The Great Benefit of Making Sea Salt Soap
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- In this homemade soap video, I will be sharing my step-by-step process of how to make a natural sea salt soap recipe. Because salt reduces the foaming action of cold process soap we need to use a high coconut oil recipe, so we will be using a higher than normal percentage of superfat to give us a soap that feels lovely on the skin. There are many types of salt that you can use but most people use either sea salt or Himalayan salt which often gives a more pink colour to the bar.
The salt soap is often used in a spa so this is a great way for you to make your own sea salt spa bars and give your skin a real treat. If you fancy making it yourself and learning more about this style of soap making, why not grab the recipe below?
** Sea Salt Soap Recipe **
350g Coconut oil
100g Olive oil
25g Avocado oil
25g Castor oil
67g Sodium hydroxide
150g Distilled or filtered water
175g Fine sea salt
15g Optional Spearmint essential
Himalayan salt to decorate
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Mahalo! Wonderful video. Hawaiian sea salt for me, as it’s a local product. And sometimes, I can even gather it myself!
I use ocean water that has been filtered several times & then boiled. It makes a great bar. I do make them in a loaf, so I cut them very soon after pouring. In addition I use a small amount of cocoa butter
Oh my goodness that sounds great!
I made these, and they turned out beautiful with no sweating, thank you for sharing!
So glad you loved it Kimberley :)
I'd definitely use the salt even though the date says its expired, kind of odd how salt can expire. Those bars turned out beautiful. I have made sea salt bars before and they turned out nice. I've used both regular sea salt and himalayan salt in my sea salt bars.
We also laugh at the expiry date in South Africa. Thanks for your lovely videos as always.
I really appreciate you spending time with me Elaine, glad you enjoy them :)
Very beautiful soap bars! Thank you for this wonderful video. Lovely
Thank you very much for your video! I learned a lot. I have been making my own soap for over 10 years, but only resently made sea salt bars. By the way: Tibetan salt technically is a sea salt too, only it is salt from an ancient ocean. Right now some authorities say you should it only Tibetan or Celtic salt, as regular sea salt has microscopic pieces 🎉of plastic in it.
And it's a wonderful salt too :)
I love to make and use salt bars! Thank you for the distinction between rock salt and sea salt. I’ve definitely been guilty of interchanging the two. Wonderful clarification!
You are so welcome Cass, glad you liked it :)
My understanding is that the rock salts exist because their regions were under sea water many years ago. That might be the reason for the use of the term 'sea salt' for 'rock salt'. Happy for correction if my understanding is incorrect.
Hi Sarah so happy to watch this video and love your teachings 🙏
Knowing someone enjoys them and that it helps someone is so worth it. I'm so glad you enjoyed it today and thanks for supporting my channel :)
good morning. I'm your new subscriber, I'm from Switzerland, your videos are wonderful, your voice is so serene that it sounds like a lullaby. you are wonderful thank you so much for passing us your knowledge❤❤❤
Love how yours came out.
Nice. Thanks for the recipe.
Beautiful soap!
Aww thanks karel, that's always appreciated :)
stunnging! thank you for sharing, how long do these soaps take to cure? thanks xxx
Expiration dates are for legal reasons. Don’t always take them seriously. With some things, yes they are important but not everything.
I don't believe salt has a use by date but food standards make companies put on a use by date, so silly. Your bars are gorgeous. How high would you put as a Super Fat for this recipe if you don't mind me asking? Thankyou for sharing this recipe.
I use between 15% and 20% superfat in a salt bar :)
Do these cure faster? When can you start to use them?
Very nice soap!
Thank you!
I love salt soaps! I just can't use them due to the high coconut oil used in them. My skin is sensitive to it in soaps, I've tested this extensively with a 100% coconut oil soap and a 40% superfat, and my skin was still irritated by it.
So could I use another oil, like palm kernel flakes, instead of coconut oil for a salt soap? Maybe using a little less of the palm kernel flakes and using something else that helps bubbles, like a milk or sugar, along with other oils?
PKO does indeed having excellent foaming properties so you could see if that works better for your skin Kat. Milks and natural sugars are lovely too. Let me know how you get on
I love sea salt bars. They are not good seller for me though. 😒, but I am ok with that. I use sea salt from Sam’s and add to my recipe cocoa, Shea and castor. Sara try next time lime and spearmint combo, you will love it
oo Clivio I am so glad you like them, shame about the sales. I will use it again soon, I love a little lime with spearmint. It's a really unusual scent but lovely :)
Great educational video. Thank you.
I'm new, when I looked up ratio of salt to oils it was a lot less. 1 teaspon per pound was suggested. Your recipe has a lot more. Would you explain please?
Do I have to use the sodium hydroxide?
"Do you think we should risk it?" Hehehehe
lol an expiration date?!? 😂 I’m sure it fine. I plan on making peppermint salt bars today.
