Herbal Soaps

Herbal Soap Recipes

Creamy Rosemary

Rosemary

 You will need:

One Pound Soap Base (any variety)

One Cup of Whole Milk

1/2 Teaspoon Rosemary pure Essential Oil (see EO caution below)

This is a wonderfully creamy soap to wake up to in the morning! And everyone LOVES the scent of pure Rosemary! Men even go nuts for it! Make sure you spray your mold with a vegetable spray. Pour all of the soap mixture into the mold. After a couple of hours, push it out of the mold and slice the soap into round soaps!

***Rosemary EO is not recommended for individuals with high blood pressure or epilepsy.

Cinnamon Soap

Cinnamon

 You will need:

4 oz. melt & pour base

10 drops cinnamon oil

1 drop red food coloring (optional)

Melt melt & pour base. Remove from heat and stir in the cinnamon oil and coloring until well mixed. Pour the soap into a mold and let set for three hours.

Citrus & Calendula Soap

Tangerine Essential Oil

 You will need:

1 lb M & P transparent soap base

A handful of calendula petals (dried),
about 1/4 cup

15 drops of yellow food coloring

3/4 tsp. grapefruit EO

1/2 tsp. tangerine EO

1 TBSP melted shea butter ..melted separately

Melt the soap base and at the same time melt the shea butter in a custard cup placed in a pan of boiling water. Add calendula petals to the melted base, a few drops of yellow food coloring, the EO and then the melted shea butter. Try to have this the same temp as the melt and pour. Keep stirring the soap/shea butter mixture. As it starts to set up spoon into heart molds. ( By spooning you have more control how many of the calendula leaves go into each mold.) I like to let my molds set at room temp until them are skimmed over fairly firm then I chill them in the freezer for about a half hour before removing them from the mold and place them on a rack to finish drying completely. This is a very pretty soap. Makes 8 heart soaps. Enjoy!!!!

*****By stirring the soap/shea butter not float to the top and make little mold to those that don’t know.

Coffee & Cream Soap

Espresso		 1 4oz. bar glycerin soap1 teaspoon ground espresso

1 teaspoon powdered milk

10 drops coffee fragrance oil

In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the bar of glycerin soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and stir in ground espresso, powdered milk, and coffee fragance oil. Pour soap into a mold and let set for three hours or until hardened.