Post by Darcy Christensen on Feb 8, 2014 16:39:07 GMT -5
Ingredients needed to make your own handcrafted soap:
•Goat’s Milk Soap Base
•Shea Butter Soap Base
•Molds (purchase or use kitchen molds)
•Fragrance Oils
•Natural Elements and Fragrances
•Microwave
•Wooden Spoon and Microwave-safe Dish
The real twist in this process are the “add-ons.” I felt like a Cold Stone ice cream maker as I chopped up ingredients, mixed in oils and swirled them all into the hot soap mix. First on the list? Lemon Balm is growing in mass amounts in the garden, so I harvested some fresh, along with basil and lavender. To spike the fragrance even further, I added in synthetic oils for a punch.
examples:
Fresh Basil with Green Tea and Peony Oil with Shea Butter Base
Fresh Lemon Balm with Lemon Extract, Green Tea and Peony Oil and Shea Butter Base
Grapefruit Extract and Pomegranate Plum Oil with Goat’s Milk Base
Dried Lavender Flowers and Relaxation Oil with Goat’s Milk Base
The next step towards crafting those bars of soap into real bars of useable soap is buying a mold. You can buy soap molds for this very purpose, but I wanted to get a little more creative with my soaps and save a few pennies by using molds around the house. Non-stick pans are a great choice for soap molds and you probably have a few in the cabinet. I chose this mini-custard pan.
My second choice of mold is a silicon brownie pan. The non-stick pan worked well, but the silicon pan worked AMAZINGLY well for soap molding.
The pan can literally be folded and flopped and the soap pops right out perfectly
Directions for making your own handcrafted soap:
1. Clean, dry and chop all fresh herbs
2. Clean, dry and spray all molds with a little cooking spray
3. Break the soap into chunks and heat 30 seconds at a time in the microwave
4. Place fresh ingredients into molds
5. Pour hot, melted soap into molds (carefully!)
6. Be patient and wait 20-60 minutes until the soaps are fully hardened
7. Pop soap out of molds and enjoy!
•Goat’s Milk Soap Base
•Shea Butter Soap Base
•Molds (purchase or use kitchen molds)
•Fragrance Oils
•Natural Elements and Fragrances
•Microwave
•Wooden Spoon and Microwave-safe Dish
The real twist in this process are the “add-ons.” I felt like a Cold Stone ice cream maker as I chopped up ingredients, mixed in oils and swirled them all into the hot soap mix. First on the list? Lemon Balm is growing in mass amounts in the garden, so I harvested some fresh, along with basil and lavender. To spike the fragrance even further, I added in synthetic oils for a punch.
examples:
Fresh Basil with Green Tea and Peony Oil with Shea Butter Base
Fresh Lemon Balm with Lemon Extract, Green Tea and Peony Oil and Shea Butter Base
Grapefruit Extract and Pomegranate Plum Oil with Goat’s Milk Base
Dried Lavender Flowers and Relaxation Oil with Goat’s Milk Base
The next step towards crafting those bars of soap into real bars of useable soap is buying a mold. You can buy soap molds for this very purpose, but I wanted to get a little more creative with my soaps and save a few pennies by using molds around the house. Non-stick pans are a great choice for soap molds and you probably have a few in the cabinet. I chose this mini-custard pan.
My second choice of mold is a silicon brownie pan. The non-stick pan worked well, but the silicon pan worked AMAZINGLY well for soap molding.
The pan can literally be folded and flopped and the soap pops right out perfectly
Directions for making your own handcrafted soap:
1. Clean, dry and chop all fresh herbs
2. Clean, dry and spray all molds with a little cooking spray
3. Break the soap into chunks and heat 30 seconds at a time in the microwave
4. Place fresh ingredients into molds
5. Pour hot, melted soap into molds (carefully!)
6. Be patient and wait 20-60 minutes until the soaps are fully hardened
7. Pop soap out of molds and enjoy!