Castile Soap Recipe – 100% Olive Oil Soap

Handmade olive oil soap (Castile)

100% olive oil soap is also known as Castile Soap. This is the most gentle soap: great for babies, low sudsing, it takes longer to cure (dry/harden). You should expect it to take about 6 weeks to cure. Castille Soap also takes longer to reach Trace. The recipe provided below is made with 32 ounces of oil/fat to make a 2 pound batch of soap.

Below is my favorite recipe for olive pure olive oil soaps:

Castille Soap Recipe: 100% Olive Soap 6% superfat

32 oz Olive oil(generic olive oil works the best)
4.07 oz lye
12.16 oz Distilled water
1/2 to 1 oz soap safe fragrance oil

Use standard soapmaking procedures.