Castile soap is an olive oil based hard soap made in a style similar to that originating in the Castile region of Spain. The origins of Castile soap go back to the Levant, where Aleppo soap-makers have made hard soaps based on olive and laurel oil for millennia. Plant Essentials makes it's own Palm Free Castile range of products in-store in Townsville, from scratch, using the finest cold pressed oils we can find.
A blend of:
The newest product, launched in our range today is our Castile Concentrated Paste. You can use this new product in a variety of way as is or to make your own products with it.
You can:
- Add a dab to a scour to clean pots and pan.
- Mix with a little water and apply to oil stains on concrete then rinse.
- Dilute it 50/50 with distilled or purified water to make your own castile liquid.
- Add to a foamer bottle with other ingredients to create your own anti-bacterial hand wash.
- Blend with a few other ingredients to create your own body, hair or face cleansing gel.
- Make a dog wash.
- Make a multipurpose bench spray.
- Use it to clean virtually every hard surface in your house.
- And I'm sure there are many ideas I've not thought to list!
Try these recipes below ⬇️⬇️
Calm & Clear Body wash Gel 200ml
What you need:
What you do:
- add 36g castile concentrated paste to pyrex jug.
- Add 160g warm water to pyrex jug. (temperature: a boiled kettle, let sit for 30 minutes ~ is about right)
- Mix around until the paste dissolves
- Add 5g (or a round teaspoon) of xantham gum to mix and whisk.
- Let sit for 15 minutes, whisk again. Strain into another jug, then add to your storage bottle.
- Add the following drops of essential oil, cap and shake.
Fresh & Clean Hand Wash 200g
What you need:
What you do:
- add 30g castile concentrated paste to pyrex jug.
- Add 160g warm water to pyrex jug. (temperature: a boiled kettle, let sit for 30 minutes ~ is about right)
- Mix around until the paste dissolves
- Let sit for 15 minutes, then pour in your storage bottle.
- Add the following drops of essential oil, cap and shake.
Fragonia Surface Spray 500ml
What you need:
What you do:
- Add 25g castile concentrated paste
- Add 50g warm water, cap and swish well to get ingredients to dissolve and merge. Let sit to dissolve for 15 minutes if necessary. (temperature: a boiled kettle, let sit for 30 minutes ~ is about right)
- Add 10ml Fragonia essential oil to your bottle, cap and swish well.
- Add 125ml perfume base, cap and swish well.
- Fill the remainder of bottle with purified water, cap and shake.