Hemp oil is extremely gentle and healing and a great addition to a bar for highly sensitive or reactive skin. Adding hemp oil at this amount makes for a softer bar overall, and you want to make sure to use the freshest hemp oil you can find- the shelf life is short (3 months, 6 in freezer)- make in small batches and store in the fridge if you can for longevity once the bars have cured. Adding in a small amount of rosemary oleoresin (an unscented natural preservative) can help quite a bit. Also honey acts as a natural preservative in increase the shelf life, and is a very healing additive as well. Most of my variations of this bar as unscented as many of the people that needed this bar combination the most couldn’t tolerate essential oils of any kind.
Hemp and Olive Bar- Base Body Bar Recipe #5 (32oz or 2lbs)
Lye: 4.13oz
Distilled or Purified Water: 9-11oz
Olive oil: 26.24oz (82%)
Hemp oil 5.76oz (18%)
For notes and instructions, see my Basic Supplies and Resources: https://truelovesoap.com/basic-supplies-and-resources/ and Basic Soap Making Instruction pages: https://truelovesoap.com/basic-soap-making-instructions
A Few Variations/Ideas for this Recipe
Woods Blend Bar: Follow general soap making instructions. Once soap has reached light trace (blended but very liquid still), blend in a 1tsp green mica & 1tbsp kelp powder. Then hand stir in a blend of .5oz fir needle essential oil, .6oz rosemary essential oil, and .4 oz peppermint essential oil. Pour into mold(s).
I also like to make this bar leaving out the green mica & fir needle oil essential oil and with a 50/50 blend of rosemary and peppermint essential oil. The rosemary in both these bars also helps to preserve them.
Hemp Oil & Goat Milk: Replace distilled water with goat milk- either fresh or a strong blended powder in distilled water. Follow general soap making instructions. Pour into mold(s).
Hemp, Honey & Milk: A variation of the bar above, I also make this one unscented so it is extra healing and gentle. Replace distilled water with fresh milk (cow or goat). Follow general soap making instructions. Once soap batter has reached trace, hand stir in 2tbs of honey. Pour into mold(s). Note on using honey- make sure you are soap making at cooler temperatures- as in oils and lye are around 110 or less. The sugars in the honey will heat up in the soap batter, if soaping with hotter oil/lye temps, this can cause the soap batter to “volcano” out of the mold. It doesn’t literally explode out, but quite a bit will bubble up over the top and ruin your soap batch. Once my soap in in the mold, I like to drizzle a little extra honey over the top of the bars and gentle stir it into the top layer of the bars.
Hemp, Honey & Calendula: Replace distilled water with a very strong calendula tea. To make it extra healing, infuse olive oil with calendula as well 4- 6 weeks in advance. Follow general soap making instructions. Pour into mold(s).
Or: Think of this base recipe as a blank canvas and create the bar combination that is perfect for you!
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