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swirled/ marbled cinnamon peppermint soap DIY.


Hope you are having a wonderful first Advent week.

(...Deutsche Version kommt noch...)

Time to sit with a tea or a hot cocoa and make a few nice Christmas Give-Aways.
(maybe that´s one of the parts I really like about that season;)...

You maybe already got the point that I like experimenting with glycerin soap base.
So this again is a very easy to make soap version, that smells like Christmas and looks
a lot like sugar candy!




We already love it over here!

So lets make some...

Swirled Cinnamon peppermint soap!

You`ll need:

 glycerin soap base (white), essential oil cinnamon and peppermint (appropriate for skin), 
red food color,silicon molds, vessels to heat the soap, sticks





Heat the soap in the microwave or on the oven (don`t cook it),
take as much soap as soap bars you would like to make (depends also on your molds),
after melting add peppermint oil to the white soap (circa one drop/100g soap) and
 color the other soap with a few drops red food coloring and add cinnamon 
oil to it (circa one drop/ 100g). Make sure not to use too much essential oil, 
especially cinnamon is quite strong and can, if used to much, cause skin irritation 
and we don`t want that on soap, right;)!...

wait a few minutes until the liquid soap gets a bit more sticky, now pour it half and half 
( or if you like one color more add more of it) into your molds and use the stick to marble it.



EASY!

Let it rest until it gets solid, and you are done!

Store them airtight until you give them away, so that it won`t loose its´scent until then.




Happy soap making and gifting , everyone !

lemon melissa poppyseed// coffee coconut- peeling soap DIY.




time for a summer care  DIY !!
 because it´s still summer right !?

so here is some easy homemade peeling for soft summer skin ...

and it´s super fast and simple because it´s just a glycerin soap variation.



 So... let`s start- let´s make some :







1) lemon Melissa poppy seed- peeling soap

you`ll need for 3-4 mini soaps:
250g glycerin soap base, 4 teaspoons poppy seeds,
half untreated lemon- sliced (no pulp),
some Melissa leafs, 8 drops lemon baking flavoring
or instead 3 drops lemon essential oil


melt the soap at 40-50°C (don`t overheat)
add the poppy seeds, aroma and Melissa
(do not heat it anymore at this point of time)
no fill it in some forms, for example you can use silicon forms
or simple plastic cups,
add the lemon peel pieces on top.

let it cool down and solidify.



what are the ingredients good for?

lemon: decreasing, cleansing, firming
poppy seeds: peeling particles with a subtle fragrance,
its oil is mild and regenerating
Melissa: inflammatory, calming, antibacterial 






coffee coconut- peeling soap :

you`ll need 250g glycerin soap, 
4 teaspoons grated coconuts,
3 teaspoons coffee powder 



melt the soap at 40-50°C (don`t overheat)
add all the ingredients, stir,
(do not heat it anymore at this point of time)
now fill it in some forms again
add some grated coconut on top 

let it cool down and solidify. 


what are the ingredients good for?

coffee: fragrant eliminates unpleasant odors, 
anti-inflammatory, toning (cellulite),taper (natural antioxidant)
coconut: good exfoliating particles, anti-bacterial,  
detoxifying, nourishes and moisturizes








as my little helpers would agree with me,
making soap this way is super easy and fun :)

and as you maybe read the ingredients speak for themselves...







... you should give it a try !

HAVE FUN !

dark chocolate mint soap (2 ways) DIY.






I´m totally not done with my soap experiments
and also not done sharing some ideas here...

and because these little things make some pretty gifts,
why not give it a try again ?



So what about a Christmas variation with
mint and chocolate ?

(thinking about it... actually I could have this all year:)... 




You`ll need (for around 8 small soaps):

250g glycerin soap
1 tablespoon of natural cocoa
a hand full of mint leaves
(plus maybe 2 drops mint essential oil)

and some pretty silicone molds.
(cupcake molds)







How to:

VERSION 1 (first picture)

Heat 250 g of soap slowly in one pot.
Do not cook.
Add the riped ( for better flavor) mint leaves,
and 2 drops of essential peppermint oil and a
tablespoon of cocoa to the soap, stir thoroughly
and fill in the molds afterwards.

 let it rest and get solid.





VERSION 2 ( layered)

Heat 125 g of soap slowly each in one pot.
One after another.
Do not cook:

First start with adding the riped mint leaves
and 2 drops of essential peppermint oil  to the mix,
fill it in the molds afterwards.
Let it rest and get solid for around half an hour.

 Proceed with the other mixture.
 Add one tablespoon of cocoa to the
mix and fill it slowly in the already filled
molds afterwards.

That`s all, have fun everyone ...





Happy gifting or bathing :)!



milk& honey, lavender soap (DIY).


 


so here we are...

several years after the DIY soap trend started,
I`m now also trying it...
is there still a so to say trend ..!? maybe not, I`m too late...

but soap ist still such a useful thing, you know...

I think I really wanted to give it a try for years now,
but always kinda shrinked back,
because it sounded quite complicated,
with all the chemicals involved,
Protective gloves and goggles,
reminding me on school years and chemistry lessons. 

Until I came across the simplicity of glycerine 
soap as soap base.
Maybe I was also quite a bit late on finding this out !?



Anyways...

I somehow fell in love with it (suprise!)

So here is one of my own soap ideas and recipes,
that really came out quite well
and from which I already made some pretty giveaways 
for friends along the way.
( yes they liked it.)



Milk& Honey, lavender soap




You`ll need :

100g glycerine soup
6 teaspoons powdered coffee whitener
1 teaspoon honey

muffin silicon molds


Proceed :

Warm the glycerine soap in the microwave ( or pot in water bath)
as on the appropriate instructions
then add the coffee whitener and the honey,
stir until everything is smooth,
fill in the silicone molds and add the lavender blossoms on top,
let it rest and dry afterwards


READY ! 




I love to experiment with this,
and I even don`t need any chemical goggles so far,
( though it would look like a serious business while using them :)

just think of all the pretty things you can add,
like different flowers, fragrances and essential oils,
so many possibilities....

 any suggestions from your side ?
 
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