baby soap recipe

formulate a gentle baby soap recipe

Whenformulating a baby soap recipe, I researched different oils and butters andchose the ones that nourish and protect the most sensitive skin.

Understanding how soap works can help you when you are choosing oils and butter for your soap making recipes.

Waterremoves most of the dirt from our skin; soap is used to clean the moleculesthat are not water soluble like grease and oil. What happens is that soapsometimes does too good of a job and cleans so much that it strips the skin ofgood oil.

Handmadesoap counters drying and striping the skin of its good stuff. Because we formulate our recipe from scratch and pick the ingredients to enhance what the skin needs.

For a baby soap recipe:

Use oils and butters that are not harsh for the skin.I avoided coconut oil. You can use some but I would suggest very little.
Include oils and butters that will give the skin extra moisture and hydration.Shea butter and cocoa butter are excellent for sensitive skin.Castile soap is a nice soap when you want to keep things simpl.

I wrote a newsletter explaining some my choices, you might want to check it out.

When itcomes to babies and people with skin sensitivities remember:

Less isbest

Mostchildren are not rolling around in grease (all of the time). A little soap goesa long way!

Washlast

Babies and children love the water and can sit and play. There issomething very relaxing about baths.To prevent drying skin, especially if youare using a commercial soap, it is best to wash just before getting out,preventing from sitting in soapy water that might dry the skin..

Fragrance,I think not!

Babiessmell great naturally! Okay babies smell great most of the time. I would notsuggest any fragrance in products babies and children because it just does notmake sense to me! Certain essential oils can be used for a baby soap recipe, again prefer toavoid essential oils for baby soap,

I would recommend discussing this with yourhealth care practitioner. To increase the soothing benefits of the baby soaprecipe, you might consider infusing your oils.

Calendula Sunflower Cocoa Butter Soap

INGREDIENTS

Fats, oils and butters

210 grams rice bran oil
120 grams sunflower oil infused with calendula (you can use just sunflower oil)
120 grams palm oil
90 grams cocoa butter
60 grams castor oil

Lye ― Water Solution

74 grams lye (sodium hydroxide)
228 grams distilled water

This recipe is superfated at 8% instead of my regular 5%.

This recipe makes about 2 pounds of soap which will produce about 6-7 bars of natural soap.

Remember that ingredients (except for additives when indicated in volume) need to be weighted and not measured.Fragrance and essential oils should also be weighed.

Click here for cold process soap making recipe directions.

Aloe Chamomile Shea Butter Soap