😂 exactly. I hope you have lots of fun making today :D
Beautiful! Can you list out your products name especially the blender and mold. Have you tried substituting rose versus spearmint ?
So pretty, curious, Do they get sweaty?
Depending on the humidity in your area any salt bar can attract moisture but it is mostly seen in Autumn/winter if it is going to happen
Thank you for sharing your recipe. Do we cure the normal 4-6 weeks?
Yes, cure for 4 to6 weeks.
Thank you.
What was the temperature of your lye when you added it to the oil mixture?
I make melt and pour soap with clear soap base, coconut oil, himalayan salt and pink clay.
May I ask how much coconut oil, salt and clay that you add to the melt and pour please? It sounds lovely!
@@annekirrin9068 For 500 grams(aprox. 1 lb) Clear soap base I add 1 teaspoon himalayan salt, 1 teaspoon coconut oil and 1 teaspoon pink clay.
It is lovely on the skin!
@@marianailie7732 Thank you so much! I'll try that. It's really great to see something extra can be done to melt & pour soap.
@@annekirrin9068 you are welcome. This is a concentrated recipe, but very important to use Clear base because those ingredients go well only in this base.
@@marianailie7732 thanks for the clarification. I was going to try it with white base, but I will stick to clear base only.
Thanks so much for this video. I'm looking into creating an shaving soap. However I can source soya wax golden brand GW402 or GW415, what substitute would you recommend please, would C3 or golden brand 464 be safe to use? Thanks in advance.
I'm not sure if any of these are cosmetic certified?
I use both in my bayside spa series soaps….
What a wonderful sounding name for your collection Susan, I love it and I bet they look great!
Thanks for the video - lovely soap. A salt bar is on my to-do list. Do you use refined coconut oil?
Yes I did in this one but I also use virgin coconut and it works beautifully. I hope you get the chance to try a salt soap Elaine :)
@@SoapSchoolUK Yes, I was thinking that using virgin would be better because of the high superfat, but it's more expensive of course.
This sounds wonderful. When I run the numbers in soapcalc, I get 190 water and 80 lye. Your recipe is 150 water and 67 lye. Why is there such a difference? I left the water as percent of oil weight at default 38%. Did I do something wrong?
Default is for hot process soap. Cold process uses less water. Also the superfat percentage may affect the water/lye ratio. I have found Sarah's recipes to be great as written.
Hi thank you so much for sharing your lovely salt soap, however I didn’t get to see at what point you pour the super fat?, so is it at trace or after the sea salt is mixed? Thank you for sharing 😊
Hi Karina, the superfat is built into the whole recipe, we reduce the amount of lye accordingly to make sure the excess fats are in the soap. In salt soaps I use 15% or 20% superfat :)
@@SoapSchoolUK oh ok thank you 😊
@@SoapSchoolUK si that means that lye was reduced by 15% , correct?
@@karinacanova7960 the sap calculator adjusts
@@SoapSchoolUK thank you
What causes sea salt soap to sweat? Is it too much salt? Wld really love to know. I love salt soaps but my bars always sweat. Which makes it difficult for wrapping.
I want to make asap
Hope you have lots of fun and love it Carolyn :)
What kind of sea salt are u using ?
And can I add aloe Vera ?
aloe vera will attract moisture making the soap wet and slippery
@@SoapSchoolUK
Ok thank u
I’ll leave that out
The best buy date is required by various government agencies. That being said a solid salt vein in the ground is not going to be subjected to humidity which can affect the salt. Sealed tight and without humidity/moisture it will last millions of years more.
Crazy bureaucracy but luckily the salt doesn't know it's about to expire and it made beautiful soap :D
Right?!! I have some “Real Salt” that I bought 35 years ago, bought 40 lbs and we are still using it!!!
@@China-Clay It will outlast us all :D
So pretty - what is “ trace”
How scratchy on the skin are those salt crystals on top?
Hi kerry, you can use a smaller grain of salt if you prefer a smoother feel :)
At what percentage of salt required to make a "salt" bar? TIA🌹
Salt is a variable amount depending on your taste
@@SoapSchoolUK ok then what is least % of salt in order to call it a salt bar? TIA
@@helenabme1197 There is no set rule for this
Yah no. The only way salt "goes bad" is if it gets wet, and even then it just needs to be dried out and reground. I have no idea why they would even put an experation date on any salt, unless it is some kind of legal requirement, maybe?
Yes let used it coz salt can't expire
I cant believe people really do just throw it away. Crazy people :)
My crazy neighbor would have thrown it out, lol...
I know right, crazy people 😂
Lol the salt went bad.🤦🏾♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Himalayan salt is sea salt from an ancient sea bed
News: most expiration dates are just guesses. Thanks.
The short answer to salt is no
salt does not expire..people are so gullible