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I have a wonderful family who supports my many hobbies including singing, soapmaking, wine tasting and rabbits. I recently retired from teaching English as a Second Language and love to travel. I started making soap in 1999 when we were showing goats in milk as a 4-H project. All of my soaps are made with pure oils and no animal fats. All fragrances are from essential oils. Store-bought "soap" is really a detergent. My soap will leave your skin clean and moisturized. Try some!

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Lavender & Chamomile Soap

This is the last of Deb Schmittel's lavender flowers from her garden.  I also finished up the olive oil that was infused with Deb's Russian Sage.  The addition of the chamomile flowers just makes this a wonderful remembrance of last summer's flower garden.  This soap set up well and is a beautiful creamy color in the mold.  I poured the extra into the rabbit molds so there are also 6 bunnies in this batch!

18 oz.  Olive Oil (some infused with Russian Sage!)
18 oz.  Coconut Oil
18 oz.  Palm Oil
6.3 oz. Castor Oil
3.8 oz. Safflower Oil

24 oz.  Water
  9 oz.  Sodium Hydroxide

 2 oz. Lavender Essential Oil
  .5 oz. Vitamin E Oil
1/4 C. Dried Lavender Flowers
1/4 C. Dried Chamomile Flowers

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