Homemade Soap Flowers
These swirled soap flowers are ideal for creating a beautiful and unique soap bouquet for gifting.
Equipment
- Safety gear (rubber gloves, face mask, apron, eye protection, etc.)
- Double boiler or Turkish coffee pot
- Pyrex or heatproof glass measuring cup
Supplies
- 12 oz coconut oil
- 12 oz olive oil
- 2 oz grapeseed oil
- 0.5 oz shea butter, mango butter, or cocoa butter
- 9 oz distilled water
- 4 oz lye
- 1 tsp blue mica
- 1 tsp green mica
- 10 g peppermint essential oil
- 10 g basil essential oil
Instructions
- Put on your safety gear, then weigh your ingredients.
- Heat your oils and butter over low heat until it reaches 115°F.
- In a well-ventilated area, add lye to your water in a heat-proof container. Stir until fully dissolved. Cool in an ice bath until it reaches 115°F.
- When they're the lye water and oils are both 115°F, add them together in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an immersion blender until it reaches a light trace.
- Add your essential oils and blend again.
- Make a swirl by adding green mica to one side of the bowl and blue mica to the other. Mix them in place using the immersion blender. Use a chopstick to blend a couple of swirls in the bowl before pouring.
- Pour in the soap mould. Let sit somewhere warm for 48 hours.
- After 48 hours, remove the soap from the mould. Let it cure on a wire rack for six weeks before using.