Fun and Simple Soap Making Recipes: ~ including salt scrubs, luscious lotions, lip balm recipes and

lots more ~
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Ginger Cinammon-Salt Body Scrub by "AJ"

This body scrub has the fresh, invigorating scents of both ginger and cinnamon! 1 cup sea salt 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 cup almond oil or olive oil

Mix all ingredients together, then gently rub over your damp skin (except your face) to slough off dry skin. Rinse with warm water.

Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookies

OK, so it's not a soap recipe - but these are so good and so cute and so simple to make - we just had to include the recipe. Take a look at these simple step by step instructions.

Breakfast for your Skin - (Oatmeal & Brown Sugar Scrub)

Exfoliates and is very moisturizing but doesn't leave a greasy feeling. Before you turn off your shower scoop a small handful of scrub into your hand. Rub gently onto your skin. Rinse. 3/4 cup Brown Sugar 1/2 cup ground oatmeal (not instant) 1/4 cup pure honey 3/4 to 1 cup (or to total saturation) Oil of choice - I use Jojoba, Grapeseed or Sweet Almond 1/4 tsp Essential or Fragrance oil of choice (optional) Vanilla works nicely. Though this smells great on it's own. Mix the brown sugar & oatmeal together in a large bowl. Now add the honey. Drizzle the oil over the mix. Mix well. When all your mix is saturated and sinks to the bottom of the bowl and you have oil on top you're done. Add your essential oil or fragrance oil. A six or eight ounce wide-mouthed jar works nicely. Spoon mixture in.

Brown Sugar and Lemon Scrub

A touch of lemon makes this scrub so refreshing! - Recipe submitted by Josephine Santos. 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup salt 1 tablespoon of kalamansi or lemon 1 tablespoon of virgin coconut oil(vco) 1 tablespoon of honey Mix brown sugar and salt, then add kalamansi or lemon juice, virgin coconut oil and honey, mix well.

Aunt Katie's Body Scrub

Honey 3/4 cup Caster sugar 1 cup Sea salt 1 cup Jojoba oil 3ml Fragrance oil 3ml (orange & ylang ylang are beautiful combined with the honey) Pour honey into medium sized bowl, then add sugar and stir to combine. Add the salt in increments, to adjust the consistency to your liking. (I prefer a consistency not unlike crytallized

honey). When all ingredients combine, add oils and stir well. This recipe is particularly long keeping as the lack of water discourages bacteria.

Honey Bee CP Soap

Olive Oil 32 oz. Palm Oil 16 oz. Tallow 24 oz. Totals 72 oz. 5% Superfatted Lye Amount 9.477 oz. Ounces of water recommended 23.760 oz. At trace, add fragrance and 1 Tablespoon of Honey. Do not insulate your soap as the Honey may cause your soap to superheat.

Easy Shea Butter CP Soap

Coconut Oil 16 oz. Olive Oil 18 oz. Palm Oil 16 oz. Shea Butter 4 oz. Tallow 16 oz. Totals 70 oz. 5% Superfatted Lye Amount 9.815 oz. Ounces of water recommended 23.100 oz.

Easy Lip Balm Recipe - using Lanolin

1oz. Olive Oil .3oz of Lanolin .4oz of Shea Butter

.4oz of Beeswax Flavor oil and Stevia for taste.

Melt beeswax gently over a double boiler (or in the microwave if no double boiler is available). In a separate container, heat the Lanolin oil and Shea Butter up until it is fully liquid. Add the olive oil to the melted Lanolin oil and Shea Butter. Combine the beeswax and all the oil, stir well. Add flavoring (if desired) and pour into containers.

Skin Firming Gel - using CroThix

CroThix has a secondary use as a skin firming agent. (Its primary use is as a thickening agent in liquid soaps, and shampoos.) Here is an easy gel that you can make that is good for all skin types, using jojoba makes a non-comedogenic cream that won't clog your pores. (CroThix may be purchased at Bramble Berry Soap Making Supplies) This makes (4) four ounce containers of gel-crme. Water 13 oz. Glycerin .5 oz. Emulsifying Wax or Ceteryl Alcohol 1 oz. CroThix .7 oz. Jojoba Oil .6 oz. Germaben II or Phenonip .16 oz. Fragrance or Essential Oil .16 - .50 oz. Heat the Water and Glycerin to 170 degrees and set aside. Heat the Emulsifying Wax until melted and add to the CroThix and Jojoba. Stir. Add the water and glycerin to the Emulsifying Wax, CroThix and Jojoba. Mix until the creme is 105 degrees (or less). Add your fragrance and preservative and package in jars or an easily squeezable package. Apply under make up for a more smooth application or as a night creme.

