Oil is the other important ingredient in soap. Different oils give a soap different properties. For example, olive oil makes a harder soap, while coconut oil makes a soap that produces suds.
Mary Kearns mixing together the ingredients for lavender soap
MARY KEARNS: “I use organic coconut oil. Actually, all organic oils. And the palm kernel oil is organic and sustainably harvested.”
FAITH LAPIDUS: Once the ingredients have been gathered and measured, it is time to start mixing them together.
MARY KEARNS: “Pretty basic ingredients. Three kinds of oils, water, lye. And then I mix it together. This is where the magical part happens.”
STEVE EMBER: First, she adds the water and lye solution little by little to a large pot of heated oil. Then, she uses an electric blender to mix the oils with the lye and water.
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When the soap has reached “trace” it means the liquid soap has come to a point where it will not separate back into oil and water. She then adds exact measurements of herbs or flowers and essential oils.
She adds the dried herbs and flowers for looks and texture. The essential oils give the soap its intense smell. Ms. Kearns has many bottles of different kinds of essential oils that she buys from special organic producers.
Smelling the oil she has in the kitchen now is like breathing in an entire field of lavender flowers. This is exactly the kind of soap Ms. Kearns is making right now. She grows some herbs and plants in her garden. She buys the others.
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