When using my DIY foaming hand soap, I can feel the suds are washing away the dirt. This simple recipe only calls for three ingredients.
Detailed information on using essential oils for soap making. Includes information on what essential oils are, the allergens they may contain, maximum usage rates, and how much essential oil to add to soap recipes. If you want to scent handmade soap naturally, you will likely use essential oils...
Using the same vodka, repeat the rose soaking method several more times with a new batch of rose petals. Make sure not to waste vodka when straining. If needed, you can add a little more vodka to make sure the rose petals are submerged. The more you do this, you will be able to e...
How To Make Perfume With Essential Oils There are two types of homemade perfumes: solid and liquid. The format of the perfume will depend on what you use as a base. Here are recipes for a perfume in both formats. Solid Perfume
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How to make homemade soy candles with essential oils (easy) For my Birthday one year, strange one that I am, I asked for somewaxand candlewicksto make my own candles. I was very excited to receive them but actually forgot about it until a while later. ...
How much essential oil you put in your shower steamers is dependent upon two factors — the safe usage rate of the essential oils you’ve chosen and the size of the recipe. For most skin safe applications, you should not exceed 2% of the total recipe weight. Therefore, to make these sin...
To make glycerin soap with kids, gather the following ingredients: A bar of solid glycerin A glass or Pyrex bowl or measuring cup Silicone molds Optional: essential oils Optional: glitter and beads to decorate, craft stick for mixing If you have all the materials except for the glycerin, you...
Before you jump into the process of making soap, there are a few things to know. In order to make soap, you need to combine a caustic substance with oils or fat. In days past, our grandmothers used potash,made from wood ashesand animal fats. The problem was that there was no way to...
Once we have the oils ready…its time to make soap! You can add your fragrance to the melted oils. I used a bit of litsea and tea tree essential oils. The litsea tinted the soap a bit towards yellow. Give the lye solution a good stir. You can see there are some globs in it. Mi...