View Anne-Marie's Victorian Hearts soap recipes as featured in Crafts Magazine.

Easy Lotion Bars

4 ounces mango or shea butter 4 ounces beesweax, yellow or white 5 ounces liquid oil (jojoba or grapeseed are both excellent) 2 teaspoons of essential oil or fragrance oil This lotion bar does not use cocoa butter so you can use any fragrance or essential oil that your heart desires and not have a chocolate over-smell. Melt the beeswax in a separate container and the butter/oil in another container. Add together, mix well, stir in FO/EO and pour into containers. Mixture will harden in approximately 1-2 hours. The cooler the mixture is upon pouring it, the less 'divets' you'll get in the bar (that sunken spot at the top of the bar).

Easy Clay Mask - made with Rhassoul & Bentonite Clays

1 part bentonite clay 1 part rhassoul clay optional: skin loving essential oil, such as Lavender, Lemongrass or German Chamomile Mix with water until the mask has a consistency that you like. Apply to body or face and wait for clay to dry fully. Take off with a warm water washcloth. If all over body, jump in the shower to get off more quickly than a washcloth.

Butterfly Soaps by T.J. Currey

Materials: One bar glycerin or lye-based soap (bar#1) A second bar or scrap of glycerin or lye-based soap in a different color than bar#1 - big enough to use a cookie cutter with. Depth should be between 1/4 and 1/2 inch. 3 - 4 drops clear glycerin melt and pour soap Small, metal butterfly cookie cutter Soap paint 1. Decide which bar is to be the main bar (bar #1) and which is to be used to cut out the butterfly. 2. Cut out a small soap butterfly using a metal cookie cutter. 3. Melt a small amount of clear glycerin melt-and-pour soap. Using a plastic dropper, drop 3-4 drops of glycerin onto bar#1 and carefully press the butterfly against the melted glycerin. Wait approx. 10 minutes for it to cool. 4. Take out your soap paints and start playing. You can paint a sun, little antennae on the butterfly, spots, grass - anything you desire. In addition, you don't have to limit yourself to just butterflies! Cut out stars, moons, flowers, etc. using the same procedure outlined in steps 2 and 3 and then paint to your heart's content. 5. Let paint dry for 24 hours before wrapping.

Cookie Cutter Soaps by T.J. Currey

Materials: scraps or bars of soap small metal cookie cutters small see-thru bags, netting, or tulle for wrapping 1. Slice a bar of soap into thin (1/8 to 1/4 inch) layers. 2. Position small metal cookie cutters and punch out designs. 3. Carefully push soap out and arrange on a pretty dish in the bathroom. You can take different colored soaps and make a pretty bag of them tied with a ribbon on top. (Note: May want to wear kitchen gloves while punching out soaps - the metal cookie cutters are sharp.)

Chocolate Lipgloss Recipe by Rachel and Jennifer

2 tsp. Petroleum Jelly 1/8 tsp. Honey 10 mini Hershey's Milk Chocolate Chips (any brand will do though) 1/8 tsp. Shortening (Crisco) Carefully Mix all ingredients into a microwave safe container. Make sure they are all clumped together. (Do not put lid on) Heat at high power for 20 seconds, stir, then repeat until fully melted. Then pour into a small bottle, and freeze for 15 min, or until solid. Then you can apply it on your lips!

Sheer Lipstick Recipe by "T.J."

2 oz. beeswax 2 oz. jojoba oil 0.2 oz. aloe butter 2 tsp. zinc oxide 2 tiny scoopers of lip-safe mica. lip balm flavoring Hint: This is a very waxy recipe and might do better in a tube than the pots as shown.

Sheer Lipstick Recipe by Anne-Marie Faiola

2 oz. beeswax 2 oz. Grapeseed Oil 1/4 oz. Wheatgerm Oil 2 tsp. Zinc Oxide (by volume - optional - may substitute titanium dioxide) 4 tsp. lip safe mica (by volume) The zinc Oxide will provide a opaque, matte effect to your lipstick. If you use just mica, you will have a more sheer lip balm.

