Olive Oil Soap (Recipe 2)

Followed same procedure as in Olive Oil Soap (Recipe 1) with the following adjustments to recipe:

70% olive oil (11.2 oz)

25% coconut oil (4 oz)

5% crisco (0.8 oz)

handful of ground oatmeal

handful of lavender buds

2.2 oz lye

6.1 oz water (from tap, room temperature), Note: this mixture reached a temperature exceeding 140F, but temperature dropped fairly quickly.

Added a few drops of lavender essential oil during the trace stage, however, no scent was detected. Probably did not add enough oil as most people recommend adding at least 0.5 oz per pound of soap.

Update: Here is the soap 3 weeks later, still curing in my laundry room. I think people generally cure for 4 weeks but I'm sort of paranoid about the lye so I let it go a full 6 weeks.