Soap Recipes

Melt-and-Pour Recipes

• Bath Bombs
• 1 part citric acid
• 2 parts baking soda
• Witch hazel
• Colorant
• Fragrance
• Dome-shaped mold

Blend the citric acid and the baking soda. They must be thoroughly blended or the mixture will be grainy, so you may want to use a stick blender. Add the colorant to the thoroughly blended mixture don’t add too much colorant, because the color will be bolder once the witch hazel is added. Add desired amount of fragrance oil. Use a squirt bottle to spritz the witch hazel onto the surface of the mixture, while hand-stirring with the other hand. Once the mixture starts to become sticky, it is ready to mold. Don’t add too much witch hazel, or the mixture will begin fizzing in the container. You can unmold the mixture in a few minutes, and they will be ready to use after they’ve air-dried for 3 or 4 hours.

Oatmeal Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
8 oz. white/opaque soap base
8 oz. clear base
½ oz. oatmeal, ground (optional)
½ oz. fragrance oil
Colorant (optional)

Melt the two bases, and combine them. Add the fragrance oil and colorant, and stir well. Add the oatmeal and stir; if it is sinking, then the base may not be thick enough yet. Cover the bowl with clear plastic wrap and wait for it to cool, or stir it until it is thick enough that the oatmeal is suspended in it.
Pour the soap into molds, and spray lightly with alcohol to finish the soap and break any air bubbles on the surface. The soap should be molded in 2-3 hours, but ideally it should set overnight. Pop the soap out of the molds and package the bars.

Bath Jelly

½ cup transparent soap base
2 cups water
1 envelope Knox unflavored Gelatin
Fragrance oil (optional)
Colorants (optional)

Pour envelope of gelatin into a bowl and set aside. Heat water to boiling. Pour the boiling water into the gelatin and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved. Melt the transparent soap base. If desired, add the fragrance oil to the melted soap base. Slowly pour the soap into the gelatin, and stir gently.
mixed thoroughly, add colorant, and pour into desired containers. Store in refrigerator, at least until firm.

Cold-Process Recipes

Beginner Cold-Process Soap Recipe #1


16 oz. canola oil
16 oz. coconut oil
16 oz. palm oil
6.9 oz. lye (5% superfat)
15.8 oz. water

Mix your lye solution first andset it aside to cool. Measure and heat your solid oils until completely melted. Measure and add the liquid oils to the melted solid oils. When both the lye and the oils are at about 100-110 °F, slowly pour the lye solution into the oils. Stir with a stick blender, alternating short blasts with the blender and stirring. Mix the soap until it reaches a light trace. Pour the raw soap into your mold and let it sit for 12-24 hours until it has cooled off completely and is hard enough to cut.Remove it from the mold and slice into bars. Let it cure an additional 2-4 weeks. Makes about 4.5 pounds of soap.

Beginner Cold-Process Soap Recipe #2

5 oz. Canola Oil
5 oz. Castor Oil
32 oz. Coconut Oil
32 oz. Palm Oil
11 oz. lye (5% superfat)
24.4 oz. water

Mix your lye solution first and set it aside to cool. Measure and heat your solid oils until completely melted. Measure and add the liquid oils to the melted solid oils. When both the lye and the oils are at about 100-110 °F, slowly pour the lye solution into the oils. Stir with a stick blender, alternating short blasts with the blender and stirring. Mix the soap until it reaches a light trace. Pour the raw soap into your mold and let it sit for 12-24 hours until it has cooled off completely and is hard enough to cut.Remove it from the mold and slice into bars. Let it cure an additional 2-4 weeks. Makes about 6.5 pounds of soap.