Hemp Soap – Cold Process Hemp Oil Soap

Hopla Hemp is a rich cold process soap made with a balanced blend of hard and liquid fats.

Palm and coconut oils provide structure and lather, hemp seed oil adds a distinctive botanical character, while shea and cocoa butters enrich the skin feel during washing.

Castor oil supports creamy lather, while white clay adds a smooth feel to the finished bar.

Tea tree and lemongrass essential oils create a fresh, clean herbal-citrus scent.

Ingredients for approximately 1.2 kg fresh soap batter

Oil phase

• 450 g palm oil
• 180 g coconut oil
• 108 g hemp seed oil
• 45 g shea butter
• 45 g cocoa butter
• 45 g castor oil
• 18 g stearic acid
• 9 g beeswax

Lye phase

• 126 g sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
• 340 g distilled water

Additives

• 20 g white clay
• 10 g sugar
• 8 g tea tree essential oil
• 6 g lemongrass essential oil
• 1–2 g green mica – optional

Method

1. Wear protective gloves and safety goggles and work in a well-ventilated area.
2. Slowly add sodium hydroxide to the cold distilled water and stir carefully.
3. Allow the lye solution to cool to approximately 35–40 °C.
4. Gently melt the hard fats, stearic acid and beeswax.
5. Add the liquid oils and dispersed white clay.
6. When both phases are at a similar temperature, carefully add the lye solution to the oils.
7. Blend to light trace.
8. Add sugar, essential oils and optional green mica.
9. Pour into the mould.
10. Unmould after approximately 24–48 hours, cut into bars and cure for at least 4–6 weeks.

Use

Use for cleansing the hands and body.

Allow the bar to dry thoroughly between uses on a well-draining soap dish.

Important: always recalculate the required NaOH before making the batch using a reliable lye calculator and the exact fats being used.