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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How to Make Hand-Milled Soap: Coffee Vanilla Bourbon Soap Recipe
Learn how to make hand-milled soap scented with real coffee. This easy coffee soap recipe makes a great homemade soap for men and women and is scented with a bourbon vanilla fragrance. This DIY soap is easy to make and is a great homemade Father’s Day gift for Dad. This homemade soap recipe is made by rebatching or hand-milling unscented cold process soap and then adding additional ingredients to give…
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DIY Father’s Day Gift Idea – Homemade Handmilled Soap Recipe
Need a homemade DIY Father’s Day gift idea for Dad? These scented homemade soap rounds are sure to help dad unwind in the shower! He might not tell you, but I’ve found that most men do care about their skin. However whether they’re willing to admit it or not can sometimes be an entirely different story. So treat him with these simple handmade handmilled soaps in his favorite fragrance! I…
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Natural Homemade Hand Milled Facial Soap Recipe
This all natural homemade facial soap recipe is wonderful for several reasons. One, it’s simple to make and is perfect for those who want to customize their own homemade soaps without delving into making cold process soaps with lye or using a melt and pour soap base. And two, it allows you to “beef” up your soap with ingredients your skin craves that are often too costly to use during the…
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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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DIY Goldfish in a Bag Soap for Kids: Melt and Pour Soap Tutorial
This melt and pour soap tutorial for making your own DIY goldfish in a bag soap not only makes a super cute gift for kids but is also perfect for DIY party favors. While they look easy to make, these soaps are actually a bit tricky to perfect. I recommend buying more materials than you think you’ll need and be prepared to exercise a bit of patience. It took me more than a few…
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DIY Melt and Pour Loofah Soap Recipe
This homemade loofah soap recipe is so easy to craft! They make a great weekend project you can create with the kids for homemade Mother’s Day gifts or just because! I made my loofah soap recipe in about a half hour and scented them with a White Tea & Ginger fragrance oil. But you can substitute the fragrance oil with whatever is your – or Mom’s – favorite. White Tea &…
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DIY Melt & Pour Soap Popsicles Tutorial
Popsicles scream summer. Make the season even more fun with these homemade melt and pour soap popsicles that are scented like your favorite treats! Simply color, scent, mold and you’re done! But don’t forget to remove the stick before bathing. Read on for how to make these fun soap pops and add some excitement to your kids’ bath time. DIY Soap Popsicles © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 9.5 oz. Detergent…
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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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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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DIY Easter Peeps Soap Tutorial
Easter is late again this year, but that gives you plenty of time to make these darling homemade Easter inspired Peeps soaps! Even last minute these cute, pastel colored and scented Peeps soaps can be made in a very short amount of time on a free afternoon. Plus they are super easy to craft and look absolutely darling in Easter baskets! Make one Peep soap at a time or easily…
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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…
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Beer Soap Recipe with Chamomile & Neroli (Plus Helpful Soap Making Tips)
Learn how to make this homemade beer soap recipe with real beer using the cold process soap making method. Plus discover soap making tips and tricks for working with beer, or even wine, to avoid a potential mishap. (Ask me how I know…) Keep reading to learn more! Working with Beer When Making Soap If you’ve never made cold process soap before, I don’t recommend starting with my beer soap…
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Exfoliating Spring Gardeners Cold Process Soap Recipe
With spring right around the corner now is the perfect time to start making this exfoliating gardeners cold process soap recipe. Make it now and it will be cured and ready right about time to put your first seedlings in the ground. I made this homemade pink and green exfoliating soap using two different batches of cold process soap and three fragrances – Farmer’s Market Baby Bibb fragrance oil, lemongrass…
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Cedarwood & Baking Soda Soap Recipe for Cleansing & Deodorizing Skin
Learn how to make a baking soda soap recipe. This homemade baking soda soap with cedarwood essential oil is perfect for getting rid of dirt and grime, while also deodorizing odors caused by body sweat and food. It also works great on acne prone skin. Plus it’s palm free. Can You Make Cold Process Baking Soda Soap? Is it possible to make a cold process baking soda soap recipe? Chemists…
