DIY Eco Chic Soap
November 25, 2008 by Noel
Filed under Green Living
I got an email today with a recipe for a DIY Eco Chic soap. I think this would be great for making personalized gifts for this coming Christmas season.
Materials:
Herbs, oatmeal, coffee, spirulina, clay, or charcoal
1 pound (16 ounces)Bramble Berry ‘melt and pour’ soap, organic base
1 ounce essential oil (we used lavender and eucalyptus)
Soap mold (or Tupperware, or anything you find like an empty yogurt
container, old tofu container, empty soy milk container, etc.)
Rubbing Alcohol
1. Prep your herbs and make sure they are the right size for gentle exfoliation. Sharp herbs may be too abrasive on the skin.
2. Cut the ‘melt and pour’ soap into 1 x 1″ cubes.
3. Using your microwave, heat the soap in 30-second increments until the soap is fully melted.
4. Add .25 ounces to .50 ounces of essential oil. Remember, if
you use a yellow or orange colored fragrance, your soap base will look less
clear and look more yellow/orange.
5. Mix in your herbs or additives. Stir until the herbs seem mostly suspended.
6. Pour your scented and herb’ed soap into the make-shift mold.
7. Tip: Don’t fill your make-shift soap mold all the way up. It helps for easy release to fill 85% of the way to the top and not the entire way.
8. Do one finishing touch of rubbing alcohol to finish off your soap and give it a nice smooth surface
Wait for the soap to harden, pop or unwrap the soap out of the mold, wrap soap with saran wrap, label and enjoy the compliments you get.
Here’s a sample of a finished coffee soap.
Thanks to Bramble Berry for the sample images and the recipe.
DIY … eco … chic.
Wow. Three words that individually would make me want to shoot someone out of disgust and contempt — yet all combined in one single product. How’s that for convenience!