This homemade orange and espresso soap recipe was inspired by my own homemade coffee soap recipe as well as Beth’s recent soap recipe for making hot process pumpkin pie soap. Like my coffee soap recipe, my orange and espresso soap recipe uses a combination of ingredients that create a rich and creamy lather with the allure of coffee. And like Beth’s homemade pumpkin pie soap recipe, I’ve also included coconut milk in my soap recipe in addition to giving…
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Natural Neem Oil Soap Recipe with Lemongrass and Sage Essential Oils
Learn how to make neem oil soap with this cold process soap recipe. This homemade soap contains a natural lemongrass sage essential oil blend. However, it can also be naturally scented with lemongrass essential oil, if desired. Keep reading to discover the skin care benefits of neem oil in soap, and get step-by-step directions on making cold press soap from scratch. Natural Neem Oil Soap This natural lemongrass and neem…
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How to Make a Custom Cold Process Soap Recipe Using a Lye Calculator
Learn how to make a custom cold process soap recipe. If you’ve tackled learning how to make cold process soap with lye, then you may be ready to start developing your own custom cold process soap recipes. Part of understanding how to create your own soap recipes, means also understanding how a lye calculator works. Keep reading to learn how to use a lye calculator to formulate your own unique…
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How to Make Soap from Scratch (Plus Cold Process Soap Recipes)
Learn how to make soap from scratch. This tutorial provides insight into the soap-making process and what occurs during saponification. In addition this guide also teaches you how to make cold process soap with lye. It covers safety and recipe formulation as well as a variety of lye soap recipes to help you get started. How to Make Soap with Lye: Getting Started Making cold process soap from scratch doesn’t…
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Homemade Peppermint & Patchouli Castile Soap Recipe
This homemade peppermint and patchouli Castile soap recipe lends a fun twist to a basic Castile soap. Made using olive oil, this peppermint and patchouli Castile soap recipe also combines peppermint and patchouli essential oils for a fabulous unisex fragrance blend along with mineral rich Red Hawaiian Alaea Salt and a touch of Australian midnight black clay. Peppermint & Patchouli Castile Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 36 oz. virgin olive…
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How to Make Homemade Coffee Soap for Natural Skin Care
This homemade coffee soap recipe is made using real coffee! Not only does the coffee in this cold process soap recipe naturally help to neutralize tough odors on hands from cooking, the natural caffeine present in coffee also possesses strong anti-inflammatory properties. Keep reading to learn more about the skin care benefits of coffee and how to make natural coffee soap. Coffee Skin Care Benefits Coffee has a number of…
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Natural Blueberry & Carrot Cold Process Soap Recipe
This natural blueberry and carrot cold process soap recipe is made from real carrot puree and blueberries. Both of these foods are rich in antioxidants that are believed to help repair damage to skin tissue and are also highly prized for their anti-aging properties in skin care. Keep reading to discover how to make carrot soap with blueberries for your daily, anti-aging skin care routine. Blueberry Carrot Soap To create…
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Avocado Soap Recipe with Ripe Avocado & Fresh Greek Yogurt
This natural yogurt & avocado soap recipe may seem both challenging and perhaps a bit expensive to craft at first glance. However, because of the food ingredients added to this natural avocado soap recipe, you’re actually able to create a luxe bar of homemade soap with fewer, less expensive ingredients! The result is an incredible natural soap that hydrates and soothes skin so it looks and feels healthy. Don’t have…
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DIY Wedding Soap Favors & Two Homemade Soap Recipes
Want to make your own DIY wedding soap favors for your big day? Learn how with this tutorial for making your own DIY wedding soap favors or unique Save the Date Soaps! Plus there are two homemade soap recipes for making mango and coconut milk two different ways! Choose from a simple homemade soap recipe that won’t break your budget or a splurge worthy luxurious mango and coconut milk homemade soap recipe! First thing…
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How to Make Raspberry Soap: Natural Cold Process Soap Recipe
Learn how to make raspberry soap with this natural cold process soap recipe. Made using real raspberries as a key ingredient, this homemade soap recipe with raspberries makes a wonderful addition to your daily skin care routine. This natural homemade raspberry cold process soap recipe is made with ripe raspberries which are naturally rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants have been shown to help to prevent and repair skin damage caused by…
