When done right, customizing certain soap recipes can create a unique soap of your own. Just be sure to know whether or not your ingredient can withstand the heat or if it should be added during the soap’s cool down phase and you’ll have a newer soap to try out. Get further instructions and tips here:: How do I modify a recipe when I add or remove an ingredient?
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Soap Makers: Look Into Murumuru Butter
Have you tried incorporating murumuru butter into your soaps yet? It makes a great anti-inflammatory agent and moisturizer for soaps, balms, lotions, and body butters. It also is packed with Vitamin A to help smooth out wrinkles in the skin. Check out some other benefits of murumuru butter here:: Six Reasons to Love Murumuru Butter
Give Your Boots a High Quality, Homemade Shine
Scuffed boots are an ugly sight, aren’t they? You can make some inexpensive yet effect boot polish at home using beeswax, olive oil, and a candle tin. This can make a great polish for your boots or the boots of the beloved cowpoke in your life. Get the full recipe here:: Super Simple Boot Polish
Get Regal with Some Queen of Hearts Cold Process Soap
With a cold process base and soap frosting, you can make a great decorative soap inspired by the Queen of Hearts! The LoveSpell and Baby Rose fragrance oils make the soap smell as delightful as it looks. Get the full recipe with pictures here:: Queen of Hearts Cold Process
Clean Your Skin Thoroughly with Sea Clay!
You can make your own sea clay to exfoliate and moisturize your skin. This homemade recipe consists of Epsom salt, sea salt, baking soda, and poppy seeds to help shed off dry, flaky skin and treat the new skin underneath. Get the full recipe here:: Sea Clay Dry Salt Scrub
Cold Process Soap for Newbies
Making your own soap might be pretty daunting at first, but here’s a recipe for beginners to practice and can help prepare them for other soaps in the future. With some palm oil, castor oil, and a little bit of coconut oil, you can make a great easy-to-make soap. Get the full, rookie-friendly recipe here:: Beginner’s Cold Process Soap Recipe
Wash Up with Decorate Hearts
You can make some great melt-n-pour soap with a multi-colored heart design encased in the bar. This makes for a great Valentines Day gift or just an any-occasion gift for the sweetie in your life! Get a full tutorial here:: Rainbow Hearts Melt & Pour
Soap That Leaves Skin Soft as a Poppy Seed Muffin
Get some cheer and pep into your shower with soap that smells of lemon and exfoliates with poppy seeds. Using coconut oil, olive oil, lemon verbena fragrance, and poppy seeds, you can make an invigorating soap that’s great for you, friends, and soap shop customers. Get the full recipe here:: Lemon Poppy Seed Cold Process
Moisturize and Enjoy Your Skin with Whipped Tamanu & Shea Butter
A dollop of whipped shea butter can replenish and moisturize dry skin as the Tamanu treats any redness and itchiness. It is easy to make at home using silk powder and arrowroot powder and makes a great gift for soap shop customers to purchase. Get the full recipe here:: Whipped Tamanu & Shea Butter
Clean Yourself with a Hint of White Wine
Use some of that leftover white wine to make decadent cold process soap. Mixing the wine in with lard, castor oil, rice brain oil, and pomace olive oil can make a soothing, replenishing soap fit for you, your friends, or craft shop customers. Get the full recipe here:: White Wine Cold Process Soap Recipe