So we have another soap recipe for you this week and we're doing another hot process, but this time we're adding an interesting ingredient I had never used in soap before; French green clay! It gives this soap a gorgeous rustic look, with interesting cracks and a cool texture. I'm just loving …
Here you will find some of my all time favourite homemade soap recipes. Several recipes with photos have been added here and many more examples will follow as I make them. Everything from nettle and lime to honey and oatmeal soap.
Oh So Fabulous Lavender Soap Recipe
So we're back with another soap recipe, hot on the heels of our first go at hot process soap not that long ago. Because practice is the key to mastering just about everything, we thought it would be a good idea to post my favorite lavender soap recipe. If you remember from our last post, hot …
A Deliciously Sweet Hot Process Soap Recipe With Orange
So as you know, I'm a sucker for a good homemade soap recipe. I've done a lot of cold process soap, which is kind of my go to really. But I wanted to show you how hot process soap works, because there are a couple of advantages to HP recipes over CP. Nevertheless, it can take a little longer to …
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My Lovely Homemade Honeycomb Soap Recipe
So the other week, I was flicking through my list of soap making recipes to see what I wanted to share with you next. I came across this gorgeous honeycomb soap recipe that I’ve tried before and thought you guys would just love it! Not only is it scented with yummy smelling honey and oatmeal …
Devine Raspberry Ripple Swirled Soap Recipe
I’ve shared plenty of homemade soap recipes over the years, but I’m so absolutely obsessed with soap making that I just can’t stop making more. Today I’m going to show you how to make swirled soap in a loaf mold to achieve a cool marble effect. I racked my brain for what scent and color to work …
How I Make My Pretty Cupcake Soaps
I don’t know about you but I love a homemade soap gift. When someone delivers a hand crafted gift to me, I know they’ve really tried. But it’s not always easy, so today I’ll show you how to make beautifully decorated cupcake soaps that work wonderfully in a spa gift set or are fantastic as stocking …
A Wonderful Coconut Oil Soap Recipe
Coconut oil is often the soap maker’s first choice oil as it creates a lovely hard white soap. I love the smell of coconut, I use it often and I have a great coconut oil soap recipe to share with you using the cold process method. First I want to say that although many soap makers are happy to …
My Rose Soap Recipe With Cocoa Butter
Rose essential oil is one of the most precious essences available, so it's extremely expensive. Luckily with this homemade rose soap recipe we can substitute it for a rose fragrance oil. There are so many other great natural ingredients in this recipe. I find the coconut oil, sunflower oil and …
Cinnamon Honey & Almond Soap Recipe
If you're going to try a honey & almond soap recipe, you have to try this one! It smells so good I was actually tempted to take a bite when I first made it (I didn't, I promise). I stumbled upon this while I was researching the therapeutic properties of cinnamon and have found it to be a …
Lye Soap Recipes, SAP Values And Formula
We have so many homemade soaps that you can make right away, but have you considered experimenting a little? Working with SAP values for your lye soap recipes and calculating the amount of water required may seem a little complicated at first glance but it really isn't. All you actually need are …
Soap Making Recipes – Savvy Crafters
Come on Savvy Crafters, let's see MORE soap making recipes like these! Jemima kicked things off this week when she sent me photos of some lovely soaps she made, and I thought I would share them with you here... Then while writing this page a thought struck me, why not pop a form at the bottom …
Yummy Homemade Chocolate Soap
This homemade chocolate soap recipe contains fresh goats milk, it's great fun and has such a wonderful rich brown color. It's a perfect soap for cubing up and adding to other white based soaps (see vanilla choc chip soap). On its own this soap does have a mild milky chocolate scent, but …