#3/3 Double ELLE soap's recipe

This is DOUBLE ELLE

Recipe:

Olive oil (pomace) 26.50%

Coconut oil 29.75%

Palm oil (organic) 19.50%
Canola oil 20%

Castor oil 4.25%

Note that the palm oil I buy from The Soap Kitchen

'carries Organic Certification and comes from Columbia. It is not produced on land that has been taken from the Rain Forests, nor are there any Orangutangs made homeless. Our suppliers do use 'ethical' methods in their production (we have actually visited the site). Our Columbian suppliers are members of the RSPO (Round Table for Sustainable Production of PalmOil).'

Scent: Lemongrass + Lavender essential oils from CEVEN'Arome

Colours: 1) Chromium oxide green (hydrated) powder 2) Ultramarine violet powder

Note: I've only used a pinch of ultramarine violet powder just to 'buffer' the yellowish colour that palm oil can sometime give to soaps

Mineral pigments are from The Soap Kitchen

...and some crystalina glitters!

1 day in the mould + 1 day as whole bar outside the mould before cutting!

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