5 DIY Herbal Soap Recipes – These Make Great Gifts!
The Alternative Daily
Herbal soaps are great for your skin and they can save you money. They are free from chemicals and you have full control over the ingredients. If you have a skin condition, you can incorporate ingredients that are known to calm that condition. When you are ready to make your own soaps, you want to start with a few tried and true recipes to get the hang of things.
Rosemary and Lavender Soap
Prep Time:
20mins
Cook Time:
nocook
Total time:
Serves:
1
Recipe by:The Alternative Daily
Lavender is probably the most popular scent because it is calming and relaxing. Adding fresh rosemary to the mix allows you to further the relaxing benefits.
Ingredients
A glycerin soap base
Fresh lavender leaves and a lavender essential oil
Fresh rosemary and a rosemary essential oil
Servings: person
Instructions
The amounts you need are dependent on how much soap you are planning to make.
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Pumpkin Soap
Prep Time:
20mins
Cook Time:
nocook
Total time:
Serves:
1
Recipe by:The Alternative Daily
Pumpkin soap will transport you to Thanksgiving Day every time that you take a bath or shower. It has a decadent scent just like a delicious pumpkin pie.
Ingredients
olive oil
Sixpercentsuperfat lye
coconut oil
Distilled water
Sunflower oil
Cocoa butter
Canned pumpkin
Servings: person
Instructions
You will combine several skin-healthy ingredients to create this soap and the amounts depend on how much soap you want.
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Hot Chocolate Soap
Prep Time:
20mins
Cook Time:
nocook
Total time:
Serves:
1
Recipe by:The Alternative Daily
On a cold winter night, a cup of hot cocoa provides you with the perfect way to warm up and relax. Now, you can take a warm bath and use hot chocolate soap to reap the same benefits while also conditioning your skin.
Ingredients
olive oil
Five to sixpercentsuperfat
coconut oil
avocado oil
Tallow or lard
Castor oil
Wholemilk powder
cocoa powder
Rhassoul clay
Cocoa absolute
Instant coffee granules
Vanilla flecks
French red clay
Vanilla essential oil
Servings: person
Instructions
Combine the following mixture of ingredients in the amounts you need for your ideal amount of soap.
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Candy Cane Soap
Prep Time:
20mins
Cook Time:
nocook
Total time:
Serves:
1
Recipe by:The Alternative Daily
A candy cane on Christmas morning puts you in the spirit to open gifts and enjoy time with your family. You can bring this festive joy to your bath when you make candy cane soap.
Ingredients
olive oil
Lard
Castor oil
coconut oil
avocado oil
Sixpercentsuperfat
Peppermint essential oil
Kaolin clay
Red oxide and green oxide
Vanilla essential oil
Oil Soluble titanium dioxide
Servings: person
Instructions
You can choose how much you want to make by altering the amounts of the ingredients and you can even choose to make it in the shape of a candy cane when you use a mold.
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Cheery Holiday Soap
Prep Time:
20minutes
Cook Time:
nocook
Total time:
Serves:
1
Recipe by:The Alternative Daily
This soap is white, green and red to represent the Christmas holiday. It has a softer consistency so it works as a soap for people of all ages, and a bath toy for children.
Ingredients
olive oil
coconut oil
Lye
Burgundy oxide
Macadamia nut oil
Jojoba oil
water
Merlot mica
Servings: person
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Handmade soaps make great gift ideas during the holidays, or you can use them for stocking stuffers. You can also use them yourself and skip buying the chemical-laden commercial soaps at the store. This will help you to achieve healthier skin and to enjoy a greener lifestyle since you will be using all-natural ingredients to make your soap.
