Making soap bars #2:

Olive oil with sage and eucalyptus.

This was my first made up recipe, and I learned a lot!

Here's what you need:
- Bar of olive oil soap, I got 100%
- Sage leaves crushed
- Few drops of Eucalyptus essential oils
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1/4 cup of water

How to do it:

-Step one: Grate or chop your olive oil soap into small pieces
-Step two: Add water and olive oil.
-Step three: Heat in a pyrex measuring cup set in  a pot of boiling water. You'll want to keep the water at a simmer.

-Step four: Keep heating until the soap is like melted marshmallows.
-Step five: THE MOST IMPORTANT PART! You must allow soap to get stringy, this takes 10-15 min more after step four. Don't worry if it takes longer, just be sure it is stringy.
- Pour into some kind of mold, anything works as long as it's plyable. Keeping in mind you probably won't be able to keep your shape.

It can take up 5 hours or so to cool and dry a bit. If it won't come out of the mold and seems really soft, don't worry, I have just the solution. Scoop out and roll into balls or make disk shaped and set on a cooling rack, or you can slice the soap onto your desired chunks and let dry that way. This is the step I was highly confused by, but I get it now! As it dries you will want to shape it a little bit here and there to smooth it unless you like the rough look. But if it pops out of the mold and seems like a regular bar of soap you should be set, it really depends on the temp it was cooked at and the mixture/base soap used.

Some fun information I found about olive oil soap is that it alone without additives has many amazing uses. It can cure rashes, is very good for dry and sensitive skin. Olive oil soap is dated back to the 1500's as one of the most commonly used soaps.

The eucalyptus I added has healing properties, as well as helping clear respitory/ breathing problems when used in small amounts. It can also be a good bug repellent, so be sure to soap up before camping  :)

If you have any questions please leave a comment!