Cold process soap making: How to make salt bars - Green Clay & Avocado salt bar tutorial & recipe
Salt bars are incredibly luxurious yet relatively easy to make. They give a beautiful, rich lather that is almost lotion like and the added sea salt is fantastic for gently exfoliating and brightening the skin.
Our salt bars are essentially cold process soaps but with two essential ingredients. Those two ingredients are Salt and coconut oil. Our salt bars are made with a 2:1 ratio of oils to salt. That means for every 100g of oil we use, we add in 50g of sea salt. In the presence of such a high level of salt, the only oil that will still create a lather is coconut oil, so this oil really cannot be substituted.
We use 90% coconut oil in our recipe, but you can use anywhere from 70% right up to 100%. To combat the drying feel of coconut oil, a high superfat amount of 20% is used. This ensures that the finished soap is mild, gentle and non-drying. Our salt bars are without doubt one of the most popular lines that we stock.
We create 8 different varieties of salt bars and the on we are showing you today is our Green Clay & Avocado bar. This is created with a generous amount of green clay, 10% Avocado oil and it is scented with the incredibly beautiful blend of Patchouli and distilled Lime essential oils.
Salt bars harden up incredibly quickly, so we recommend pouring them into individual cavity moulds. If you choose to use a loaf mould just be aware that your soap may well be ready to cut into bars anywhere from 2 hours after making. Do not leave it overnight or it will be too firm to cut nicely!
If you wish to give our recipe a go and are in the UK or USA, you can click on the links below to purchase all of the ingredients (with the exception of the lye) that you will need to create your own salt bars:
If you are in the UK: (affiliate link)
If you are in the USA: (affiliate link)
If you wish to have a go at this design, you will need the following ingredients:
128g Sodium Hydroxide
256g Water
810g Coconut Oil
90g Avocado Oil
450g Sea Salt
22g French Green Clay
22g Patchouli Essential Oil
20g Lime Essential Oil (Distilled)
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Pink Clay & Salt Soap Making
In this soap making video, I created a new version of my salt bar using extra fine Himalayan salt, some pink kaolin clay throughout the bar, & scented with a pink grapefruit blend of essential oils.
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My previous salt soap video from 5 years ago -
**** SALT SOAP MAKING HELPFUL LINKS ****
Sea Salt Bar YT video by Ellen Ruth Soap -
Sea Salt Soap (7%) recipe by Soap Recipes 101 -
Several salt bar posts by Soap Deli News -
Coconut Oil Sea Salt Bars YT video by Spicey Pinecone -
Salt Soap Tutorial by Modern Soapmaking -
How to Formulate Salt Bars by Lovin' Soap -
Salt Bar Formulation Soap Challenge Club YT Video from 2012 -
*** SAFETY ***
Remember to always wear safety glasses and gloves when making soap. If you’d like more info on lye safety or basic soapmaking, check out these links:
Soap Queen TV Lye Safety & Beginner Series:
Lovin’ Soap offers a free ebook on basic soapmaking called Basic Cold Process Soap Making Guide:
Understanding Water Discounts & Lye Solutions by Modern Soapmaking:
*** AFFILIATE LINKS ***
In case you’re interested, I have an affiliate store where I’ve listed all of the soap making supplies and materials that I purchase on Amazon:
If you use those links to buy anything, it won’t cost you anything extra, but I will receive a very small percentage of the sale. Every little bit helps, though, so thank you very much if you do! :)
**** RECIPE ****
Recipe listed in video. Given in percentages so it can be used for any size mold.
