I
had a wonderful lady mention she would like to learn how to make her
own bar soap. Another great lady said she would too, so today I am
bringing you 2 different DIY Bar Soap recipes.
The
first one is going to be a citrus soap. I am not going to lie, I have
made a lot of DIY stuff for your body but I have never made a bar
soap, I might just give it a try too!
In
this post there are going to be links to show you which ones were
originally used for the recipes I found.
What
you need for the citrus soap is:
Goat's
Milk, Melt & Pour Base click here.
Silicone
Soap Molds, click here.
Citrus
Essential Oils, Do Not by Wal-Mart brand for your body, they are okay
in your diffuser but not on your body. I buy the brand NOW, you can
get them on eBay for good prices, actually best prices I have found.
Dried
Citrus Slices (instructions below on how to make your own)
Okay
so you need to dry your citrus slices, you can mix fruits or just do
one fruit (lemons, limes or oranges). Cut into thin slices about 1/8"
(keep the size of your mold in mind). You want smaller end fruits
because of the molds so don't buy large sized. Preheat your oven to
200 degrees. Lay your citrus on top of a wire rack on top of a pan
and place in the oven until dry, it takes about 2-3 hours. How long
it takes really depends on how thick your slices are and how wide.
Remove when they are done and let them cool.
Now
you want to break up your soap base into chunks and place in a
microwave safe container. Microwave on 20-30 second intervals,
stirring to make sure it's smooth and melted. Add a few drops of the
essential oils to the melted soap base and stir.
Next
step, place your citrus slices inside the molds before pouring the
soap.
Pour
your soap base into the molds, be careful it can still be hot.
Here
is the exciting news..... after a couple hours pop the soaps out and
you have beautiful handmade soaps. That are good for you and great
presents to give out!!
This
next recipe is just a basic DIY soap recipe, no lye again. You can be
creative and add any scents you want with essential oils (I will
repeat, use the NOW brand).
What
you'll need...
A
silicone mold you can pick out anyone you like (eBay or Amazon)
Your
soap base, it comes in a block, you can choose from olive oil, goat's
milk, coconut oil and more (again purchase online)
A
heatproof bowl (or a large Pyrex measuring cup)
A
cooking scale
Before
I go any further, I want to note that there are some awesome molds
out there, you don't have to do square soaps, you can choose
anything. They even have cartoon and movie based molds that you could
make for young kids just to wash their hands with.
Now
here are your instructions....
Measure
out 1lb of your soap base that you chose. Chop the soap base into
large pieces and put in your heat proof container or Pyrex measuring
cup. Place in microwave 20-30 seconds at a time, stirring until
smooth and melted.
Once
it's melted add your essential oils and you can even add herbs you'll
want to use about 30 drops of your essential oils (if you are using
more than one scent make sure you use the same amount of drops for
each scent.) Peppermint and Lavender are great together. Then add
1/2tsp of herbs (if you choose herbs) per pound of soap base
(rosemary would be great with the peppermint and lavender).
Mix
well and pour into your mold.
Allow
to cool for several hours before unmolding.
There
you have it 2 great, simple, no lye DIY hand soap recipes! I can't
wait to make mine!
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