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Rosemary Tallow Shampoo Bar
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Rosemary Tallow Shampoo Bar

Follow this DIY recipe to make your own Tallow Shampoo Bar - ditch the bottles of shampoo and hair products in favor or something healthy and nourishing.
Course DIY
Cuisine American
Keyword cold process soap, shampoo bar, tallow shampoo
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 day
Servings 10 bars
Author Sheryl

Ingredients

  • 10 oz grass fed tallow
  • 10 oz coconut oil
  • 10 oz olive oil
  • 6 oz castor oil
  • 2.14 oz essential oils
  • 11.39 oz water
  • 5.09 oz lye

Instructions

  • Weigh your oils and fats and put in a large pot on the stove top on the lowest heat setting. Melt until combined.
  • Weigh the water in a heat proof container and set aside. Wearing gloves, weigh the lye separately - set that aside as well.
  • The oils on the stovetop should be around 100 degrees F - if not at that temp, you'll want to allow them to cool until they reach that temp.
  • Carefully pour the lye into the water and stir until combined. The mixture will get incredibly hot - ensure you don't touch or spill the mixture. Once combined, allow the lye water to come down in temperature, anywhere from 15-30 minutes.
  • Carefully pour the lye water into the oil mixture; use an immersion blender to blend the mixture until it starts to turn into a creamy, pudding like mixture (4-5 minutes and potentially longer).
  • Add your essential oils and blend again. Pour the mixture into empty Pringles cans or a soap mold and push to the rear of the counter for 24 hours.
  • After 24 hours, remove the soap from the mold and slice into bars, 4-5 oz in size.
  • Allow the soap to cure for 4 weeks

Notes

  • Reynolds parchment sheets are marked with lines - if you don't have a soap cutter, line up the unfolded soap on the sheets and use the lines as a guide to cut.