Floral Handmade Soap Recipes

These handmade soap recipes are great as you don't have to moisturise after using them. They will leave your skin feeling soft and you feeling revived!

Luxury Handmade Soap Recipe

This handmade soap recipe has has a lovely feminine and exotic aroma, and with the help of frankincense, may chang and the uplifting citrus oils you'll have all you need to fight off the sighs of ageing, relive tension and start the day with a smile.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 oz (65g) Lye (Sodium Hydroxide/Caustic Soda)
8 fl oz (230ml) Mineral water
1 1/2 oz (40g) Beeswax
7 fl oz (200ml) Olive Oil
4 fl oz (100ml) Sweet Almond Oil
3 fl oz (75ml) Sunflower Oil
2 1/2 oz (65g) Coconut Oil
2 1/2 oz (60g) Palm Oil
1 fl oz (25ml) Calendula Oil
1 teaspoon (7ml) Lime essential oil
1 teaspoon (5ml) Orange essential oil
1 teaspoon (5ml) May Chang essential oil
1/2 teaspoon (2ml) Frankincense essential oil
A small handful of Dried Calendula Flowers

Specifics To This Recipe:

Use the Cold Process Method shown below plus the following recipe specific steps:

In Step 4 - Combine oils and lye when both temperatures equally reach 130° F (55 C)
In Step 5 - Reaches trace very quickly less than a couple of minutes with a stick blender and about 10 to 15 minutes by hand.
In Step 6 - Once you have poured the soap into the mold you can make a pattern on the soap by dragging a fork across the surface to make a ripple, or you can create your own.

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Soothing Calendula Soap Recipe

This calendula and sunflower soap recipe is a full of natural vitamins and minerals and is excellent for soothing chapped and cracked skin.

This really is a neat looking soap that has a medium to hard feel about it together with a frothy lather and creamy texture. Its suitable for all skin types so would make a great gift.

Ingredients:

Makes 12 bars (half for a smaller 6 batch)

5 1/4 oz (149g) Lye (Sodium Hydroxide/Caustic Soda)
14 1/4 oz Spring or mineral water
12 oz (340g) Coconut Oil
12 oz (340g) Sunflower Oil
8 oz (230g) Palm Oil
2 teaspoons (10g) Clary Sage essential oil
2 teaspoons (10g) Marjoram essential oil
3 tablespoons (45g) Dried Calendula Flowers
1 teaspoon (5g) turmeric (this gives a mild yellow colour to the soap see Specifics to this recipe)

Specifics To This Recipe:

Use the Cold Process Method shown below plus the following recipe specific steps:

In Step 4 - Combine oils and lye when both temperatures equally reach between 130° f (54 c) and 150° f (65c)
In Step 5 - Mix the turmeric with a small amount of soap taken from the batch and then return it to the batch stirring rapidly.
In Step 8 - Needs 5 week curing time.