Melt the beeswax in a double boiler. Once fully melted, add the Grapeseed and Wheatgerm oil. Pour your colorant into the double boiler and stir well. Let this mixture sit until mixture begins to thicken slightly (thus suspending the colorant better) and pour into jars or tubes

Colored Lipstick Recipe by Anne-Marie Faiola

This lipstick is a more waxy lipstick than the Sheer lipstick. Phase 1 4 oz. Castor Oil 4 oz. Jojoba oil .5 oz. Beeswax 1 oz. Candelilla wax 1/4 oz. wheatgerm oil Colorant phase 8 full teaspoons of lip safe mica 1 oz. Castor, Olive or Wheatgerm oil Hint: Castor provides more shine than Olive or Wheatgerm Melt the waxes in a double boiler. Once they are fully melted, add the Castor Oil and Jojoba oil. In a separate bowl, add your mica to the liquid oil of your choice. Mix in well and make sure there are no clumps. Add the colorant mixture into your double boiler and mix well. Remove this mixture from the double boiler and let sit until mixture begins to cool and thicken (thus suspending the colorant through out the lipstick). Once cooled to an appropriate thickness, pour into jars or tubes.

Floating Bath Soak by Camille Pratt

3 oz cocoa butter 1 tbsp creamed coconut 1 tsp almond oil 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp powdered oatmeal 2 drops tangerine EO Melt cocoa butter in double boiler, remove from heat. Mix creamed coconut, almond oil, honey and oatmeal, blend well. Add mixture to melted cocoa butter, blend well. Add tangerine EO (or your favorite EO!), blend in. Pour mixture into ice cube trays, chill until firm. Toss one into tub

of running water and enjoy! Note: Use caution upon exiting tub, it may be a bit slippery. But, oh, what a soak!

Luscious Lip Luster

4.4 oz. Calendula-infused olive oil 1.7 oz. Shea butter 4.9 oz. Emu oil 1.3 oz. Beeswax Melt beeswax gently over a double boiler (or in the microwave if no double boiler is available). In a separate container, heat the emu oil up until it is fully liquid. Combine the wax and all the oil, stir well. Add flavoring (if desired) and pour into containers.

Bath Jelly Recipe - by Amy Vollmer

1/2 cup melted transparent Melt & Pour base 2 cups water 1 envelope Knox unflavored Gelatin 1/2 oz Germaben II Fragrance oil 3 or 4 colorants 3 or 4 small containers Pour envelope of Gelatin into a bowl and set aside. Microwave 2 cups of water until boiling. Gently pour into the bowl of gelatin and stir until completely dissolved. In the meantime melt the M&P in the microwave. Add fragrance oil to the melted M&P. Slowly pour the soap into the Gelatin and stir gently. When mixed thoroughly, pour into individual containers and color. Place uncovered containers in the refrigerator until firm. Empty Playdoh containers work perfectly and Bath Jelly can be colored to match the lids! Kids have a blast with this jelly. They can scoop it out and toss into running water, paint the tub and themselves, glob onto a scrunchie or washcloth and even bathe with it! The possibilities are endless!

Gardener's Recipe
8 oz. Melt & Pour base 2 T. white cornmeal 1-1/2 T. fine pumice 1 T. bentonite clay 2 tsp. of a citrus essential oil (orange, lemon, etc.) or fragrance Melt base and scent. Stir in cornmeal, pumice and clay continually until it gets to a point where it will stay suspended in the soap. By this time, the soap will be quite thick and cool. Pour into molds.

Fragrance Stones 1-1/2 cups flour 1/4 cup salt 1/4 tsp. cornstarch 2/3 cup boiling water 1 tbls. fragrance oil Colorant of your choice Mix all dry ingredients. Heat water in a Pyrex cup in the microwave or on the stove. Add the f/o and the color to the water. Stir water mixture into flour mixture. Mix as best you can and then knead the dough with your hands. At this point you just want it to look like pie or cookie dough. Roll it out about a quarter of an inch thick. Cut into shapes or use cookie cutters. Another option is to stamp the flat shapes. Let the dough stones dry. They get hard as rocks and will last for months.

Honey Dust
1 cup arrowroot powder (sometimes called "flour") 3 tablespoons honey powder Mix well together and store in an airtight container. This mixture will get hard if moisture is allowed to get to it. I also package a small feather duster for this. You may substitute up to 2 tablespoons of the honey with any flavored powder you have access to. I like to use either vanilla or mango.

Crushed grape seeds and almond oil combine to form a soothing, refreshing facial scrub.
2/3 cup crushed grape seeds, packed 1/3 to 1/2 cup Almond Oil 1/2 tsp. vitamin E 45-60 drops of fragrance oil Mix almond oil, Vitamin E and fragrance together in a glass bowl. Add the crushed grape seeds and mix well. Divvy up into jars. The crushed grape seeds will sink to the bottom - this is normal for scrubs of this type.

