. Place in a dry place for a cure 4 weeks.

Here is another photo that is very bad sorry… but I can take it with my cell phone at the time because my camera was out of service. With the way I've always done… une étiquette 😉