Chocolate Liquid Soap Making Tutorial (No Paste Method) Raw Organic Cocoa Butter - Dawn Organics

Hello again everyone. Today I’ll be making my favourite chocolate liquid soap, using 20% organic unrefined cocoa butter for its chocolatey aroma goodness and amazing skin benefits. This is a fairly new recipe & I love it. 😊
If you have never made soap before please watch videos on handling lye, lye safety & beginner tutorials on soap making. I recommend watching the following;
Anne-Marie the soap queen from brambleberry;
• How to Make Cold Proce... (Lye safety & ingredients)
Jackie Thompson Soaping101;
• How to Make No Paste L... (Liquid Soap Making How to)
Elly from Elly’s Everyday Soap Making;
• Liquid Soap Making Tut... (Liquid Soap Making Tutorial)
I use LyeCalc to formulate all my recipes. It is my favourite as you can adjust lye purity; www.lyecalc.com/ I always recommend running a recipe through a Lye calculator to be safe. I will now be giving recipe information using percentages of the oil amount, which includes all the additives. This is to encourage new soap makers to familiarise themselves with using a lye calculator and having a better understanding of formulating a recipe
Names of where I obtained my ingredients from & Recipe Information;
Yields over 14kg of Chocolate Liquid Soap
Percentage of 2000g oil batch;
Pot Phase;
50% - Organic Virgin Coconut Oil (Hello Pure)
20% - Australian Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil (Range Products)
20% - Organic Unrefined Cocoa Butter (Absolutely Wholesale)
10% - Organic Castor Oil (New Directions)
5% - Sodium Lactate (Heirloom Body Care)
Lye Phase;
5% - Organic Brown Sugar (ALDI)
1.2% - Pink Himalayan Salt (Woolworths)
1090g Distilled Water (Rounded up to 1100g) - 2:1 water to lye ratio (my personal favourite method) Moore’s Ultra Still Pure Water (Woolworths)
-10% Superfat / 10% lye Excess - 545.11g of 90% Purity Potassium Hydroxide, I rounded it down to 545g (Sydney Solvents)
Dilution Phase;
5:1 water to oil ratio - 10kg / 10L of distilled water. You can use anywhere between 2:1 & 6:1 just depends on preference. I personally go by water to oil ratio, if going by weight, soap paste weighs approximately 3000g / 3kg x 3.33 = 9990g of distilled water rounded up to 10kg. This is a 3.33:1 ratio
2.5% - 50g of Citric acid (New Directions) dissolve in 100g of distilled water. Add slowly and continuously test PH to ensure you neutralise the excess Lye as this recipe uses a 10% lye excess. Do not pour the whole thing in
3% - Guar Gum (New Directions)
20% - Palm Free Vegetable Glycerine (New Directions) mix guar gum into the glycerine before adding to the liquid soap. Be sure it’s well hydrated to avoid fish eyes and clumps
2% - Natural Vitamin E (AWO - Australian Wholesale Oils)
0.5% - Grapefruit Seed Extract (AWO - Australian Wholesale Oils)
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[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

That was so great to see George, I'm sorry I haven't watched it sooner! Having used this soap I can say how amazing it is. I just love it. Can't wait to try out a batch for myself one day. Thanks for sharing your recipe and method, it's great to watch! Elly

[@DawnOrganics]

Thanks so much and you're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video and the product, would be good to see how it turns out for you ^.^

[@danielleecko4154]

I would like to know how to put all sort of additives in liquid soap: sugar, citric acid, cocoa powder, fruits piuree, orange juice, spirulina, charcoal, etc... If you find a slot in your agenda, such a video will be a treasure for a lot of people.

[@kelwrg]

Great job 👏🏻

[@DawnOrganics]

Thank you 🙏

[@sonjacohn2303]

That is great! A lot of stirring! I wish I could smell it....

[@DawnOrganics]

Sure is. Well worth the effort. Smells delicious. 🙏

[@kasie680]

I’d love to try making this to use as shampoo, I use CP shampoo bars but sometimes it’s so hard to lather, a liquid soap would be faster

[@DawnOrganics]

Hello There. Thanks for your comment 🙏 That would be interesting if you ever make it let me know how it performs on your hair. Also depends on the formulation of your shampoo bars, they should lather up nicely. DM me in Instagram and we can discuss further if you like. 🙏☺️

[@aminaali7567]

Hi George, how come you add so much water?

[@DawnOrganics]

Hi There. You can add anywhere between 1:1 and 6:1. Just a personal preference on a particular recipe. It creates a milder soap at 5:1. It's a beautiful recipe and leaves the skin feeling clean and soft. You can add whatever ratio you prefer. General guideline are those ratios for liquid soap making

[@aminaali7567]

I never make liquid soap yet, but I heard the ratio 1:1. That's why I asked thank you.

[@DawnOrganics]

I see no problem. Yeah that's the Range you can work with. This batch used 2kg of oil. For cleaning and using 100% coconut oil I do 3.5:1🙏

[@DawnOrganics]

Hello again. I remembered this comment and thought I'd update the answer to your question I have also updated description. This is actually a 3.33:1 ratio by weight. Soap weight for this recipe is approximately 3000g / 3kg X 3.33 = 9990g of distilled water. As a personal preference I just do a 5:1 water to oil ratio when diluting, however if going by weight which most liquid soap makers do it sits around a 3.33:1. Hope this helps and clarifies 🙏

[@elinmortensen711]

Do you use preservatives?

[@DawnOrganics]

Hi There. Good question. Absolutely no need with bar and liquid soap. It's PH is self preserving and the soap molecule is very effective against bacterial growth. As long as your equipment is clean and sanitised, Never go above 6:1 ratio and your using distilled water, there is no need to worry. A lot of big commercial liquid soap brands also do not use preservation in liquid soaps. Best to do your own research on the topic, lots of information out there 🙏👍

[@DawnOrganics]

Also I'd like to add. I've used liquid soap after 3 years and still great, used on hands and in the shower. I do add antioxidants though. That's to extend shelf life and protect against rancidity. I use natural vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) and grapefruit seed extract. I do sell mine but for home use you don't need spend the extra $$ 👍🙏

[@loisnicolasjr.3573]

Awesome 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

[@DawnOrganics]

Thank you ^.^