How to make soap with snake skin (it’s safe for snake)
The new 2013 year is the year of the snake and this is a great year to make snake skin soap. Soap with snake skin is very unusual and almost magical. It is a great gift for any holiday party. (no one snake were harmed)
- Coconut oil 1.58 oz. (45 g.)
- Palm oil 1.58 oz. (45 g.)
- Shea Butter 1.05 oz. (30 g.)
- Palm kernel oil 0.52 oz. (15 g.)
- Olive oil 1.37 oz. (39 g.)
- Rapeseed oil 1.05 oz. (30 g.)
- Castor oil 1.05 oz. (30 g.)
- Sesame oil 1.05 oz. (30 g.)
- Sweet almond oil 1.05 oz. (30 g.)
- Stearic acid 0.21 oz. (6 g.)
- Snake skin 0.31 oz. (9 g.)
- NaOH 1.4 oz. (40 g.)
- Water 3.7 oz. (105 g.)
- Super Fat 8% (input into the soap calculator at the start)
- Fragrance 0.21 oz. (6 g.)
- Red and black clay
- Pigments
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Throughout its life snakes molt (usually every 3-6 months). Snakes drop a thin, translucent old skin. Snake skin is composed of keratinized epithelial cells, which contain a large amount of keratin. Under the influence of alkali, keratin breaks down into amino acids (cystine, glutamic acid, glycine, leucine, arginine, and others). Soap with snake skin may have characteristics similar to soap with natural silk.
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Melt the butters in a water bath, add stearic acid.
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Pour the alkali in the room temperature water.
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Wait until dissolved alkali and alkaline solution becomes clear.
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Add pre-shredded snake skin.
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In an alkaline solution snake skin turns into a viscous, sticky mass. Stir occasionally and wait 10-15 minutes for dissolution the skin.
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Snake skin needs a fairly high temperature to dissolve in alkali, so not cool water for alkaline solution before use.
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Strain the mixture through a nylon sieve.
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Rub snake skin particles through the sieve for non- soluble particles.
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Check the temperature of the alkaline solution and melted butters – they should be about the same temperature.
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Permissible temperature difference is only a few degrees.
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Carefully pour melted butters into the alkaline solution.
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Use a silicone spatula to mix a bit.
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Then turn use a hand-held blender and blend until the soap reaches slight “trace”.
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The easy way to define readiness of soap is looking at drops on its surface. Drops fallen on the surface must keep their trace on it for some time and then disappear.
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Add perfume to the soap, ensure that these are well mixed again. Divide the soap mass into several parts.
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Preparing dyes. Stir red and black clay in a little amount of butter. Black color clay can be enhanced using black pigment dye.
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Pour clay blend in a soap, mix this thoroughly.
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Lay the mold with parchment paper and fill with soapy mass of different colors.
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When all the soap mass are in the mold, tap the container on the table. this will remove all air bubbles.
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Top surface of the soap may be decorated.
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The finished soap must be wrapped in a towel and put it on a hot radiator (if winter) or in a preheated oven. Please notice that preheated oven must be turned off.
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You need to wait about 24 hours to remove soap bar out of mold.
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Cut it into pieces and place in individual plastic wraps. Snake skin soap require about a month shelf life before use.
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Soap with snake skin has a soft creamy fine foam that is great in removing dirt, while maintaining moisture of your skin.
- The reaction between the skin of a snake and alkali hydrogen releases hydrogen sulfides. The room for the manufacture of soap has to have adequate airing.
- Choose healthy snake skin in making soaps. Good shedding is an indicator of excellent snake’s health and a maximum amount of keratin in the skin.
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Reptiles can carry staph. Does the soap making process eliminate this risk?
In this recipe we dissolve snake’s skin in highly concentrated alkaline solution, there is no possibility to stay alive for any pathogens. So you can use snake’s skin without misgivings. But i recommend you to buy snake’s skin in special nurseries where reptiles’ health are monitored well.