Just Duckie Soaps
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Soap Recipes
All recipes make one 3 oz or 4 oz bar of soap, unless otherwise noted.
Citrus SunriseIngredients: 12 ounces clear M&P base Orange coloring Orange fragrance Sweet orange essential oil Embedded orange slices (optional) Dehydrated orange slices (optional)
Directions: Melt soap base. Add a few drops of coloring, fragrance, and essential oil. Pour into molds.
Fresh Ginger Lime
Ingredients: 12 ounces clear M&P base Green coloring Ginger lime fragrance Embedded lemon-lime slices (optional) Gold colored soap curls or shavings (optional)
Directions: Melt soap base. Add a few drops of coloring and fragrance. Pour into molds.
Garden Mint Soap
Ingredients: Opaque M&P base Garden Mint fragrance Vanilla fragrance Green coloring
Directions: Step 1. In one bowl, melt opaque base. Add green color and garden mint fragrance. Set aside to cool. Step 2. In another bowl, melt more opaque base. Add a few drops of vanilla fragrance to white opaque base. When pouring soap into molds, pour at the same time to create a green and white swirling effect.
Kitchen Scrubber Soapby: Fields Landing Soap Factory
Ingredients: Clear melt and pour soap base Kitchen Lemon fragrance Fresh Brewed Coffee fragrance (just a drop) Ground Coffee
Directions: Melt soap base. Add fragrances. Stir in the ground coffee a little at a time (stir constantly). Keep stirring until it gets very cool and think. Pour into mold. The key to this recipe is making sure the soap has cooled so the coffee stays suspended in the finished bar.
Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey Scrub
Ingredients: 3 oz. opaque melt & pour soap 1 T. oatmeal (ground) Vanilla, Almond, or Oatmeal, Milk & Honey scent (optional) 1 tsp. Honey (optional)
Directions: Melt soap base. Add honey and a few drops of scent - let it start to cool while you grind up 3/4 of the oatmeal in a coffee grinder until it is powdery. Stir in the ground oatmeal a little at a time (stir constantly). Keep stirring until it gets fairly cool, and then add in remaining oatmeal. Keep stirring until it gets very cool and thick (almost like a sludge). Pour into mold. The key to this recipe is making sure the soap is pretty cool so the oatmeal stays suspended in the finished bar.
Peachy Almond Scrub
Ingredients: 1 lb. M&P base 2 T. Almonds (finely ground) 1 tsp. Peach fragrance Peach or orange coloring Almond essential oil (optional)
Directions: Melt soap base. Add a few drops of scent and coloring- let it start to cool while you grind up the almonds in a coffee grinder until it is powdery. Stir in the ground almonds a little at a time (stir constantly). Keep stirring until it gets fairly cool, and then add in the remaining almonds. Keep stirring until it gets very cool and thick (almost like a sludge). Pour into mold. The key to this recipe is making sure the soap is pretty cool so the ground almonds stay suspended in the finished bar.
Goldfish-in-a-bag
Ingredients: M&P soap base Fragrance of your choice (bubblegum, strawberry, something kids will like)
Directions:
Rubber Duckie Soap
Orange Creamsicle Soap
Lavender Oatmeal Scrub
Ingredients: 4 ounces Clear Melt and Pour Soap 1 T.Old Fashioned Oatmeal (ground) 1/4 t. lavender colorant Lavender fragrance Lavender herbs (optional)
Directions: Grind oatmeal with a coffee grinder into a very fine powder before starting the soap. Melt soap base. Add colorant to hot soap, after somewhat cooled, add fragrance, ground oatmeal, and lavender herbs. Stir to get the oatmeal and lavender herbs disbursed evenly. Just before the soap is to set up, pour into your mold. If done correctly the oatmeal and herbs will not float to the top but should float within the soap.
Soap Projects
Soap Petals
This project makes soap-covered rose petals. You can use clear or colored opaque soap. It makes a great gift. One soap-covered petal will last a few washings. Or, you can mix the rose petals in with potpourri for a nice, smelling decoration.
Materials List Glycerin base, clear or opaque Silk rose petals Light Rose fragrance (or fragrance of your choice) Color (optional)
Packaging ideas: After soap has completely set up, you can either put them in a decorative jar or tie them up in a drawstring bag.
Cookie/Soap Cutters 1st idea
Materials: Opaque Melt & Pour soap base Fragrance Color Cookie sheet Cookie cutters (small, medium, and/or large) – I purchased smaller ones from www.hollyhobby.com, or you can purchase cookie cutters at any craft or candy store.
Directions: Melt the soap as you normally would. Add fragrance and color if you want to. Pour the base onto the cookie sheet. If you want to be more creative, add color and swirl to give it a cool effect. When the soap has hardened, pop it out of the cookie sheet and place on wax paper. Use the cookie cutters to cut up the soap. You can do anything you think of with this.
Ideas:
Cookie/Soap Cutters 2nd Idea
Materials: Opaque Melt & Pour soap base Fragrance Color (2 contrasting colors) Flat bottom soap molds Cookie cutters (small) – I purchased the small ones from www.hollyhobby.com You can purchase cookie cutters at any craft or candy store.
Directions:
I have tried this once and it turned out awful. This takes a lot of practice. Make sure that you have a completely flat bottom mold. Otherwise, you will have the two sets of soaps merging together. I poured the outer portion first around the soap cutter. The cutter filled in with soap. After the soap harden, I removed the cutter (which is hard to remove – I suggest using petroleum jelly around the outside of the cutter). That left me with an empty cavity where the cutter was. I proceeded to pour the rest of the soap in the cutter. I thought it was doing fine, until I unmolded the soap and noticed the cutter soap spread to the entire soap. (Picture of what NOT to do - coming soon).
Layers of Color Bar or Loaf
Materials: M&P soap base Coloring (as many different colors as you want layers) Fragrance
Directions:
Note: You can alternate between clear and white soap to achieve desired effects.
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