How to Make Homemade Caffeine Soap

Caffeine soap can add a little zest to your morning shower.

Caffeine is known to be invigorating when consumed in coffee or tea, but it can also be invigorating when used on the skin. One way to do this is to use a caffeine-infused bar of soap when you bathe. You can buy caffeine bar soap at a novelty store or through an online merchant, or you can make your own handmade caffeine soap using black tea bags, which have a relatively high caffeine content.

Things You'll Need

• 7 oz. lye
• 16 oz. water
• 8 black tea bags
• 48 oz. olive oil
• Glass measuring cup
• Pot
• 2 meat thermometers
• Soap molds

Instructions

1. Pour 16 oz. of water in a glass measuring cup.

2. Place eight black tea bags into the water, and allow them to remain in the water for at least one hour.

3. Remove the tea bags, and pour 7 oz. of lye into the tea water.

4. Put a thermometer into the lye water. The water will heat up due to the chemical reaction between the lye and the water.

5. Pour 48 oz. of olive oil into a pot. Heat the oil over medium heat.

6. Put a thermometer into the oil, and watch for the temperature to read 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

7. Heat the lye water until the temperature reads 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

8. Pour the lye water into the oil.

9. Stir the mixture for 30 minutes; this will cause the mixture to thicken to a pudding consistency.

10. Pour the caffeine soap mixture into soap molds, and place the molds into a cool, dark room for eight weeks to cure and harden.

11. Pop the caffeine soaps out of the molds, and refrigerate until use.

Tips & Warnings

• Lye is extremely caustic. Avoid breathing in the lye fumes or getting the lye fumes in your eyes.

References

• Teach Soap: Handmade Soap Recipes