Cold Process Soap Recipes for Beginners

It can be overwhelming to formulate cold process soap recipes as a beginner. Fret not! Here are some easy recipes to help you get started!

Basic Cold Process Soap with Palm Oil

Olive Oil – 125g
Coconut Oil – 125g
Palm Oil – 125g
Castor Oil – 25g

Sodium Hydroxide – 57g
Distilled Water – 114g

Basic Cold Process Soap with Butters (Palm Free)

Olive Oil – 140g
Coconut Oil – 120g
Cocoa Butter – 60g
Shea Butter – 60g
Castor Oil – 20g

Sodium Hydroxide – 56g
Distilled Water – 112g

Bastille Soap (Extremely Gentle Soap)

Olive Oil – 300g
Coconut Oil – 80g
Castor Oil – 20g
Sodium Hydroxide – 54g
Distilled Water – 81g

This recipe is very high in olive oil and hence, will need a longer cure time to make it hard enough to use comfortably. All the same, it is a great recipe for beginners to understand the behavior of olive oil in soap.

Shea Butter Soap (Palm Free)

Olive Oil – 140g
Coconut Oil – 140g
Shea Butter – 100g
Castor Oil – 20g

Sodium Hydroxide – 56g
Distilled Water – 112g

Almond Oil Soap with Palm Oil (Luxury)

Olive Oil – 100g
Coconut Oil – 100g
Palm Oil – 100g
Sweet Almond Oil – 40g
Cocoa Butter – 40g
Castor Oil – 20g

Sodium Hydroxide – 56g
Distilled Water – 112g

Almond Oil Soap (Palm Free)

Olive Oil – 120g
Coconut Oil – 120g
Sweet Almond Oil – 40g
Cocoa Butter – 40g
Mango Butter – 40g
Kokum Butter – 20g
Castor Oil – 20g

Sodium Hydroxide – 56.3g
Distilled Water – 112.6g

These are all 400g oil recipes with a built in superfat (5-7%) which yields approximately 4*125g bars. These cold process soap recipes are designed with beginners in mind. They can help kickstart a soapmaking journey directly without having to figure out the nitty-gritty of formulating soap recipes right from the start!

Happy Soapmaking!

If you've tried any recipe from this blog post, let me know how it turned out and what you liked the most about it?