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How to make oatmeal soap
If you are like me, you're are not comfortable with shop-bought soaps. They leave your skin dry, they are boring to look at and they smell soapy! Why not make your own? Making your own glycerine soap can mean you choose the ingredients to reflex your skin, the colour and shape to reflex your mood and your bathroom. Making your own glycerine soap is great fun in which the whole family can be involved. So the next time the weather is horrible and the kids driving you insane indoors, Make Soap! Basic tools you will need to make oatmeal soap and other aromas:
Dye - soap dye comes in orange, brown, green, turquoise, purple, coral, in fact all the colours of the rainbow. You can even mix them together to make your own colour. Scents - soap scents come in many varieties, although if you make your own, do not add alcohol as this curdles the soap. Moulds - to make oatmeal soap can be anything from bread baking loaves to paper cup cakes, to jelly moulds. If you want to buy moulds especially for soap there are plenty to choose from. Microwaveable glass or plastic jug. Chop stick. Microwave to heat the basic soap.
2. Do not let the soap boil as this will cause bubbles which ruin the appearance of the final soap. 3. Add the desired colour and fragrance into the cooling base soap and gently stir using a chop stick. 4. Pour into mould(s) holding the jug close to the mould. Spray lightly with witch hazel to remove surface scum and bubbles. 5. Cool the soap in the moulds. When the soaps have cooled place into the fridge for 4 hours. 6. Remove from the fridge and remove the moulds. An easy way to remove the soap is to turn the moulds upside down and then heat with a hairdryer for a minute and after which the soap should just pop out.
Pour into a loaf mould until it's half way. Allow to cool slightly until a skin forms onto the surface. Melt the goats' milk soap and allow mixture to cool slightly before pouring into the mould with the first layer of soap which is not cold but is cold enough to have formed a skin on the surface. Allow your soap to cool before placing in the fridge for 4 hours. Remove from the fridge, place upside down. Now get your hairdryer out and give the top of the loaf mould a blast of hot air until you hear the soap pop out. Slice your soap and wrap in cling film. Congratulations, you have made oatmeal soap, now you can add your own ingredients to make all sorts of wonderful aromas for your skin and bathroom. Oranges and Lemons
Melt the base soap and coconut oil as above in the microwave. When the soap mixture has melted gently stir with the chop stick. Add the essential oils and again stir gently. Add a few drops of yellow/orange dye. Pour into molds. When I want to do each the "correct" color for each fruit wedge, I use plastic leftover yogurt cups, pour my base into it (after heating) then add the desired color. I found this video on You Tube which gives instructions on making cute soap ducks.
Making natural soap - In this recipe I have used my favourite essential oil "lemongrass" but you can add your own favourite if you like. Coconut Oil Soap Did you know that most commercial soaps out there contain coconut oil as their primary ingredient?
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