Handmade Soap Recipes

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

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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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Soap Making – Lye Calculator List

Soap cannot be made without the use of sodium hydroxide. Lye (sodium hydroxide) is mixed with fats to create soap. But, you need to know how much of each to make a really good bar. Here are a list of soap / lye calculators. Soap Calculator by weight / percentage – enter recipes by either [...]

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Rice Bran Soap Recipe

Rice Bran Soap Recipe – A nourishing oil and a powerful skin protectant, high in gamma-oryzanol as well as anti-oxidants, which will protect and replenish the skin. RBO is rich in phytosterols, helping to help reduce inflammation and soothe discomfort. It also contains the highest quantity of vitamin E in liquid form. Beneficial to mature, [...]

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Creamy Olive Oil Soap Recipe

Creamy Olive Oil Soap 80% Olive Oil 20% Palm Kernel Oil 5% Sodium Hydroxide 1 Pound Recipe: 12.8 oz Olive Oil 3.2 Palm Kernel Oil 2.18 Sodium Hydroxide To figure water, a safe range would be to multiply the lye amount by 2.2. I usually use a range somewhere between 1.7 and 2.0 for figuring [...]

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