Ingredients:

• about 50 guava leaves

• 16 oz. Water

•4 oz. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye or caustic soda.

•20 oz. Olive oil

•8 oz. Coconut oil

•a few spoonfuls of lavender scented oil (or any other scent you prefer)

•a few drops of food coloring ,any color you like

•Vinegar (In case the lye comes contact with the skin)

Equipments:

•stove or other strong heat source, preferably an outdoor stove.

•large pots

•three small contrainer( make sure they can all withstand boiling water)

•gloves

•safety masks

•safety goggles

•whisk or stick blender

•strainer

•kitchen scale

• funnel

•empty bottle or soap dispenser

Procedure:

(Step 1- Extract Guava Leaf Essence)

Bring approximately 8 oz. of water (weigh it out using your scale) to a boil in your pot, then add about 50
guava leaves. Keep the water at boiling temperature, and stir occasionally.

(Step 2- Strain Out Guava Leaves)

After half an hour, take your pot off the stove, strain out the guava leaves, and transfer the guava leaf
extract to a container. You can use a sieve or a pair of utensils.

(Step 3- Prepare Your Flavors)

At this stage, you're going to prepare a mixture of water, oil, and your chosen scent and food coloring
(you're going to add the sodium hydroxide to this later, making your soap)

They Say Oil & Water Don't Mix

Add about 8 oz. Of coconut oil and 20 oz.of Olive oil to 8 oz. Of water in your pot. For soap-making,
measure all the reagent by weight, and not vulome, because of density of different oil can vary
significantly. The mixture should immediately begin to from micelle, bubble-like concentration of oil,
specially at the surface.

Cover and bring the mixture to a boil, removing the lid to stir occasionally. Your oil water mixture should
be bubbling from the heat,

(Step 4- Saponification)

Saponification is a chemical reaction between an ester and an alkali, producing a cyboxylate ion and an
alcohol. its also what were about to do next! That's because saponification, in less scientific terms, is
soap-making (the linguistic root of "saponification" is sapo, the Latin word for soap). The coconut and
olive oil were using contain esters, in the sodium hydroxide is an alkali. This react to form a carboxylate
salt compound--soap!
Ready, Set, Saponify

Put on your goggles, gloves and masks. Adding the sodium hydroxide to the mixture will cause the
temperature of your mixture to skyrocket to temperatures up to 200° F, according to the Soap Queen's
safety guide.

It's not just the sheer heat of your mixture that's now dangerous. That spike in temperature means some
water particles are going to reach boiling temperature, and that rising steam will carry with it trace
amounts of unreacted sodium hydroxide, which is poisonous. If any sodium hydroxide makes contacts
with skin, pour vinegar over the affected area to neutralize the burning alkali.

Using the kitchen scale, weigh out 4 oz. of sodium hydroxide. Slowly and carefully add it to your mixture
in very small amounts. Keep your face away from the mouth of the pot as you add the sodium hydroxide
to avoid inhaling the fumes.

(Step 5- Stir)

When the mixture is no longer producing steam, turn off the stove and remove the pot from the heat.
Allow it to cool slightly, then stir with your electric blender. Stir for fifteen minutes the mixture if stirring
by hand. The mixture will behave somewhat like egg whites, foaming up and thickening us your stir.

After stirring, allow the mixture to cool and settle into a more liquid form. If you would like a cleaner-
looking soap, you can skim off the foam from the surface. Transfer your finished liquid soap to a bottle or
dispenser using a funnel.