Buttermilk Bastille Baby Soap

   

  Today we'll be talking about out Buttermilk Bastille Baby Soap. This soap is made with about 70% olive oil. Olive oil is really soothing and great for sensitive skin, which makes it a great soap to use on babies and younger children. It also has a small amount of coconut oil in it, which is also very good for the skin. It also has a small amount of carrot puree in it. Carrot puree gives the soap its light color and it also contains many antioxidant properties.

    For this recipe you will need the following:

• 10" Silicone Loaf Mold
• 27 oz. of Olive Oil*
• 5 oz. of Coconut Oil
• 8 oz. of Buttermilk
• 2.5 oz. of Carrot Puree
• 4.3 oz. of Sodium Hydroxide Lye
• 1.5 Oz. of Lavender Essential Oil (optional)

     Before you begin making your soap, you want to be sure to freeze the milk that you will need twenty-four hours beforehand. It is also important to be careful about what type of carrot puree you use in your soap. Be sure the puree that you use is nothing but carrots and water. 

    To begin, prep your ingredients: Measure out your oils, your lye, and your puree and remove your frozen buttermilk from its mold. Make an ice bath for your buttermilk. This will help to prevent any scorching when you add your lye. 

     Next, be sure to put on your gloves and goggles because you are about to begin working with lye. Slowly begin adding your lye to your buttermilk, stirring it as you do so. Continue to add your lye until it is fully dissolved and your milk is has become a liquid. Add your lye to your coconut and olive oil mixture which should be around 120 degrees Farenheit. 

     Then begin to mix the ingredients together with a stick blender. Eventually, your soap will reach a light trace. Once you've reached a light trace, add your essential  oil and your carrot puree. Mix everything together with your stick blender untily ou;ve reached a medium trace and then pour it into your mold. Scrape the last bit of soap out of your container and then tap the mold firmly on your workspace to get rid of any air bubbles. 

Spray the top of the soap with rubbing alcohol to prevent soap ash and let the soap set in the mold for about a week.

*You can use extra virgin olive oil, pure olive oil or olive oil pomace. If you use olive oil pomace your soap will set up faster, so you will have to work a little faster.

Below is the video tutorial that goes along with this blog.