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Best DIY Skin Care Recipes for Dry Skin and Eczema
I’ve gotten a lot of requests recently on how to best conquer severely, dry winter skin and eczema so I thought I’d share a post with some of my favorite homemade skin care recipes that I’ve created, used and loved. My first bit of advice however, would be to toss the lotions. Instead opt for body oils and butters as well as salves for the worst of the worst dry,…
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Homemade Chocolate Truffle Soap Recipe for Valentine’s Day
If you’re on the hunt for a super sweet homemade Valentine’s Day gift idea, this homemade chocolate truffle soap recipe is sure to delight. These melt and pour soap truffles are both fun and easy to make and are scented with a Chocolate Drizzle fragrance oil so they smell phenomenal. Hunter, a friend and also the darling daughter of a friend, helped me make these sweetly scented candy shaped soaps. We used a Melt…
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DIY Natural Carrot Complexion Soap Recipe
This carrot complexion soap recipe was designed with clear skin in mind and is unscented so it’s suitable for even sensitive skin. Crafted using a combination of gentle clays, carrot powder, tomato powder and activated charcoal, this tri-color carrot complexion soap recipe is perfect your face! It’s formulated to help keep your complexion both clean and acne free. Plus it’s suitable for all skin types. Unscented Carrot Complexion Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap…
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Handmade Heart Shaped Valentine’s Day Soap Recipe
Get a jump start on your homemade Valentine’s Day gifts with my new cold process Silk & Rose Clay Facial Soap recipe! It’s just one of the many amazing bath & beauty recipes featured in Wholesale Supplies Plus’ January 2014 issue of eHandmade magazine. Simply click here to download this issue in PDF format and skip forward to page 24 for the recipe. This new homemade soap recipe is palm…
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DIY Game On Homemade Soap Recipe for Men
Make a splash with this handmade Game On Cold Process Soap Recipe for Men! This masculine scented homemade soap recipe is a woodsy blend of oak, sandalwood and musk and features shimmering mica waves created from a handmade rubber stamp. While the waves on this soap are optional, the Game On fragrance oil used to scent it is an absolute must! Baking soda and arrowroot powder are added to help…
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Madagascar Black Pepper Soap Recipe for Men
Looking for a homemade gift idea for men? This homemade black pepper soap recipe is just your ticket! Created using both cold process soap and melt & pour glycerin soap, these homemade black pepper soaps are scented with a Madagascar black pepper fragrance oil. The top and bottom layers are made from a cold process black pepper soap recipe that contains flecks of ground black pepper while the center layer is…
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Handmade Eucalyptus & Tea Tree Soap Recipe for Men
Even in winter many men are still prone to oily skin and break outs. Help them beat those break out blues with this handmade soap recipe for eucalyptus & tea tree oil soap! This natural cold process soap recipe gives men the lather they love while helping to prevent acne breakouts. There’s even an exfoliating strip of loofah to help remove even the toughest grime! You can find this homemade…
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Homemade Neem Oil Soap Recipe for Eczema Prone Skin
Learn how to make neem oil soap with this homemade cold process soap recipe. Formulated with neem oil for its natural skin benefits, this hydrating soap bar is well suited for problem skin issues such as eczema, dry skin and psoriasis. It can also be used on acne prone skin. In addition, this cold press soap also doubles as a no poo, solid shampoo bar. Cold Process Neem Oil Soap…
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How to Make Sea Mud Soap (Cold Process Soap Recipe)
Learn how to make Dead Sea mud soap with this cold process soap recipe. This natural soap is ideal for acne prone skin. Whether you suffer from facial breakouts or body acne, adding this natural soap with sea clay to your skin care routine can help minimize outbreaks and improve symptoms. DIY Dead Sea Mud Soap Oily and acne prone skin can be a real drag. But fighting nature can…
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Homemade Strawberry Preserves Soap Recipe
Ever wondered about this homemade soap (above) featured within my DIY Soapmaking Tutorial? It’s actually a deliciously scented strawberry preserves soap recipe that I used to sell on my local farmer’s market years ago. I haven’t made this soap in a long time, but when digging through some old books and loose recipes yesterday, I actually discovered I not only still have the recipe for making this sweet scented handmade cold…
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Homemade Garden Mint Soap Recipe
