Homemade Soap Recipes for Every Skill Level
130+ homemade soap recipes to make for every skill level. Learn how to make a variety of homemade soaps for three different types of soap making – cold process soapmaking, melt and pour soapmaking and hand milled soapmaking. This huge collection of homemade soap recipes can be made to naturally care for your family’s skin or to gift to friends. Many of these recipe you can also make to sell at your local farmers market, craft fairs or online on sites like Etsy.
I’ve been making my own homemade soap recipes for close to two decades now. I’m constantly amazed by how the craft of soapmaking has changed and evolved over time. I was also a bit stunned by just how many different homemade soap recipes I’ve formulated or shared in that time. (And that doesn’t even count the recipes that never made it to my blog.) So, for those of you interested in trying more of my homemade soap recipes, but aren’t sure what to search for, I’ve compiled over 130 soap recipes all in one place for your convenience. (You can also sort through most of my soap recipes with photos via this Pinterest board.)
Homemade Soap Recipes
Following you’ll find collections of my favorite homemade soap recipes ever made. Whether you want to make melt and pour soap, cold process soap or even hand milled soap, these homemade soap recipes make beautiful gifts as well as everyday skin care products for you and your family.
Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipes
I supply a basic overview of the cold process soapmaking method, along with homemade soap recipes suitable for beginners, here. You can also learn how to customize your own cold process homemade soap recipes via my easy to understand tutorial here.
- Laundry Stain Remover Soap Bar Recipe
- Summer Citrus Soap Recipe with a Natural Essential Oil Blend
- Ginger Mint Soap Recipe for Nourishing Dry Skin
- Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe for Dry Skin
- Simple Beginner Soap Recipe for Winter Skin Care
- Mango & Coconut Milk Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Grocery Store Beginner Soap Recipe
- Natural Black Clay & Sea Salt Soap Recipe
- Holiday Frosted Cranberry Coconut Milk Soap Recipe
- Natural Bacuri Butter & Murumuru Soap Recipe
- All Natural Pine Tar Soap Recipe
- Pine Tar Soap Recipe for Psoriasis, Eczema and Other Skin Issues
- Homemade Coffee Soap Recipe
- Extra Nourishing Brazilian Triple Butter Soap Recipe
- Homemade Garden Mint Soap Recipe
- Easy Unscented Goat Milk Soap Recipe
- Homemade Cold Process Egg Soap Recipe
- Hawaiian Red Sea Salt & Red Palm Soap Recipe
- Coffee, Cocoa & Egg Soap Recipe
- Luxury Double Butter Soap Recipe
- Homemade Yogurt Soap Recipe for Skin Health
- Easy Olive & Babassu Soap Recipe
- Half & Half Milk Soap Recipe with Turmeric
- Coconut Milk Soap Recipe with Lavender Essential Oil
- Skin Loving Natural Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Natural Lemongrass & Neem Oil Soap Recipe
- Lemon & Poppy Seed Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Vanilla & Fig Shaving Soap Recipe
- Homemade Green Apple Donut Soap Recipe
- Aloe Vera Soap Recipe with Neem Oil
- Plantain Soap Recipe with Frankincense Essential Oil
- Yogurt & Banana Soap Recipe with Flax Seed Oil
- Natural Cold Process Gardeners Soap Recipe
- Natural Calendula Soap Recipe with Essential Oil
- Homemade Orange & Espresso Soap Recipe
- Homemade Shea Butter & Witch Hazel Soap Recipe
- Luxury Double Butter Soap Recipe
- Coconut Oil Facial Soap Recipe for Acne Prone Skin
- Egg, Milk & Sea Salt Shampoo Bar Recipe with Ginger Essential Oil
- Natural Aloe Vera Soap Recipe with Neem Oil & Essential Oil
- Plantain Soap Recipe with Date Sugar & Frankincense Essential Oil
- Natural Strawberry Banana Soap Recipe
- Basic Bastille Soap Recipe with Essential Oils
- Watermelon Soap Recipe with Real Watermelon Fruit
- Game on Soap Recipe for Men
- Natural Mountain Man Detox Soap Recipe with Printable Labels
- Lemongrass & Mint CP Soap Recipe
- Essential Oil Summer Festival Soap Recipe
- Natural Shaving Soap Recipe with Lanolin
- Homemade Green Tea & Turmeric Soap Recipe
- Lavender Bergamot Salt Bar Recipe
- Blood Orange Soap Recipe
- Homemade Chia & Charcoal Soap Recipe
- Ultimate Detox Salt Bar Recipe with Activated Charcoal
- Orange Spice Tea Soap Recipe
- Triple Butter Silk & Agave Soap Recipe (via Simple & Natural Soapmaking)
- Traditional Castile Soap Recipe
- Natural Blueberry & Carrot Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Cold Process DIY Donut Soaps