This scented body powder pampers the skin. Its rice-and-chamomile base is reputed for softening and soothing chapped or sunburned skin. 2 oz. rice flour (or cornstarch) 1 oz. finely powdered white orrisroot (or arrowroot powder) 1 oz. finely powdered dried chamomile flowers 1 drop lavender essential oil or fragrance oil 2 drops orange fragrance or essential oil 3 drops violet fragrance oil Combine the above ingredients, mix in the fragrance very well by pressing any lumps down with your fingers. Sift thoroughly and put into containers.

Sugar, Salt and Nut Scrub

1/2 cup ground almonds 1/2 cup ground oatmeal 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup salt 1/4 cup almond oil 45-60 drops fragrance or essential oil

Variation: Add 2 tablespoons of honey for an extra-moisturizing scrub. Mix almond oil and fragrance or essential oil together in a glass bowl. Add the sugar, finely ground almonds and salt together in a separate bowl and mix thoroughly together. Add this mixture to the almond oil. Mix well with your hands to incorporate and you're done!

Solid Brown Sugar Scrub

4 oz. melted melt and pour soap 8 oz. grapeseed oil or Avocado Oil 3-4 oz. brown sugar 1/2 oz. honey Fragrance oils or essential oils (20 drops) Mix your grapeseed oil, honey and melted melt and pour soap together. Add the brown sugar and mix together with hands. You can add your fragrance or essential oils at any point during the mixing process. Divvy up into wide-mouthed jars. Wait 24 to 48 hours for the mixture to harden into a semi-solid mixture.

Brown Sugar Body Scrub

2/3 cup brown sugar, packed 1/3 - 1/2 cup almond oil 1/2 tsp of vitamin E 45-60 drops of fragrance or essential oil Mix almond oil, vitamin E and fragrance or essential oil together in a glass bowl. Add the brown sugar and mix in well. Divvy up into jars and have a great time using it!

Solid perfume is fun and easy to make and is a wonderful idea for a personal, hand-crafted gift! You'll want some stylish little butter pots to hold your creations and Bramble Berry, Inc. has a terrific selection. To make your solid perfume, follow these directions: For a 9 oz. batch (which will fill about 36 pots), you would use, by weight:

2 oz. Beeswax 3 oz. Shea Butter 4 oz. Olive Oil .5 to 1 oz Fragrance Oil of choice Melt all fixed oils together, and add fragrance oil to melted oils. Pour mixture into small jars or twist-up tubes and sell as a solid perfume!

Chunk Soaps are beautiful to behold and lots of fun to make. This chunk soap recipe and photo are by Fabienne Nichols.
First, use freshly made chunks, or ones that have been stored in an airtight baggie- if they're too dry, this'll cause non-sticking. My overpour soap is --don't know the exact temp-- just "below" steaming. Opaque chunks (w/ titanium dioxide) will tend to melt "worse", so be careful, and overpour onto these at a bit lower temp. I do mostly "random" chunks, so don't worry about placement, but... Do NOT freeze chunks. This'll get ya moisture, and, as someone points out, changes the soap somehow. If you're freezing soap to get out of the mold for bars, don't freeze all the way, just enough to do outside. Best thing is to be patient and let soap harden and shrink a bit. I'm a bit forgetful, and have left soap in overnight, yuck! So I almost never freeze. Pour a bit of overpour in the mold (to prevent holes and bubbles on the top), grab a handful of chunks, spritz w/ rubbing alcohol, and "dump" 'em in. You'll want to spritz RIGHT before you place the chunks in, or alc will evaporate. A good spray, too, so that it looks wet all over, but don't soak. A FINE mister helps. Pour in more overpour, grab, spray, dump. Spritz what you've poured in if alcohol has evaporated when you overpour more. Pour, grab, spray, dump. Repeat. For the 32 oz delta mold, which I generally use for loaves, I pour a bit about 1/8 full, dump (after spritzing), then fill about 1/2 full, spritz, dump, spritz, dump, etc till full of chunks. This'll let you look at "design", and strategically place some if you're doing different colors, or stir them up a bit to get the look you want. Then do one more filling pour and dump. If you want the chunks all the way through, have some stick out of the "top" and trim later. The alcohol PREVENTS the "bubble" look. It will help the overpour adhere. If you're getting any other effect from the alcohol, there's another factor involved. It's a pretty automatic, and fast thing after you do a bunch. If you start to get a skin on the overpour, spritz. If you get a skin on the over pour in the pouring pot, spritz. I do this with chunks in one hand, alcohol spritzer in the

