Hemp oil is a really nice oil to add to bars, especially shampoo bars. Hemp oil absorbs into hair well, is highly nutritive, adds shine and moisture. The tricky thing about working with hemp oil is that it has a short shelf life- 3 month, 6 if stored in the fridge. You might want to use individual bar molds for this shampoo bar and halve the recipe (instead of a loaf mold) or store your bars in the fridge, as a 2lb batch (around 9 bars in a loaf) can take awhile to go through.
Hemp Shampoo Bar- Base Shampoo Bar Recipe #3 (32oz or 2lbs)
Lye: 3.97oz
Distilled or Purified Water: 9-11oz
Olive oil: 24.32oz (76%)
Castor oil: 4.48oz (14%)
Hemp oil 3.20oz (10%)
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 Shampoo Bar Variations/Ideas for this Recipe
Hemp, Honey & Silk Shampoo Bar: Replace 1-2oz of the distilled water with hydrolyzed silk protein. Follow general soap making instructions, once the soap batter has reached trace, hand stir in 2tbsp honey, then pour into mold(s). I make this bar unscented, but you can add an essential oil blend of your choice at 1.5oz/2lb soap batch. 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
Rosemary Mint Shampoo Bar: Replace plain distilled water with a very strong “tea” made with nettle leaves and stir in 1-2tsp spirulina powder once fully cooled to room temperature or colder. Stir in the lye and follow general soap making instructions. Once soap batter has reached trace, hand stir in a blend of .75oz rosemary essential oil and .75oz peppermint essential oil. Pour into mold(s)
Hemp, Sea Salt & Lime Bar: Follow general soap making instructions. Once soap batter has reached trace, hand stir 1.5oz lime essential oil. Then stir in 16oz sea salt. Pour or scoop into mold(s). Note: You will need an extra mold or molds for this recipe as the amount of salt will increase your bar amounts. I like to use individual 3oz rectangle molds for salt bars as cutting salt bars from a loaf can be tricky and crumbly.
Or: Think of this base recipe as a blank canvas and create the bar combination that is perfect for you!
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