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Homemade Cold Process Glycerin Shaving Soap Recipe
This homemade cold process glycerin shaving soap recipe includes extra vegetable glycerin that’s added to the regular soapmaking oils during the soapmaking process. Typically this is usually only done for shaving soaps as the extra glycerin contributes to the bar’s humectant properties. As glycerin is naturally created as a byproduct of the saponification process, there’s already some level of glycerin in every bar of cold process soap. This glycerin shaving soap…
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Cold Process Egg Soap Recipe (Step-by-Step Egg Yolk Soap Recipe)
This homemade cold process egg soap recipe is made with egg yolks. Eggs have long offered skin care benefits that include tightening skin, shrinking pores, and calming redness and breakouts. Add eggs to your daily beauty regimen in with this DIY egg yolk soap recipe for natural skin care. Plus get easy tips for making egg yolk soaps perfectly your very first try. Soapmaking Benefits of Egg Yolk Soap In…
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Lemon & Poppyseed Nut Free Soap Recipe
This simple homemade nut free soap recipe contains zero nut oils so even those with nut allergies can enjoy this classically scented lemon poppyseed soap. While coconut oil traditionally boosts lather in homemade cold process soap recipes, this nut free soap recipe instead uses palm kernel flakes which has similar lather boosting properties. In addition it also incorporates less costly ingredients for those who are soaping on a budget. Lemon…
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Natural Black Clay and Sea Salt Soap Recipe
This natural black clay and sea salt soap recipe is made using Australian black clay and fine sea salt for a luxurious spa like experience in the shower! Australian Midnight Black Clay contains a variety of natural minerals including iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium and copper and is suitable for most every skin type. It aids in removing toxins and impurities from skin in a similar way as activated charcoal while also adding conditioning…
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Coconut Oil Facial Soap Recipe for Acne Prone Skin
This coconut oil facial soap recipe for acne prone skin combines ingredients known for their acne fighting properties to help keep skin acne free! Like the name implies, this coconut oil facial soap recipe is formulated using refined coconut oil at 100% with a 20% superfat so it doesn’t over dry skin. Neem oil, sea buckthorn oil and a blend of essential oils are also included in this natural homemade soap recipe to…
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Spicy Pepper & Patchouli Palm Free Cold Process Soap Recipe
This palm free cold process soap recipe is scented with a pepper fragrance oil that’s been blended with patchouli, clove and cinnamon essential oils. The spicy fragrance blend of this palm free cold process soap recipe makes it suitable for either sex due to it’s unisex scent. However, as both pepper fragrance oils and pepper essential oil both accelerate trace and can quickly cause cold process soap to seize, this palm free cold process soap…
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Traditional Castile Soap Recipe
Learn how to make a simple 100% olive oil, traditional Castile soap recipe that’s scented with natural essential oils. This traditional Castile soap recipe is scented for spring with natural basil, lemongrass and rosemary essential oils. Unlike my Castile soap recipe with bee pollen powder I shared recently, this traditional Castile soap recipe is made using 100% olive oil. However, as 100% olive oil soaps tend to be a softer soap that takes…
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Castile Soap Recipe with Bee Pollen Powder
While a traditional, pure Castile soap recipe is made using 100% olive oil, a modern Castile soap recipe may contain additional oils so long as olive oil is part of the Castile soap recipe and it consists of all vegetable oils. However Dictionary.com offers a looser definition defining Castile soap as any hard soap made from fats and oils, often partly from olive oil. While Merriman-Webster defines it as fine hard bland soap…
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Hawaiian Red Sea Salt & Red Palm Soap Recipe
This homemade red palm soap recipe is made using virgin red palm oil which is naturally high in Vitamin E and antioxidants and mineral rich Hawaiian Alaea Red Sea Salt. Red palm oil – also known as palm fruit oil, virgin palm oil and palm butter – lends soaps a beautiful orange color. I was able to buy a 16 fl. oz. jar of red palm oil from my local…
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How to Make Wine Soap: Cold Process and Rebatch Recipes
