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Handmade Soap Recipes

How To Make Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap

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Have you ever wondered how easy it would be to make your own homemade liquid laundry soap? This recipe is not only easy, the cost is less than a few dollars per batch and each batch makes enough for 110 loads of laundry.
This liquid laundry soap works Great for High Efficiency washers as it’s

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Making Aromatherapy Massage Bath Oil

Have you ever wondered how to make your own scented massage oil?

You can easily make your own massaging, moisturizing scented oil at home rather than buy it. I love using scented oils after a shower or bath particularly during the cooler weather. I put the oil all over just before toweling off. Afterwards, my skin

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Soft & Silky Handmade Lotion Recipe

This is one of my favorite lotions, moisturizing without leaving an oily feel on the skin.

Oil Phase:
9 oz sweet almond oil
3 oz jojoba oil
6 oz grapeseed oil
1 oz wheatgerm oil
2.5 oz stearic acid (used to thicken lotion)
2.5 oz ewax (thickens lotions; allows water and oil to blend)
3 oz shea butter
Water Phase:
44 oz distilled water
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Lavender Soap with Tea Tree Oil and Oatmeal Recipe

Here is another lavender soap variation and it’s another big favorite too.
Lavender and Tea Tree essential oils have long been reputed to have tremendous healing and soothing properties. Lavender essential oil has been known to be soothing to dry, itchy skin; calms the mind and eases stress. Lavender eo has been used to treat

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Nana’s Vegan Lavender Soap Recipe

This lavender soap recipe is a variation on Nana’s Lavender Soap – to soothe my vegan friends skin, this soap has no goatmilk.
Lavender essential oil has been known to be soothing to dry, itchy skin; calms the mind and eases stress. Lavender eo has been used to treat various skin disorders because of it’s

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Nana’s Lavender Goatmilk Soap Recipe

This was one of my favorites, and one that always flew off my shelf – I just couldn’t keep it in stock!

Lavender essential oil has been known to be soothing to dry, itchy skin; calms the mind and eases stress. Lavender eo has been used to treat various skin disorders because of it’s antiseptic

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