Yogurt Muesli Soap

Soap properties:

Hardness: medium hardness

Cleaning properties: good cleaning properties

Skin softening properties: excellent skin softening properties

Soap foaming: good foaming

You need:

100 g water

90 g yoghurt

71 g caustic soda

150 g coconut oil

350 g olive oil

2-3 tablespoons of muesli, oat bran or oatmeal

10-15 ml fragrance oil

Tools

• rubber gloves

• goggles

• respirator

• electronic scales

• stick blender

• 500 ml heat-resistant container for mixing caustic soda solution

• 250 ml container for weighing caustic soda

• spoons

• 2-3 l container for weighing and defrosting fats and mixing soap mass

• ice cube shape

• soap form

Time to make

1 hour + 3-4 weeks for curing. It is necessary to freeze the yoghurt before starting to make soap, it is recommended to freeze the yoghurt the day before.

Experience Level

Advanced! Making soap with milk requires precision in maintaining the temperature. Get acquainted with the principles of safe handling of soapstone and the principles of making soap by the cold method.

uantity

7 medium soaps (700 g soap in total)

To make:

When making soap with yogurt, it is important to keep the soap mixture as cool  as possible. This ensures that the sugars in the yogurt do not turn brown as the temperature rises. If you want the soap to retain its light color, choose fragrance oil that does not discolor the soap.

1. Pour the yogurt into an ice cube and freeze.

2. Weigh the water into a container where you make a caustic soda solution. Measure the coconut oil and olive oil into a container in which they can be heated. Prepare aromatic oil and additives.

3. Pour the soapstone gradually into the water, stirring constantly with a spoon. NB! ALWAYS PUT SOAPSTONE INTO WATER; NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! Stir until the caustic soda granules are dissolved. Add frozen yogurt. Stir until the ice has melted.

4. Heat the fats on the stove or in the microwave until the coconut fat has melted. Cool the mixture to 30 degrees.

5. Slowly pour the soapstone-yogurt mixture into the fat. Mix until a mark remains on the surface of the mass.

6. Mix the aroma oil and muesli into the soap mass. Pour the mass into portion forms. Put the soap dish in the refrigerator (not in the freezer!) Or in a cool place for at least a couple of hours. If possible, leave the form uncovered. This way, the continuous saponification process does not overheat the soap mass.

7. If the soap is hard enough the next day, you can remove the soaps from the molds and leave them to ripen for 3-4 weeks.