First of all, I can't even explain to you how excited I am right now to have been able to make this. I spend a fortune on soap for my kids because I refuse to use anything with chemicals and to have just made a gallon of this stuff for less than $8.00 is totally blowing my mind!
Here's what you will need:
Here's what you will need:
- 2 bars (7 oz total) of Burt's Bees Baby Bee Buttermilk Soap
- 14 cups of water
- Grater
- Large pot, big enough to hold a gallon of liquid
- Empty container big enough to hold 1 gallon
Directions:
- Grate both bars of soap onto a cutting board
- Heat 14 cups of water in your large pot on the stove
- Add soap shavings and heat until all soap is completely dissolved
- Stir and remove from heat
- Let stand for at least 24 hours
- Your soap is done!
Notes:
- The soap should be the consistency of snot. Sorry....but it's true. If it's too firm, add more water.
- I used an electric hand mixer to "smooth" the soap before putting it in my jug
- Ladle the soap into the jug using a funnel, attempting to pour the soap into the funnel will result in lots of soap on your countertops.
- After washing my hands with the soap, they felt incredibly squeaky clean. I am thinking that the soap needs some oil added but am not sure how well that will go over. Next time I make this I will be using Baby Bee Apricot Oil in my recipe and will update ASAP.
I want to add that this was my second attempt at making liquid soap from bar soap. The first time I used a bar of Kiss My Face and it was a disaster...basically soap water. I thought I could use it to clean my floors but it left a film so I ended up scrubbing the deck with it. I was a bit reluctant going into this round of soap making fearing that the soap wouldn't turn out. PLEASE comment on this recipe if you can think of any modifications or ways that it can be made better!
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