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Coconut Oil Soap Recipe - I recently made some coconut soap and it was a real delight. I just love the smell of coconut as it reminds me of holidays - and with the added bonus that the soap lasted ages.

A Gift - Why not give a bar of coconut soap to a friend as a gift ? Tie your finished soap bars with a little bit of brown string and they will look really professional.

A Bountiful of Lather - Coconut oil is one of natures gifts, as it not only smells good but has many benefits. One benefit in soap making is that it makes a nice hard bar which gives a bountiful of bubbly lather which moisturises the skin beautifully. There is nothing nicer than a bar of soap which lathers easily even in hard water : it can be so frustrating to be using soap which just doesn’t lather. As with all soaps keep it away from your eyes.

Coconut Oil and Coconut Milk - Because of its properties coconut oil is used in many manufacturers' soaps, but in our recipe we not only use coconut oil but coconut milk as well.

The coconut oil in soap should not be any more than 20% - £30% : any more than this and it becomes drying on the skin upsetting the ph of the acid mantel. Over-do the coconut and it may even cause your skin to become red and angry.

The benefits of our coconut oil soap recipe are :

• protects from fungi, bacteria and viruses
• It is the right ph on the skin 5.5
• coconut oil makes a nice hard bar of soap
• coconut oil makes soap which lathers easily

• 201g sodium hydroxide
• 365.5g distilled water
• 595g olive oil
• 453.6g coconut oil
• 397g palm oil
• 170g coconut milk
• 7 teaspoons of coconut fragrance oil

Prepare the soap using the instructions on our natural soap page. As an extra treat you could mix in 35ml of lavender oil just before the trace. Why not choose your own essential oils?

Coconut Milk Bath

After you have made your soap, why not relax in a coconut bath ? Don’t you deserve it? Light a candle and position it in a safe place beside the bath, then find your favourite novel.

• 2 litres of coconut milk
• 3 teaspoons of runny honey
• A handful of rose petal

Mix the ingredients together. Pour them into the bath while running warm water. Just before you step into the bath, sprinkle the rose petals over the water. Relax while soaking in this luxurious milky water for at least 20 minutes to allow the coconut and honey to indulge your skin.

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Bathroom Atmosphere A bathroom is a place to relax and recharge batteries.

Pears Soap When I began my research into Pears Soap I had no idea of the fascinating story that lay beneath such a small transparent bar of soap.

Savon de Marseille I was truly drawn to the romantic description of this lovely soap but I totally fell in love when I used it. Maybe it doesn?t lather as much as a gentle glycerine soap would but its moisturising qualities far outweigh this.