I often find that when hunting for handmade Christmas gift ideas or customizing that perfect homemade Christmas gift for that special someone, it can really help to think outside of the holidays. After all, the two big winter gifting holidays – Christmas and Valentine’s Day – are just one short day each out of an entire year. So not everything needs to be red and white or smell like peppermints.…
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Natural Homemade Yogurt Soap Recipe with Chamomile Flowers
Looking for a gentle, skin conditioning face and body soap? Then try my all natural homemade yogurt soap recipe. Made using the cold process soapmaking method, this natural homemade yogurt soap recipe is made from a combination of real Greek yogurt, lavender and chamomile flower powders, and a blend of butters and oils renowned for their moisturizing properties. Not only is this natural homemade yogurt soap is the perfect treat for…
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Handmade Natural Lemon & Basil Soap Recipe
This all natural homemade cold process soap recipe is formulated to help fight acne without drying out combination skin. That this handmade soap smells so fabulous and invigorating – well, that’s just a perk! Natural Lemon & Basil Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 1.8 oz. sweet almond oil 3.6 oz. hazelnut oil 7.2 oz. 76 degree melt point coconut oil 9 oz. sustainable palm oil 10.8 oz. olive…
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Electric Guitar Candied Orange Soap Recipe
Looking for a great homemade holiday gift idea for the guys? Try this fun candied orange scented soap stamped with an electric bass guitar! For this recipe I combined the Crisp and Candied fragrance oil from Nature’s Garden with a bit of dark patchouli essential oil to cut down on the sweetness of the scent. I then stamped my final bars with a hand carved rubber stamp I purchased from…
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Gingerbread Man DIY Snow Globe Soaps: DIY Holiday Gifts for Kids
Need a unique holiday gift idea for the kids or grandkids? These adorable DIY gingerbread man snow globes soaps make the perfect gift. And they’re small enough to tuck inside a Christmas stocking to gift as stocking stuffers! Not only will your recipients actually get excited about bath time, they get to play with the the gingerbread man toy inside once all the soap is gone. Keep reading to learn…
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Men’s Soap Recipe & Holiday Gift Idea with Free Printable Gift Labels
It’s often hard coming up with great holiday gift ideas for men. However, this homemade ferocious & fantastic men’s soap recipe is sure to be a hit! To tackle the tough challenge of coming up with unique homemade men’s Christmas gift ideas I enlisted some help from an artist I found through Etsy, Anna Dance. Anna Dance of Hello Pants is graphic artist and illustrator from Australia who creates fun and…
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DIY Liquid Soap Recipe with Neem Oil for Dogs and People with Problem Skin
I have a miniature dachshund who is, unfortunately, prone to some not so pleasant skin conditions much like eczema in people. With this of course there is itching and some flaking. Often times giving poor Jasper a bath actually makes his skin worse. So I decided to try a natural dog shampoo with neem oil. While I initially concocted this liquid soap recipe for my dog, it also works well…
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DIY Halloween Soaps and Party Favor Ideas
I love Halloween because it’s the one time of year where you can be anyone you want AND dress the part! But Halloween doesn’t have to be reserved to only costumes, scary decorations and freaky foods – you can also put the party into your daily routine by making soap you can use everyday! If you’re too busy figuring out and perfecting your costume and don’t have time to make…
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DIY Homemade Cherry Bomb Soap Recipe with Printable Labels
With the holidays right around the corner I’ve been trying a few new seasonal fragrances, one of which is called Santa’s Pipe. This fragrance oil smells rather like a cherry cigar with more emphasis on the cherry than the cigar smoke, and is a pretty interesting fragrance. However, calling it Santa’s Pipe Soap made it seem like you’d only want to enjoy this homemade soap during the Christmas season, so…
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Tomato Soap Recipe: How to Make Homemade Soap With Ripe Tomatoes
Every wondered how to make a tomato soap recipe using REAL tomatoes? You can do more with overripe garden tomatoes this summer than just cook with them. If you’re bored of using those extra tomatoes to make spaghetti sauce or canning them, try making soap instead! Learn how to craft your own tomato infused natural skin care recipe with my natural cold process tomato soap recipe. How to Use Ripe…
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How to Re-size a Cold Process Soap Recipe
I’ve had several people request a smaller sized cold process recipe for some of my most popular homemade soap recipes. However, as when I started making many of these specific soap recipes I had created, I always made larger batches to keep up with the demand from where I was selling at my local farmer’s market as well as Etsy. I’d never considered having to re-size a batch of cold…