For help converting percentages, Lovin' Soap has a helpful article -
My tall and skinny mold - 10 x 2.5 x 4 tall
Recipe oil weight - 1200g (I had enough soap left over for 6 small 1 oz guest soaps)
NaOH: To calculate the sodium hydroxide for your specific recipe amounts, you can use a soap calculator like the one at Majestic Mountain Sage:
Water = 2 x sodium hydroxide (33% lye solution)
Essential Oil Blend:
Listed in video
For help calculating how much EO to use or to find new blends try EO Calc (created by Modern Soapmaking):
*** NOTE: Amazon & Nurture Soap Links are AFFILIATE Links ***
*** WHERE I PURCHASED INGREDIENTS ***
Oils & Butters - Soaper’s Choice
Sodium Hydroxide -
Essential Oils - Camden Grey & New Directions Aromatics
Clays - Nurture Soap (
Himalayan Salt -
*** SOME OF MY SOAP MAKING EQUIPMENT ***
Silicone seashell mold -
Purple, extra long gloves - (I wear a small)
Safety glasses -
Safety glasses strap -
Immersion Blender -
Scale -
AC Adapter for scale -
8 Cup Stainless Pot -
Glass mixing bowl - couldn't find mine by Anchor Hocking, but here's a Pyrex substitute -
Mint spatula spoon -
Glass beaker with handle -
Small glass beaker (in a set) -
Stainless rectangular measuring spoons -
IR Thermometer -
Vegetable peeler for trimming soap -
Steamer -
Tall & skinny soap mold - Kiwi & Company on Etsy
Soap cutter - Buds Woodshop (Bud Haffner) on Etsy
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DISCLAIMER: I make these videos to share my own personal methods and techniques for how I make cold process soap. These videos are not intended as tutorials for beginners. These videos are intended for those who already have an understanding of cold process soap making. Cold process soapmaking has many variables and involves working with sodium hydroxide (NaOH, also referred to as lye). Lye and raw soap can damage your eyes and burn your skin. When making soap, you should already know and practice lye safe handling procedures and always wear safety gear. While I hope you find watching my videos helpful or entertaining, so many variables go into making soap and even the smallest change can greatly affect the results; therefore, I am not liable or responsible for your results if you try any of the methods or techniques that I use in my videos.
Homemade coconut milk soap???? Creamy & rich cold process recipe w/ coconut & lime
In this video I make cold process soap with homemade coconut milk and lime juice. Thanks for watching!
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When citric acid and sodium hydroxide lye (NaOH) are combined, sodium citrate is created. Sodium citrate works as a chelator in soap.
A chelator traps metal ions such as calcium and magnesium that can be found in tap water.
These metal contaminants can cause rancidity and soap scum in handmade soap.
A chelator binds to these metals so that they can’t bind to the soap molecules. This way the soap won’t react with them and the soap's lather improves + shelf life increases.
Citric acid does not lower the pH of soap. Instead it consumes some of the lye and increases the superfat. Add 6 g extra lye for every 10 g of citric acid added to a soap recipe if you want to keep the superfat % at the same level.
How much citric acid should be added to soap?
Usage rate in bar soap is 1-2% of the oil weight.
How to use citric acid
Add citric acid to the distilled water and dissolve completely before adding the lye, or make a separate solution of citric acid and distilled water and add to the oils.
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○ Braun multiquick stick blender (black colored version) -
○ Infrared thermometer -
○ Digital scale -
○ High precision scale -
○ Spatulas -
○ Glass bowl -
○ Funnel pitchers for easy pouring -
○ Stainless steel pitcher -
○ Silicone molds:
○ Single cavity mold -
○ Silicone loaf mold -
○ Small wooden soap mold with silicone lining -
○ Cafe de savon wire cutter -
○ Guide -
○ Swiss star stainless steel vegetable peeler for beveling soaps -
○ Mini mixer -
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If you'd like to get the recipe for these salt bars you can buy the recipe here for £10:
These salt bars are wonderful, long-lasting, and create a fabulous foamy lather. You could always use the base recipe and tweak it slightly for example if you don't want to use essential oils these can easily be swapped out for fragrance oils to make the bar unique to you.
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Although my cold process soap making tutorials are of a tutorial nature, they are intended for people who have a good understanding of making cold process soap. The information given is based on what works for me, however, there are lots of variables associated with cold process soap making and I, therefore, take no responsibility for the results achieved when using the techniques or methods explained in these tutorials. Cold process soap involves the necessary use of sodium Hydroxide (lye) which is a very dangerous substance. Before attempting and cold process soap making you should ensure you are fully aware of the lye safety procedures and always wear the correct safety equipment when making soap.
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Hand blender-
Infrared thermometer -
Kitchen scale -
Silicone mold used in this video -
Lye (Sodium hydroxide) -
Silicone spatulas -
4 x 32oz funnel pitchers -
Olive Oil 1 Gallon Tin-
Distilled water - (You can also get this easily from a local pharmacy or grocery store)