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Homemade Lavender Soap Bar
June 19, 2014
This homemade lavender soap bar recipe is great for your skin. It provides hydration and vitamins while nourishing your skin with benefit-rich lavender oil. It’s easy to make and free of harmful chemicals. Try it today!
Homemade Lavender Soap Bar
Ingredients:
- 20-30 drops lavender essential oil
- Soap Base
- 3 drops Vitamin E
- Oval Bar Molds or Decorative Soap Mold
Directions:
- Put soap base in glass bowl then place that bowl in sauce pan with water.
- Heat stove to medium and allow base to melt.
- Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Then add the lavender and vitamin E.
- Mix well and transfer to a soap mold.
- Let mixture cool fully before popping bar out of mold. Keep at room temperature.
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What other oil would be a good replacement for the vitamin e?
Do you have a recipe for a hand or body cream with glycerin base. Love your recipes.. Thanks
This may be a good option: http://amzn.to/1zQaljH
The ratio of 3 drops of vit E and 20-30 drops of lavender E.O. is based on how much soap base? Are you suggesting 3 drops vit E and 20-30 drops lavender per one pound of soap base?
I use that amount per soap mold. Each soap mold requires a different amount of the soap base but those amounts I typically keep the same
How do you get the purple swirls in it the soap. Is the lavender oil purple?
Thank,
Debbie
What makes the lavender swirls in the soap?
What is a good all natural soap for eczema? My 3 yr old grandson had it and it flairs up something terrible. Any other suggestions for eczema would be appreciated greatly. Than you.
Check this out: https://draxe.com/health/eczema-treatment/
It calls for Soap Base but does say how much. Can I assume 1 lb ??
You probably won’t use a full pound. It depends on the soap molds you have and how many you are making
How many bars of soap does this recipe make?
What is the best soap for sensitive skin, redness and pimples.
How much soap base did you use for this recipe
It depends on the soap molds you are using and how many you are wanting to make
Is this glycerin soap base? It looks creamy. The link provided goes to glycerin base. Also, what makes the lavender swirls? Do you ever put crushed lavendar in ? Thank you.
I have a 25 lb. of soap base and have no idea how to cut it up or weigh it for a loaf. Suggestions anyone???
How much soap base do you use, 1 lb?
No, just enough to fill the amount of soap molds you are using.
Your recipe for soap calls for soap base and the link to buy it on Amazon says it is sold in 1 lb. blocks. How many bars of soap on average will that make?
It depends on the soap molds you use
I make oatmeal soap, it’s sodium laurel sulphate free.
I buy my soap base from Debbie May, wonderful company!
I have seen plant like stuff added to homemade soaps…what are they?
I’m not sure exactly what you mean by plant stuff?
If you are in the Nashville/ Goodlettsville area, I make homemade all natural soaps. I sell them at the Goodlettsville Farmers Market and mail out as well. One of my children has severe eczema so I needed a way to make sure I knew exactly what was in his soap. Thus, I now make and sell my own wonderful soap.
Can’t wait to make this. I have suffered with migraines for 40 years. I have lavendar planted outside by bedroom windows, I wash my hands with lavender soap every night before bed. Taking Imitrex makes me almost as sick as the migraine.
Do you have a receipe for oatmeal soap?
Love all of the information.
Thank you for sharing.
I don’t yet but new recipes are added every week! I’ll make a note to make a recipe for that!
Are there better brands to choose from for the soap base?
I think this is a great option: http://amzn.to/1mpwy4U
This may be a dumb question, but what is soap base and where do I get it? Also where do I get the molds? I would like to try this
If you click on the ingredients, they are links that will take you to where you can purchase those items
Hi There,
I would also suggest you use an organic base soap as well!
Enjoy your new endeavor!
Cathy
Your muffin pan or mini tart pans make great molds.