How to Make: Singkamas (Bengkoang) Skin Whitening Soap

Fact: Safonified Coconut Oil in soap making can dry the skin. Coconut oil is a great moisturizer when applied topically to the skin. But once it is saponified in the soap, it can dry our skin and make it feel tight due to its high cleansing abilities. You can prevent the drying effects of Saponified Coconut Oil by increasing the Lye Discount or Superfat of the Soap. You could do 12.5-20%  of  Lye Discount (Superfat) in coconut oil. Example: You choose 14% Superfat, meaning: 14% of Coconut oil in your soap are Unsaponified. 14% of Coconut oil will give your soap a moisturizing benefits to skin.

For accurate amount of Lye and to enter the Percentage of your Superfat in your soap, use a Lye calculator:
http://www.summerbeemeadow.com/content/lye-calculator-and-recipe-resizer

Coconut Oil makes a very hard and white bar of soap. Make sure you watch here the episode about Saponification and Lye Discount (Superfatting).

For this recipe,
I'll choose about 13.5% Superfat, which means 13.5% of Coconut oil remain Unsaponified.
Using the Lye Calculator in Summer Bee Meadow,
Enter"13.5"percent superfatted, Choose Coconut Oil (76 degree). enter the ounce of Oil. I prefer using grams but since the lye calculator uses "oz." Use grams to oz. converter.

Enter 35.27 oz.  the click "Click here when done".

Then you will see the amount of Sodium hydroxide needed which is:
5.49 oz. or 157 grams of Lye (sodium hydroxide).

Ingredients (Based on the video):
if you prefer to make 1 kilo of soaps, always multiply the measurement of ingredients by 10. Example: 15.7 grams X 10 = 157 grams
1 kilo of soap makes 10 bars of soap.

* 15.7 grams of Sodium Hydroxide.
* 100 grams of Virgin Coconut Oil or Refined Coconut oil
High Grade Refined Coconut Oil brand you could use in Philippines:
"Minola Lauric Oil Coconut Oil"
I prefer use Virgin Coconut Oil because unrefined VCO is rich in Lauric acid, a powerful antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral.
* 20ml of Distilled water only. (use this brands: Wilkins and Absolute)
* 30ml of Singkamas extract
* 15 grams of Sodium Lactate Liquid (To make a hard long lasting bar of soap)
   To make Sodium Liquid, mix 60 grams of Sodium Liquid Powder and 40 grams of Distilled water only. But it in a small bottle.
* 1 grams Phenoxy Ethanol (preservative)
* 1-2 grams Vitamin E oil (antioxidant and natural preservative, [optional] )

Watch the video above for the Procedures