How to make Marseille style soap at home

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How to make Marseille style soap at home.

In this video I show you how I make this Marseille style soap. Thank you for watching!

Marseille soap is a traditional vegetable oil based hard soap, produced around the Marseille region in France.

This soap is made with the hot process method. Lye is one of the ingredients used to make soap. Always remember to be careful and follow safety precautions when using lye, gloves and protective eye wear is a must.

Homemade Marseille style soap recipe:

Olive oil 432 g
Coconut oil 168 g
Water 255 g
Lye 84,8 g

(25% lye concentration, 5% superfat)

Optional additives:
Green clay 4 tsp
Sodium lactate 18 g

This recipe makes about 950 g soap.

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[fatimekoulibaly]

This has to be one of the best Savon de Marseille out there. The simplicity and the calmness in making is just incredible! Thank you 🙏🏾

[growingupgolden]

You are absolutely one if not my most favorite person to watch and learn soap making from. I enjoy every one of your videos. Thank you for sharing. ♥

[AnnieSimsie]

i love that you include the lather test!!

[angem]

I love soaps that are all olive oil or contain a lot of olive oil. Your soap turned out beautifully and I liked the heating the soap technique. Thank you for sharing:) lovely rustic soap

[CarolinaGirlCreationZ]

Absolutely saved this to my soap recipes to make! I am in awe at the simplicity of your soaps that blow my mind because I want the same thing! I just started making soap about 6 weeks ago and the complex recipes and "chemistry" that I've tried so far, are overwhelming to me. I have started doing 1lb batches as of today so I can start to grasp the science behind soap making so I hope I can figure it all out because I love making soap soooo much!

[FraeuleinWinter]

Pure soaps are so incredibly fascinating. I absolutely love your video. ♥♥♥

[lindaschouten]

I made this recipe without the clay and sodium lactate and it came out beautifully. So soft and gentle. More gentle than my real Savon de Marseille from France. I just cut it and used some for washing up. It’s beautiful. Thank you for the recipe!

[Soapartisan]

It’s been a dream to make my own Marseille type soap as well as Aleppo .. I was able to source laurel berry oil and made a version of Aleppo soap I cured for 6 months and the lather was amazing .. I can’t wait to make your Marseille version ❤️

[dandyd]

Oh my God! What a lovely beautiful video from the relaxing music to detailed making soap, no word, Chapeau

[lotoslotos]

Your videos is the best..thanks you.Its a especial videos..

[mariaelena]

Hi. I love your recipes. I have a question. Can we make this soap at cold process as well? And if yes we keep the same amounts? Thank you ❤️

[briman]

LOL! Kinda somber minor key piano, while you do your soap stuff, pretty off.... Just saying, no offense, don't get me wrong!! I'm DYING to make french stuff, it's the best!! Thanks!! Keep doing what you're doing!!

But now you gotta show me how to make it with different colors and fragrances....

[fotoyoshi]

does the formula work with fragrance or essential oils?

[ferbo]

Hello, regards from Mazatlan, Mexico. 🇲🇽❤️
I just bought your book and is amazing, everything is very detailed and well explained, I just have a question about the sodium lactate, what is the % you use in your soaps?

[fortunemonkey]

Hi, i really love your simple recipes - 100% coconut, 100% olive and this one. I have some questions:
1. why did you cook this one and not the others?
2. What’s the purpose of measuring the temperature of they lye solution and oil solution before pouring? And what temperature should they be?
I tried to look for the answers but haven’t been lucky. Hope you can help.
Thank you

[anamariacastilloperez]

I love these videos, they are so relaxing ones. thank you

[bernadettesew]

The coconut oil i bought does not seem to be first cold pressed. I lost 2 batches of soap with that oil as it doesnt become hard and the soap remains greasy. Cud u advise me pl, for this recipe n alsi how to rebatch the unsuccesful batches pl???
For this recipe, shud it be cured for 2 wks or can it be used afyer cutting pl?
Sorry am a newbie n need advice

[adrijanamitevska]

Could you maybe make a video with how to make Aleppo soap please? Your videos and book are amazing ❤

[ashapogosova]

What is safe tempreture level when combining lyes solution and oil solution? Should the empreture of both be at the same level?

[EVENSTARRIEL]

Such a sweet and peaceful video I found myself wonderfully relaxed
If you wanted a smooth top without loosing the soap from planning try an offset spatula to smooth the top texture