Calendula soap

Oils: olive (calendula infused), coconut, sesame, palm, castor
Liquid: water
Additives: white clay, zinc oxide, dried calendula flowers, poppy seeds, paprika powder extracted in oils
Scent: EO tea tree, ceder and a hint of eucalyptus

A bit too soon to be stamped, I bearly got the stamp out of the soap.  

Baby bunny soap with calendula

Oils: olive (60%, calendula infused), coconut (25%), sesame, castor and palm (each 5%)
Liquid: water and coconut milk 50/50
Additives: white clay, zinc oxide, calendula flowers
Scent: EO lavender
Method: CP

Made a bunch of these cute baby soaps to give away as presents to several friends who had  babies in the last 4 months. There's one fore baby Liset, Sabine, Edie, Simon, Jasmijn, Willem, Sanne, Joppe and one for a baby who's expected any day now.

3-herbs soap

Oils: coconut, olive, sesame, sunflower, flax seed, castor
Liquid: water
Additives: green clay, spirulina, dried parsley, extract from nettle, horsetail and plantain
Scent: EO eucalyptus, campher and tea tree
Method: CP

Goatmilk & Calendula soap

A request from a friend. She once bought calendula soap for her niece who has sensitive skin which worked very well for her. I added raw sour goatmilk for extra benefits to the skin.

Oils: olive (calendula infused), coconut, rice, castor, palmpit
Liquid: raw sour goatmilk and water (2:1)
Additives: white kaolin clay, titanium dioxide, dried calendula flowers
Scent: EO lavender

Going palm free - rosemary & yoghurt soap

The good thing about palm oil is that it's cheap, it makes a nice hard bar and palmpit oil makes great lather. The bad thing about palm oil is that the expansion of palm plantations into high conservation value forests is recognized as a leading thread to critically endangered species including orangutans, elephants and tigers.

That's why I decided to stop using palm oil from now on. Of course there is sustainable palm oil available but it's so expensive I'd rather skip it altogether. Right now I am in a transition fase because I have some palm kernel oil left I need to finish first.

I made these rosemary & yoghurt bars on Friday. To compensate the lack of palm oil and hardness, I used 40% coconut oil and yoghurt. I know a lot of soapmakers say you shouldn't  use more than 30% coconut oil because it's drying to the skin. But I love my 100% coconut oil bars so how bad could a percentage of 40-50 be? I might just use a slightly higher superfatting percentage next time.

Oils: coconut, olive (rosemary infused), sunflower, castor, wheat germ, palm pit
Liquid: yoghurt and water 50/50
Additives: 3/4 green alg powder, 1/4 ghassoul clay, a splash of yoghurt mixed with the oils, 1/2 ts honey
Scent: EO rosemary, anis and juniper

The hanger swirl failed, it's still just 2 layers.

Goat milk & calendula soap

Oils: olive (calendula infused), coconut, palm, castor, shea butter
Liquid: raw goat milk
Additives: white clay, TD, dried calendula
Scent: FO "enlightenment"

Rosemary soap

Oils: olive (rosemary infused), coconut, palm, sesame, wheat germ, castor
Liquid: strong brewed rosemary tea
Additives: green clay, spirulina
Scent: essentials oils rosemary and Chinese mint

The color didn't turn out as green as I hoped. These pictures do not represent the color very well, they are slightly greener than they look.

Three herbs soap

Oils: olive (plantane, nettle and field horsetail infused), coconut, palm, castor, sesame
Liquid: strongly brewed plantane-, nettle- & field horsetail tea
Additives: Heilerde (German healing clay)
Essential oils: eucalyptus and camphor

Echinacea soap

Oils: olive infused with echinacea, coconut, palm, hemp, wheat germ, castor
Liquid: extra strong echinacea tea
Additives: white clay powder, alkanet powder, TD
Essential oils: lemon grass and juniper