other. Sorta plan the "design" before you go. I do a lot with marbled chunks, so don't have to worry about one color vs the other, but if I'm doing a couple different colored chunks, you may want to have one pile of "mixed" ones, but have them separate also, to fill in when the random grab doesn't appear random. You may grab a handful of mixed, but end up with most of one color... Remember that a LOT of mp "artistry" is in color. I do opaque chunks with clear overpour, and transparent colored chunks with white overpour. Sometimes a loaf will not look "right", even though it was done correctly, it's probably in the colors, contrast, or lack thereof. It's REALLY not as complicated as I've made it sound. Personally, though, I'd start with chunks in a smaller bar until you get the technique. That way you won't "waste" 2 lbs. You want the success with a smaller amount before going to a large loaf. And don't throw out the "wasted messed up" loaf! Cut it up, and use some of those chunks, maybe smaller chunks, in a single bar, to get the spritzing and pouring down. Save some for shredding, and putting shreds in a loaf or bar. (ahh, THAT'S when I do freeze!, but that's another story)

Shaving Soap
Package this in a wide mouth jar and sell with a shaving brush! 2 pounds Bramble Berry Goats Milk liquid soap base 2 tbs. Calendula, ground 8 oz. melt and pour base 1 oz. of your favorite fragrance Add melted melt and pour to the goatsmilk base; stir in fragrance oil and ground calendula. Pour into wide mouth jars; wait 24 hours to harden. Soap will get slightly hard but not hard enough to pour into individual molds.

Scented Stones
Great as room fresheners! You will need: One ceramic or glass bowl, 1/2 cup flour (do not use self-rising flour) 1/4 cup salt, 1/2 tablespoon alum (available in drug stores),

1 tablespoon essential or fragrance oil, 2/3 cup boiling water and food coloring (optional). In ceramic or glass bowl, thoroughly mix dry ingredients. Add essential oil and boiling water. NOTE: scent will be strong, but will fade slightly when pastilles dry. For colored dough, blend in food coloring one drop at a time until desired shade is achieved. Blend ingredients to form a ball. Working with a small amount at a time, roll dough between palms of hands to form small balls. Note: cover unused dough to keep it from drying out. Allow pastilles to dry.

Secret Garden Bath Teas

Makes one tea bag. 1 tsp lavender flowers (dried) 1 tsp rose petals (dried) 1/2 tsp lemon balm (dried) 1/4 tsp rosemary (dried) 1/8 tsp spearmint (dried) (just to give it a bit of a snap) 4 drops lavender EO 2 drops rose EO 1 drop patchouli (spelling?) EO Mix well, put into heat sealable teabag.

Makes an invigorating bath! One pound barley One pound bran One pound oatmeal One pound brown rice One-half pound bay leaves One-half pound dried lavender flowers Boil all of these ingredients in four quarts of rainwater for sixty minutes, then strain the mixture. Use 2 quarts of the liquid for each tub of bathwater. An extra rinse after this herbal bath is

unnecessary and would deprive you of some of its benefits. Follow it with a vigorous towel drying.

Cleopatra's Milk Bath

Pamper yourself with this luxurious bath! 2 cups powdered milk (dry) 1 Tbsp. dried orange peel 2 tsp. dried lavender flowers 2 tsp. dried rosemary Mix all the ingredients together and pour into a clear glass bottle. Use 1/2 cup of the mixture per bath - soak for 20 minutes. Tie a ribbon and a sprig of dried flowers to the jar for a ready gift!

Oatmeal Melt and Pour Soap Recipe

(1) Melt 8 oz. of white/opaque base (2) Melt 8 oz. of clear base (3) Optional: Grind up 1/2 oz. of Oatmeal in coffee grinder for a smoother, lighter exfoliation. Also, the smaller the particle, the easier to suspend in the soap. (4) Combine the two bases (5) Add your fragrance oil - approximately 1/2 oz. (Oatmeal, Milk and Honey is a good one!) and stir in well (6) Optional: Add colorant (7) Add the oatmeal and stir. Wait 20 or 30 seconds - is the oatmeal sinking to the bottom of your bowl/Pyrex or is it staying suspended. If it is staying suspended, skip to step 8 (8) If the oatmeal is sinking, this simply means that your base is not thick enough to support the oatmeal. Either cover the bowl/Pyrex with saran wrap and wait for the base to cool, or stir the melted base until it is becomes thick enough to suspend the oatmeal. (9) Pour your oatmeal soap into molds (10) Spritz with alcohol to finish the soap and break up any bubbles on the top of the soap (11) Wait 2 to 3 hours (or even better, overnight!) to pop the soap out of the molds. Wrap with saran wrap and you're done!

