ten soap making recipes in housekeeping

Advertisement.

Soap recipes vary from exceptionally simple, requiring only a few steps, to particularly difficult where many ingredients are required. Soap making goes beyond putting together the recipes; however, and today’s homemade soaps often look like
works of art.

Ten Soap Making Recipes
By AlexeiLogvinovich / shutterstock.com

Polka Dot Soap

This creative soap will look terrific in a modern bathroom and will also dress up the soap dish in the children’s bathroom as well.

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds “melt and pour” glycerin soap base
  • 3 different liquid colourants (your choice of colour, non-bleeding variety)
  • 3 small bowls
  • Circular cookie cutter (about 1 inch)
  • Square silicone brownie pan

Directions

Create the dots by melting a small portion of the soap in one of the glass cups and then adding a few drops of the colourant into the mixture. Put the mixture into the brownie pan and allow the mixture to harden. Take the colored sheet out of the pan and repeat the process for the other two colours. Cut dots out of each sheet with the circular cookie cutter. Then melt more soap and pour a thin layer of the melted soap into the brownie pan. Allow the soap to harden for a short time and then put a layer of dots down. Add more clear soap to the pan and put another layer of dots down. Then finally add the rest of the soap and allow the mixture to harden.

Tip: Spraying the surfaces with a bottle of rubbing alcohol reduces bubbles.

Olive Oil Soap

There are a few different ways to make olive oil soap and the result usually depends on what type of olive oil is used.

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces water
  • 6.5 ounces lye
  • 5 ounces coconut oil
  • 40 ounces olive oil
  • 5 ounces palm oil

Directions

Since this is lye-based soap, it’s more advanced, and all the standard materials will be required (cooking pots, measuring cups, ladles, etc). To make the soap, measure and melt the oils on the stove until they’re around 100 degrees.
Combine the lye and the water. Add the oils and the water together and use a stick blender to mix for about a minute. Pour the soap into a mold and allow it to cure in a warm place.

Blue Sugar Scrub Soap

This recipe makes small sugar-cube soaps that last just a single-use, and which may also be made in other colors if the soap maker wishes.

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces clear glycerin soap
  • 2 ounces grapeseed oil
  • 6 ounces white sugar
  • Blue liquid colorant
  • Raspberry fragrance
  • Small square soap molds

Directions

Melt the clear soap and mix it with the grapeseed oil. Add the blue colorant to the mixture and ensure it’s thoroughly combined. Add the fragrance and mix again.
Add the sugar and stir until it’s well blended. Pour the mixture into the small square soap molds. Allow to harden.

Laundry Soap

Save money on detergent by making this simple soap for the laundry.

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds of lard
  • 8.4 ounces lye
  • 20 ounces water
  • 2 ounces of fragrance (optional and soap maker’s choice)
  • Grater

Directions

Heat and mix the lye and water together. Melt the lard. Mix the heated lye mixture into the lard and then add fragrance. Pour the solution into the soap mold and allow it to harden for at least a day. Cut the soap into squares and after about a week, grate the soap for use as detergent.

Lemon Scented Soap

Lemon is a terrifically fresh scent for the bathroom. This wonderful recipe is simple and easy to make.

Ingredients

  • Goat’s milk soap base
  • Lemon essential oil
  • Lemon zest (around 4 lemons)

Directions

Melt the soap base in the microwave. Stir in the essential oil and the zest.
Pour into soap molds and allow the mixture to harden.

Chocolate Brownie Soap

This soap will smell just like a chocolate brownie, but remember that it’s not edible!

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces coconut oil
  • 10 ounces olive oil
  • 6 ounces distilled water
  • 2.25 ounces lye
  • 1 tablespoon castor oil
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Vanilla oil drops

Directions

Since this is lye-based soap, it’s more advanced, and all the standard materials will be required (cooking pots, measuring cups, ladles, etc). Measure and melt the oils on the stove and then combine the water and lye in a separate container. Mix the oils and the lye solution together until it’s fully blended. Slowly mix in the cocoa powder and then add a few drops of vanilla. Pour the mixture into the soap mold and allow it to cure in a warm place.

Zucchini Soap

A zucchini-based soap is a terrific exfoliating agent, and this recipe is very simple to make.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds melt & pour soap
  • 1 medium zucchini (pureed)
  • 4 teaspoons rosehip oil
  • 2 tablespoons vitamin E oil

Directions

Melt the soap and add the zucchini and oils. After the mixture is fully combined, pour the soap into molds and allow it to cure for about 3 days.

Vegan Soap

Many soap recipes require lard, and that means the soap isn’t vegan. The following recipe is great for anyone who doesn’t want to use animal products.

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces water
  • 1 ounce castor oil
  • 4 ounces coconut oil
  • 2 ounces olive oil
  • 1 ounces sweet almond oil
  • 1 ounce cocoa butter
  • 7 ounces palm oil
  • 2.2 ounces lye

Directions

Since this is lye-based soap, it’s more advanced, and all the standard materials will be required (cooking pots, measuring cups, ladles, etc). Combine the water and lye in a single pan. Then combine all the oils together. Mix these components together and then stir in the cocoa butter. Pour the mixture into the soap molds and allow it to cure in a warm place.

Simple White Soap

Everyone should know how to make basic, white soap. This simple recipe is a great option for beginners.

Ingredients

  • 41 ounces cold water
  • 14 ounces lye
  • 74 ounces tallow
  • 32 ounces vegetable oil
  • 3 ounces cocoa butter

Directions

Heat and combine the lye and the water. Heat and combine the remaining ingredients. Stir the two batches together and then pour the final mixture into a soap mold. Allow it to harden for a few days.

I get inspiration from nature and things around me I like to share my experiences with others

Related Posts

Best hair care tips from the professionals

Advertisement. When you try your best to style or get this or that hair texture, and spend a lot of money on special products and masks, but…

Rejuvenating haircuts for women 50 and older

Advertisement. A woman of any age wants to look attractive and well-groomed. With a certain age a haircut and hair color have to be chosen especially thoughtfully….

Learn how to get rid of bad toilet odor

Learn how to get rid of bad toilet odor

Advertisement. Admittedly, although it is necessary, cleaning the toilets is a tedious and rather painful task. Left unpleasant odors will invade your bathroom and scale will settle…

How to store kiwis - Freshness Tips

How to store kiwis ? – Freshness Tips

Advertisement. How to store kiwis? with their green flesh speckled with black grains, they are very fresh and pretty, kiwis! Moreover, their richness in antioxidants and vitamin…

Naturally Cleaning Your Kitchen Fast

Naturally Cleaning Your Kitchen Fast

Advertisement. Cleaning up the kitchen is probably another targeted area that people just don’t want to work on. It’s filled with appliances, and you certainly don’t want…

Basic liquid soap paste recipe

Advertisement. This recipe will produce a gentle, clear all-purpose soap. You can add whatever essential oils you like, perhaps tea tree for a kitchen soap or a…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *