I made these coffee and coconut marbled soap sticks after I had the most fun making my Semi Precious Stone Soaps. There’s such huge potential for shape and colour and flavour and decoration when you’re making soap. I’m just starting to scratch the surface!
For this project I wanted to explore using natural ingredients to not only make the soap look and smell fantastic but that would be kind and beneficial to your skin as well. The soap bases I’ve used an Argan Oil soap mixed with freshly ground coffee for the darker marbling. Argan oil is amazing at fighting acne and blemishes. Mixed with the coffee it will exfoliate all the dry skin cells and bacteria away for fresh clean skin. If you’re like me and need a moisture boost most days that’s where the white soap comes in. It’s made up from a mixture of Triple Butters (Shea, mango and cocoa butters) soap base combined with coconut milk for the ultimate moisturising suitable for even the most sensitive of skin.
I love this combination because not only does the coffee give me a well needed morning pick me up (before the real stuff can kick in) but I can also use it for some relaxing vibes during an evening soak as well! AND IT’S MARBLED!!! Total win.
You will need
Argan Oil Soap Base | Triple Butters Soap Base | Ground Coffee | Coconut Oil | Black Food Colouring | Glass Measuring Jug | Milk Carton | Chop Stick
Instructions
Mix 500g of triple butter soap with a quarter of a can of coconut milk in the measuring jug and heat in the microwave until it’s melted. Depending on the size of the jug you might need to melt a little then add more when there’s room.
Once it’s all melted stir and pour into a milk carton with one of the sides cut off (cover the spout hole with a piece that you’ve cut off). I’ve used a milk carton (mostly because I’ve seen other soap makers do it… but also) because it’s smooth and non stick and you can just cut it open and throw it out after you have used it.
While the white soap sets get started on the black soap. Grind your coffee and mix a couple of tablespoons with 200g of Argan Oil soap. Add few drops of black food colouring to create a bigger contrast between the main colours a mix well.
By now the white soap will be starting to get a film. This is good. Begin to pour the black soap along one side of the box. Take the chop stick (or stirrer of some kind) and begin to swirl the soap. To make variations in the sticks leave some white soap un-swirled. Take care not to over mix and blend the soaps together. Now just leave for a few hours until it’s set and solid all the way through.
Cut open the box and slice into sticks.
This is definitely my favourite part. Cutting open the soap to see what patterns and colours are inside. Every single one is different!
I’ve stored my sticks in a lock seal jar ready for guests to take a fresh stick whenever they like and left a couple of bars for me. I’ll be getting my day off to a coffee fuelled start on the outside as well as the inside from now on!
Love these, even if I’m not a big fan of coffee and coconut.
haha! I’ll have to think up some other ingredients for you ;) xx
I love these! Thanks for the tutorial. :)
Thank you so much Robin!
I love these and can’t wait to try making them, one question if I want to add vanilla to it what should I use
I was curious about what type of ingredients I should acquire (i.e. organic for the Argan Oil Soap Base, Triple Butters Soap Base, Ground Coffee, and Coconut Oil), and where would be the best place to buy them, or what brands I should look for. I’m situated in Canada right now, and I’m not entirely certain that we have the same shops available (I don’t exactly know if you’re European based, or American, but honestly, most people with great ideas aren’t from Canada). And if I can’t find it, I’m open for looking online. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but this looks like a brilliant idea and I’ve wanted to try something like this for a while. Thank you for your time, -Sera Green
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They look lovely and I think delicious.
Unfortunately I rarely use soap bars and I don’t know anyone who does. What a shame.
Cheers, Tobia
What a rude, pointless comment.
In your ingredients list you say to use “coconut oil,” but then in the instructions you say to use “coconut milk.” I would love to make this soap, but I don’t want to use the wrong ingredient.
Hey Brenna!
You are the first person to notice that mistake! Good work :D I used coconut milk but if I were to make it again I might add a few drops of essential oils to really get that sweet, coconutty smell. It’s quite faint with the milk alone.
Now I need to go and edit this post. Thanks for letting me know about the anomaly.
Fran x
Glad I checked the comments!! Excited to try this out.
How much exactly is a quarter of a can of coconut milk?
Hey Linda, I think it’s about 50ml. But if you put a little more or less than that in you’ll be fine x
Hi , this was a lovely post . I was just curious how soon can we use the soap after doing it . And how long can we store it ? Thanks xx
Hey Navinna,
You can use the soap immediately. I used all these sticks over about 6 months and the soap was fine for that long. I kept them in an air-tight container to store.
Thanks x
Hi, I can’t wait to try this! I have a question about the black food coloring, will it rub off and leave stains on the skin?
Thanks! :)
Wow! Insanly in love with this project Fran! Beautiful!
Love this idea, could I use Goats milk soap base instead of triple butter? As i already have that one at home.
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