I hope you enjoy my orange zest cold process soap making video! Adding citrus zest and other botanical ingredients to your soap is a lovely, affordable way to add colour, a little bit of fragrance and interest to your handmade cold processed soaps.

*Recipe details*
780g total oil batch
42% lye concentration for the lye solution (it's a low water soap - if you're not sure what this means, please check out this video https://youtu.be/wd7_uZfbPn4)
2% superfat, calculated into the recipe (a lye discount)

Olive oil 85% - 663g
Coconut oil 10% - 78g
Castor oil 5% - 39g

Water 150g
Sodium hydroxide/caustic soda 108g

I made this soap with the oils at room temperature and the lye solution recently mixed, so very warm. You can make it with warm oils and cool lye solution too - either way is fine, it's a very forgiving recipe. Most of my soaps are made with an olive oil-based recipe, similar to this one.

*New to soap making? This is important!*
Sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide (lyes) used in soap making, in granular or flake form or in solution with water/other liquids, as well as raw soap batter, are highly corrosive and require careful and attentive handling and the proper use of personal protective equipment. Please watch this video to learn more about essential soap making safety precautions https://youtu.be/EZTsW9UvNmU
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*Helpful video links*
Soap making safety https://youtu.be/EZTsW9UvNmU
Calculate bar soap recipes https://youtu.be/AqKxin0q1bM
Calculate liquid soap recipes https://youtu.be/dBPmh4UpoHk
Calculate soap mould volume https://youtu.be/ZguW6J3Jj2Q
Choosing oils for soap making - formulating soap recipes https://youtu.be/V-uDPifp3n0
Superfat in soap making explained https://youtu.be/cI6D3kbAb40
Soap making water discount explained https://youtu.be/wd7_uZfbPn4
Soap making temperatures https://youtu.be/Tm2tq1hp6AY
Citric acid in soap making http://www.ellyseveryday.com/ellys-everyday-blog/how-to-use-citric-acid-in-soap-making
pH testing soap with paper strips https://youtu.be/3BP7089FqOI
pH testing soap with the Zap Test https://youtu.be/SS14Gsl4gKQ

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