Need a creative way to use up leftover wine that’s sat too long or simply wasn’t to your liking? Try making wine soap! This post covers two ways to use wine to make homemade soap. The first is a cold process soap that replaces the water with wine in the recipe. The second wine soap recipe teaches you how to rebatch soap, also referred to as hand-milling, to make a…
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Beginner Cold Process Soap Recipe (How to Make Lye Soap)
Making lye soap for the first time may seem daunting and even expensive. However, it doesn’t have to be! This beginner cold process soap recipe is ideal for those who want to learn how to make soap for the first time. Explore my easy recipe for homemade soap in addition to information on where to buy soap making supplies and how to make substitutions. What Is Cold Process Soap? Cold…
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Homemade Bacon Soap Recipe for Men
This homemade bacon soap recipe is the perfect DIY gift idea for men who love bacon! And with Valentine’s Day right around the corner what better way to say “I love you” than with a bar of heart shaped bacon soap? Made using real bacon (rendered) fat, this homemade bacon soap recipe yields nine hard, extra conditioning homemade soap bars perfect for the shower! So there are plenty to go…
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Best Homemade Skin Care Recipes of the Past Year
The year is ending on a great note, but before it does I wanted to share my best homemade skin care recipes of the year with you. I hope you enjoy this collection of my top twenty homemade bath and body recipes as much as I have! Top Twenty Best Homemade Skin Care Recipes 1. Natural Homemade Foot Scrub Recipe :: This homemade foot scrub recipe is a non-greasy creamy combination of butters &…
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Witch Hazel Soap Recipe with Shea Butter
This skin soothing witch hazel soap recipe with shea butter contains witch hazel extract renowned for its astringent, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. This makes it the perfect addition to your winter skin care routine. Package it with seasonal winter elements and you have beautiful DIY Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers for friends and family this holiday season. DIY Witch Hazel Soap Witch Hazel has been used as a home remedy…
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Pear Soap Recipe: A Unique Homemade Holiday Gift for Natural Skin Care
Learn how to use overripe pears to craft a homemade pear soap recipe for your natural skin care routine. This cold process pear soap recipe uses ripe pears combined with a seasonal fragrance oil to create unique homemade gifts for the holidays. Seasonal fruit can commonly be found at a great price and that sometimes makes it a little too easy to overbuy. Recently this was the case for me…
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Pumpkin Soap Recipe with Real Pumpkin Puree for Fall Skin Care
Learn how to make a homemade pumpkin soap recipe using canned pumpkin puree to craft a homemade soap for your natural skin care routine this fall. This cold process homemade pumpkin soap recipe is handmade using real organic pumpkin making it a perfect soap for the fall season! Pumpkin isn’t just cool because it’s autumn, though. It’s also great for your skin too! Pumpkin is packed with fruit enzymes and alpha…
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Nuts Over You Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe
My Nuts Over You Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe is all about using natural nut oils! And you would certainly be hard pressed to get a homemade soap bar any nuttier than this one! This homemade cold process soap recipe includes macadamia nut, hazelnut, sweet almond, walnut oil and coconut oil in addition to coconut milk powder. I then scented it with a coconut lime verbena fragrance oil though you…
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Cold Process Macadamia Nut Salt Bar Soap Recipe
This fabulous homemade macadamia nut salt bar soap recipe is made with a generous percentage of moisturizing macadamia nut oil and natural sea salt that your skin will simply love. You can scent this one with your favorite fragrance oil – I used white tea – or omit the fragrance all together for the light natural scent of macadamia nut! Homemade Cold Process Macadamia Nut Salt Bar Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s…
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Green Tea & Agave Homemade Cold Process Soap Recipe
This homemade cold process soap recipe is formulated with skin conditioning oils like safflower and evening primrose oils and boasts the anti-oxidant power of natural green tea. A touch of agave is added for its humectant properties. I also used up the rest of my comfrey, calendula and plantain infused olive oil that I made a while back for my homemade black drawing salve recipe in this soap. However, you can…
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Naughty Kitty Palm Free Cold Process Soap Recipe
