Castile Bar Soap Recipe

You can read more about the origin of castile soap and other other soaps in my recipe for pure castile bar soap over the years the definition of castile soap has broadened to include other types of vegetable oils such as coconut oil.

Castile bar soap recipe. Called aleppo soap these bars were introduced or re introduced to europe after the crusades laurel oil wasn t readily accessible so soap makers in the castile region of spain started making soap without it. Throughout its history castile soap is ordinarily made with 100 olive oil which is one of the reasons it s so pure and mild on the skin however in recent years soapmakers have started making what has been coined bastile soap. A one oil soap like castile will have just the soap qualities of that oil while a blend of oils gives you a blend of qualities. It s not entirely clear when soap was invented but some of the earliest we know of was made of olive oil and laurel oil.

Coconut is great for bubbles. For more detailed instructions on how to make soap go to the homemade soap 101 or go to the homemade soap menu in the navigation bar. Castile soap recipe 86 olive oil 3lbs 12 4oz bars. Olive oil is one of the few oils that can make a great bar of soap when used as 100 of the oils of the recipe.

But the thing is pure castile soap unlike what you buy in the store is traditionally made from 100 olive oil which doesn t actually make soap that s all that great. It makes a very mild soap that won t strip the skin of its natural oils in the same way that soaps with more cleansing oils like coconut oil can. The little bit of coconut helps it to be more stable as well as gives the bar a some added lather. Bastile is your standard castile soap recipe but adulterated with a small quantity of other oils and or cosmetic butter to.

The art of creating a basic soap recipe is the art of balancing the various oils altogether. Castile soap v bastile soap.