- Fantastic & Ferocious Homemade Soap Recipe
- Castile Soap Recipe with Bee Pollen Powder
- Peppermint & Patchouli Castile Soap Recipe
- Pink Salt & Sal Butter Soap Recipe
- Spicy Pepper & Patchouli Palm Free Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Cold Process Wine Soap Recipe
- Homemade Bacon Soap Recipe for Men
- Nuts Over You Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Cold Process Macadamia Nut Salt Bar Soap Recipe
- Naughty Kitty Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Green Tea & Agave Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe
- Ginger and Lime Homemade Shampoo Bar Recipe with Silk
- Natural Handmade Activated Charcoal Facial Soap Recipe
- Natural Homemade Patchouli Crunch Soap Recipe
- Homemade Yogurt & Avocado Soap Recipe
- Chamomile & Neroli Beer Soap Recipe
- Natural Pear Soap Recipe with Real Pear
- Homemade Tomato Soap Recipe with real Tomatoes
- Homemade Cold Process Pumpkin Soap Recipe
- Unscented Banana & Oatmeal Soap Recipe
- Raspberry Cold Process Soap Recipe with Real Raspberries
- Cold Process Glycerin Shaving Soap Recipe
- Lavender & Tea Tree Cold Process Soap Recipe with Activated Charcoal
- Natural Activated Charcoal Cold Process Facial Soap Recipe
- Natural Cold Process Carrot Complexion Soap Recipe
Creative Melt & Pour Soap Recipes
- DIY Glitter Galaxy Unicorn Soap
- DIY Melt and Pour Agate Soap Slices
- MP Soap Recipe with Solid Sugar Scrub Hearts
- Super Easy DIY Gingerbread Men Soaps
- Easy Glitter Snowflake Soap Recipe
- DIY Melt and Pour Snowflake Guest Soaps
- DIY Gingerbread Men Snow Globe Soaps
- Homemade Honeysuckle Soap Recipe
- Easy Melt and Pour Polar Bear Soap Tutorial
- Raspberry Lemonade Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
- DIY Halloween Bat Soap with Eco-friendly Glitter
- Homemade Apple Pie Soap Tutorial
- DIY Star Wars Melt and Pour Soaps
- Pumpkin Spice Pie Soap Recipe
- Darling Dachshund Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
- Homemade Activated Charcoal Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
- Melt and Pour Mermaid Soap Tutorial
- Melt and Pour Geode Soap Tutorial
- Easy Fall Melt and Pour Soaps
- Patchouli Rose Melt and Pour Complexion Soap Recipe
- DIY Shark Week Soaps
- Unicorn Macaron Melt and Pour Soap Tutorial
- Pumpkin Spice DIY Moldable Pumpkin Soaps
- Melt and Pour Cactus Soaps with Eco-friendly Glitter
- Organic Massage Peppercorn Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
- DIY Rainbow Soap Favors
- Sculptural Rainbow Soap Tutorial
- Melt and Pour Caffeinated Soap Recipe
- Tea Tree and Sea Mud Soap Recipe
- Watermelon Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
- Adzuki Bean Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
- Ocean Rain Homemade Ombre Soap Tutorial
- Santa’s Lump of Coal Soap Recipe
- Easy DIY Soap Gems & Soap Crystals
- DIY Melt and Pour Loofah Soaps
- DIY Goldfish in a Bag Soaps
- DIY Valentine’s Day Soap For Kids
- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Inspired Soap
- Homemade Honeycomb Soap Recipe
- Melt and Pour Conversation Heart Soaps
- Melt and Pour Rose Soap Recipe
- Homemade Melt & Pour Chocolate Truffle Soap Recipe
- Festive Cranberry & Orange Soap Recipe
- Coffee & Cocoa Melt & Pour Soap Recipe
Hand Milled (& Other) Easy Soap Recipes
- Charcoal & Anise Soap Recipe (via The Complete Guide to Natural Soap Making)
- DIY Star Wars Jelly Soap Recipe
- Homemade Hand Milled Heart Shaped Soap Recipe
- Hot Process Pumpkin Pie Soap Recipe
- Rose & Lavender Body Wash Recipe
- Natural Hand Milled Lavender Sea Salt Soap Recipe
- Hand Milled Coffee & Bourbon Vanilla Soap Recipe
- Men’s Seriously Sexy Hand Milled Soap Recipe
- Bug Away Hand Milled Soap Recipe with Citronella
- Men’s Hand Milled Tobacco Caramel & Whiskey Soap Recipe
- Natural Hand Milled Facial Soap Recipe
How To Package Your Soaps to Gift or Sell
Now that you’ve made one or more of my favorite homemade soap recipes, it’s time package and label them for sale or to give as handmade gifts! You can find some amazing DIY ideas for packaging your homemade soaps here. (There are even creative ideas for tackling the packaging for round soaps.) You can also learn how to create custom soap labels with this tutorial.
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2 Comments
Michelle
April 13, 2019 at 11:11 pm
This is an amazing list!! I pinned it for future reference.
Rebecca D. Dillon
April 14, 2019 at 8:24 am
Thanks!
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