This fun new palm free cold process soap recipe is made using Australian Midnight Black Clay known for its naturally detoxifying and conditioning properties and is scented with a Vera Wang fragrance oil dupe. Beeswax and stearic acid help to create a naturally hard soap bar while a combination of safflower oil, shea and cocoa butters add their moisturizing properties perfect for washing delicate and dry skin! This pink and…
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Vanilla & Fig Homemade Shaving Soap Recipe
This simple homemade shaving soap recipe is great for beginner soapmakers still getting their feet wet. It combines some pretty basic oils along with lanolin and marshmallow root powder for that extra slip. It’s then scented with a dreamy vanilla and fig fragrance oil. Vanilla & Fig Homemade Shaving Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 13.5 oz. pomace olive oil 6.6 oz. sustainable palm oil 13 oz. 76°F melt…
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Fifty Shades of Grey Inspired Homemade Soap Recipe
With the just released Fifty Shades of Grey movie trailer already making lots of fanfare in anticipation of the movie that’s scheduled to open on Valentine’s Day 2015, I thought this would be a perfect time to share a Fifty Shades of Grey inspired homemade soap recipe. Made using Wholesale Supplies Plus Fifty Shades fragrance oil, this homemade soap ends up with a wonderful unisex fragrance blend of tainted rose, wild geranium, bergamot and gold amber.…
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Ginger and Lime Homemade Shampoo Bar Recipe with Silk
This homemade shampoo bar recipe is formulated with ingredients hair loves like argan, babassu and jojoba oils, cocoa and shea butters and even silk! It’s then scented with a ginger and lime fragrance oil to give your sunny summer mornings a bit of extra lift. Don’t feel restricted to just using this homemade shampoo bar on your hair and scalp though. It’s also great for your face and skin with…
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Lemongrass Mint Homemade Soap Recipe
This cold process homemade soap recipe is basic enough for the beginner soapmaker and yields approximately 10 – 12 basic homemade soap bars perfect for summer. The fresh fragrance blend of lemongrass, lemon verbena and spearmint makes for an extra refreshing and eye opening morning shower! Lemongrass & Mint Homemade Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 13.5 oz. pomace olive oil 6.6 oz. sustainable palm oil 13 oz. 76° melt…
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DIY Lime-a-Rita Homemade Soap Recipe
This cold process homemade soap recipe was submitted by Shelby of Sweetdog Soaps. Inspired by the festive Margarita drink, Shelby created this Lime-a-Rita homemade soap recipe detailed with “lime” wedges and sprinkled with coarse sea salt! (This is an advanced soapmaking recipe. If you’re making cold process soap for the first time I recommend starting with my cold process soapmaking tutorial.) Lime-a-Rita Cold Process Homemade Soap Recipe This is a 2.5lb/40oz batch in…
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Lavender & Tea Tree Soap Recipe with Activated Charcoal for Anti-Acne Skin Care
Activated charcoal soaps are super popular for helping to fight acne. And for good reason! They really work on acne prone skin. So I decided to take the classic lavender and tea tree soap recipe combo that’s been used traditionally to help fight acne and combine it with activated charcoal. A Classic Anti-Acne Tea Tree Soap Recipe with Activated Charcoal This well balanced combination of soapmaking oils, activated charcoal and…
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DIY Quick Tips and Must Have Soapmaking Equipment
There are often times when making your own homemade bath and beauty products that you come across some rather heat sensitive ingredients that you just don’t want to use a microwave for. Sure a microwave is quick and easy but sometimes it can go a little overboard. Not to mention burnt waxes don’t smell pretty. If you’re just getting started and not ready to invest in a double boiler, no…
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Homemade Natural Rosemary Mint Cold Process Soap Recipe
Rosemary mint has long been one of my favorite scent blends. The combination of rosemary and peppermint essential oils boast both a pleasant and invigorating scent blend while also lending their anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. For this natural rosemary mint cold process soap recipe I combined these two natural essential oils with cocoa butter, illipe butter and sweet almond oils for their moisturizing properties while coconut oil and palm kernel…
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Homemade Fir & Lavender Cold Process Soap Recipe
This lightly scented Homemade Fir & Lavender Cold Process Soap Recipe is created using a fresh smelling blend of natural lavender and fir essential oils. It’s the perfect unisex soap for both men and women alike with no overpowering fragrances and also contains skin nourishing illipe butter – a fun alternative to cocoa butter. Natural Homemade Fir & Lavender Cold Process Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 2.8 oz. refined…
