HOW TO MAKE LUXURIOUS SOAPS
Today I will show you, something different. Learn how to make luxurious soaps with a melt and pour soap base at home. I love making these beautiful soaps as much as I love cooking. I also like to treat myself with them. They make lovely little gifts for family and friends.
Yield: 12 soaps
Materials
- 1 kg organic melt and pour soap base (SLS and SLES free)
- 1 tablespoon organic cocunut butter
- 1 teaspoon argon oil
- 2 teaspoon essencial rose oil or rose perfume
- 1 bottle red soap colorant (use as much as needed to achieve the colour you want)
- Isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle
Instructions
- Using a soap cutter or a sharp knife, cut the large chunk of melt and pour soap base into small cubes. Place the soap cubes in a crockpot or in a large glass bowl in the microwave. Melt the soap into liquid.
- Add the solid oils to the hot base and mix them with the hot soap base to melt. Add the liquid oils last. Remove the crockpot from the heat.
- Disperse the colourant in 2-3 tablespoons of melted soap or glycerin and add small amounts to the soap until you achieve the desired colour. Add the essence. Stir gently to mix well. Pour the soap into the mould/s.
- If you are decorating your soap with dry rose petals, wait until skin forms on top of the soap. Sprinkle the dry petals over the skin of the soup. Push them gently with the tip of your finger through the skin into the soup. If you do not do that the petals will not get attached to the soap and will fall when you take the soap out of the mould.
- When the soap is completely cold ( that will take at least 2 hours ), take it out of the mould/s. If you are using a loaf mould, cut the loaf into individual soaps.