Luxurious Shampoo Bar Soap Recipe -9 ounces coconut oil -9 ounces olive oil -5 ounces castor oil -3 ounces jojoba oil -2 ouncesshea butter -2 ounces cocoa butter -1 ounce beeswax
The Best Shampoo Bar Recipe 1 Olive oil – 16 oz 2 Coconut oil – 12 oz 3 Castor oil – 2 oz 4 Cocoa Butter – 2 oz 5 Sodium Hydroxide – 4.65 oz 6 Beer, left out overnight to go flat – 11 oz. 7 Fragrance or essential oils – .5 – 2 oz., according to preference
Makes one loaf of shampoo soap, slightly less than three pounds, or approximately 10 bars 11 ounces of very flat beer make up the liquid component of the shampoo bar recipe. After spending a night in a shallow dish to release carbonation and alcohol, I strained and refrigerated the flat beer until ready to use.
If a soap bar has 5% superfat, then 5% of the oils in the recipe are leftover after the saponification process is done. If the shampoo bar says 10% superfat, then 10% of oils are leftover, etc. Everyone has their favorite percentage for body bars. Mine is 5%. The bars are hydrating, without leaving a film over the body.