What is Herbal Soap? Herbal soap is a kind of soap mixed with natural ingredients, juice or extract and vitamins from medicinal plants. METHOD #1 How to Prepare Herbal Soap: Utensils:

Plastic pail Wooden ladle or bamboo stick Glass or cup Mortar and pestle Cheese cloth or strainer Knife Chopping board Cooking pot (preferably made of clay, enamel, stainless or glass) Stove Plastic molders

Akapulko and Guava Soap: How to Prepare a Decoction: 1. 2. 3. 4. Wash the leaves thoroughly and chop or cut in small pieces. Measure 1 glass of chopped fresh leaves and 2 glasses of water. Let it boil for 15 minutes (start timing when the water starts to boil). After 15 minutes, remove from fire and strain in a cheesecloth. Set aside and let it cool.

Materials:

1 glass Caustic Soda (NaOH) 3 glasses Akapulko or Guava decoction, cooled 5 glasses cooking oil coloring powder (optional)

Procedure:

1. Prepare the materials and the utensils needed. 2. Measure 1 glass of caustic soda and 3 glasses of Akapulko or Guava decoction and pour into a plastic pail. 3. Mix well by stirring continuously using a wooden ladle or bamboo stick. Use only one direction in mixing the mixture. Stir until the caustic soda is dissolved. 4. Pour 5 glasses cooking oil into the mixture. 5. Continue stirring until a consistency of a condensed milk is achieved. 6. Pour the soap mixture into desired plastic molders. Set aside and let it cool to harden. 7. After 4-5 hours, remove the soap from the molder. 8. Allow 30 days of ageing before packing. Label the soaps. Indications:

Akapulko leaves anti-fungal Guava leaves antiseptic for wounds

Kamias, Calamansi, Papaya, Cucumber and Radish Soaps: Materials:

1 glass Caustic Soda (NaOH) 3 glasses water 5 glasses cooking oil 1/2 glass juice or extract

Procedure: 1. Prepare the materials and the utensils needed. 2. Measure 1 glass of caustic soda and 3 glasses of water and pour into a plastic pail. 3. Mix well by stirring continuously using a wooden ladle or bamboo stick. Use only one direction in mixing the mixture. Stir until the caustic soda is dissolved. 4. Pour 5 glasses cooking oil into the mixture. 5. Continue stirring until a consistency of a condensed milk is achieved and add 1/2 glass of juice or extract. 6. Pour the soap mixture into desired plastic molders. Set aside and let it cool to harden. 7. After 4-5 hours, remove the soap from the molder. 8. Allow 30 days of ageing before packing. Label the soaps. Indications:

Kamias fruit extract or juice (bleaching soap) Calamansi fruit extract or juice (bleaching soap) Cucumber fruit extract or juice (moisturizer) Papaya extract from fresh leaves (bleaching/moisturizer) Radish extract from the stem (moisturizer)

Reminder:

Caustic Soda can harm the skin upon contact. Wash immediately with vinegar or anything sour and then wash it with soap and water. Caustic Soda is harmful to health and so, make the necessary precaution. Use mask and gloves to protect your body.

METHOD #2 You dont need to pay high prices for fancy, scented soaps; you can make your own fragrant concoctions with some simple ingredients and a little know-how. Steps: 1. Decide what kind of dried herbs youd like to use. Good choices are lavender for its lovely fragrance, and for its ability to soothe irritated skin, and mint for its invigorating properties. Experiment with your favorite herbs to find your favorite combination. 2. Assemble the other items you will need: the plainest soap you can find (plain glycerine soap is best, but Ivory or another mild, unscented soap will do), a soap mold, and a double boiler. 3. Coat your soap mold with vegetable oil. 4. Heat 1/3 cup water in a double boiler to a simmer. 5. Crumble 3 to 4 tablespoons of herbs into the water. 6. Take the double boiler off the heat and allow the herbs to steep for 15 minutes. 7. Return the pan to the heat and add the bar of soap, cut into small pieces. 8. When the soap is melted, pour the mixture into the soap mold. 9. Leave at room temperature until the soap has hardened (it will be a bit softer than the bar you started with). 10. Open the mold and remove the soap.