thenerdyfarmwife.com

This is an excellent post. Forsythia is a fragrant, spring flowering bush that is bright yellow. It also has antiviral properties. In this article, Jan explains how to make forsythia soap. If you don’t have forsythia blooms in your garden, Jan provides a source where you can buy the flowers.

The recipe uses a forsythia infusion and also forsythia-infused oil. Jan also includes a variety of oils, mango butter, a perfect essential oil and other ingredients. It’s a really nice recipe with very clear instructions.

Jan provides a link to Soap Making 101 which explains the cold process soap making method. She also shares an outstanding online tool that calculates the amount of essential oils that you need for any natural beauty recipe.

Click on the How to Make Forsythia Soap link below to see Jan’s recipe.

How to Make Forsythia Soap

humblebeeandme.com

I thought that those readers who like soap making or are thinking of trying soap making, would like to see a custom-made soap mold.

This mold was made for Marie by her Dad. It’s made out of smooth plywood. One of the features I like is that the ends are screwed in. When Marie is ready to unmold a soap, all she has to do is unscrew the ends and lift up a log of soap out of the mold. There are also wooden inserts that slide in and out depending on the cutting points that you want. And it has a lid too! I think this is an awesome soap mold!

Click on the Homemade Soap Making Mold link below to see more pictures and information about this homemade soap mold.

Homemade Soap Making Mold

humblebeeandme.com

If in the middle of winter you find yourself yearning for the sun, sand and sea, then this is the soap for you. It smells of ocean, lemon, orange, grass, and seaweed. Just the scent you need when you want to forget about wind chill and freezing temperatures.

Marie uses a variety of oils, shea butter, lemongrass, seaweed powder and other ingredients. She includes a link to her standard soap making instructions.

You can find a wide variety of soap molds at Amazon HERE

Click on the Natural Chocolate Milk Syrup Recipe link below for the complete recipe.

How to Make Lemongrass & Seaweed Shampoo Bars

offbeatandinspired.com

If you want to learn how to make cold process soap, this is an awesome tutorial. Tiffany explains everything you need to know to make cold process soap. The instructions are very detailed. She includes links to places to get some of the supplies. And she includes appropriate warnings about the proper way to handle and use lye.

These are the topics she discusses in great detail:

• Supplies
• Formulating Your Own Recipe (Includes scents and natural colorants)
• Beginner’s Test Recipe
• Cold Process Instructions

Click on the Cold Process Soap Making for Beginners! Link below to read this excellent article.

 Cold Process Soap Making for Beginners!

naturallivingideas.com

This article provides links to 10 different soap making tutorials. There’s a nice variety of soaps and techniques. Here are the soap tutorials you’ll find:

• How to Make Pure Coconut Oil Soap
• How to Make Herby Citrus Soap
• How to Make Shampoo Bar Soap
• How to Make Chai Latte Soap
• How to Make Loofah Soap
• How to Make Homemade Lemon Soap
• How to Make Pumpkin Soap
• How to Make Garden Mint Soap
• How to Make Homemade Oatmeal Soap
• How to Make Castile Soap

Click on the 10 Amazing Homemade Soap Recipes link below for the complete recipe.

10 Amazing Homemade Soap Recipes

naturallivingideas.com

I wanted to shared this post by Natural Living Ideas because it gives you links to 12 different homemade soap recipes.  What great variety!  There are so many advantages to making soap at home.  You control all of the ingredients which is much healthier .  You can create scents and shapes that you like.  You can also give your homemade soaps as gifts to friends and family.

Here are some of the soap recipes included:

• Milk & Honey Soap
• Pure Coconut Oil Soap
• Aloe Vera Soap
• Pink Himalayan Salt Grapefruit Soap
• Poppy Seed Soap
• Coffee Soap
• Calendula Soap
• + More!

Check out all of these great recipes by visiting the 12 Amazing Homemade Soap Recipes link below.

12 Amazing Homemade Soap Recipes

theidearoom.net

This is a recipe by Amy of the Idea Room for homemade lavender soap. It’s a melt and pour soap that uses goat’s milk soap as a base. It’s one of the easiest types of soap to make. You don’t have to worry about lye at all.

Amy’s directions are very clear and she includes helpful photographs. She also shares a neat tip to get rid of air bubbles. Finally, she shows one example of beautifully packaging a bar of soap as a gift for someone special. Very nice article!

Click on the How to Make Homemade Lavender Soap link below to see Amy’s tutorial.

How to Make Homemade Lavender Soap

hobbyfarms.com

This is a guest post by Jan on the HobbyFarms website. Jan runs the Nerdy Farm Wife website and knows a LOT about homemade soap. This is her recipe for Winter Rose Soap.

The soap is made with dried rose petals, a variety of oils, shea butter, and essential oils. Jan includes a link to her Soap Making 101 post. Very clear directions and wonderful photographs. Click on the How to Make Winter Rose Soap link below to see the recipe.

How to Make Winter Rose Soap

naturehacks.com

This article shares 5 homemade soap recipes that include healing properties. Most of these soaps use a glycerin soap base and follow the melt and pour technique. This is an easy soap making process and avoids dealing with lye.

There’s a nice variety of recipes here. You’ll find tutorials for:

• Easy Antiseptic Soap – Fend off harmful bacteria
• Pregnancy Ginger Soap – Relieves Stress and Nausea
• De-Stressing Rosemary Lavender Soap
• Gentle Plantain Soap – Gentle cleansing for sensitive skin
• Skin Softening Aloe Vera Soap – Moisturizing, Skin-Softening Soap

Click on the 5 Healing Homemade Soap Recipes link below to see all 5 soap recipes.

5 Healing Homemade Soap Recipes

apumpkinandaprincess.com

I selected this recipe for Homemade Lemon Soap on the A Pumpkin and A Princess website for a number of reasons. First, it’s LEMON soap ~ one of my favorite scents. Lemon smells healthy and summery. I love it.

The second reason I selected this recipe is because it’s a Melt and Pour soap. You only need to buy a soap base, in this case a goat’s milk soap base, and you’re good to go. No lye or lye calculators to deal with at all. Be sure to read the Update note at the end of the recipe.

Click on the How to Make Refreshing Lemon Soap Bars link below to see the complete recipe and tutorial.

How to Make Refreshing Lemon Soap Bars