Oatmeal & Orange Cream Goat's Milk Soap Recipe
Can you believe it’s been about four years since I last shared a soap recipe with you all? It was a fun little recipe for Practical Magic Black Soap, created by my dear friend Cara of Wild Farm Soap. Making and sharing soap is something that I have wanted to try doing in this space for a long while now, and with her blessing, I feel that I am ready to begin doing so! I’ve been experimenting a bit with melt and pour soap bases, which are incredibly easy to use if you do not want to get into the hassle of making cold process soap (working with lye). Kyle and I, though, have been playing around with cold process soap, which has been so fun! Being married to a chemistry professor is really fun when you’re both into working with and making homemade bath and beauty products. He knows how to make a lot of these things and helps me to figure out the correct ratios and which ingredients are natural or not.
Melt and pour soap is essentially a cold process soap all ready to go. You just have to melt it back down, add your extra ingredients like fragrance or plant butters or exfoliants or colorings, and you’ve got yourself a personalized bar of soap! The possibilities are endless!
what you will need:
44 oz soap mold, silicone preferred
Crinkle cutter or sharp knife
1/4 cup shea butter
1/2 cup rolled oats
0.5 oz sweet orange essential oil
1 tbsp dried calendula flowers
1 tbsp dried orange peel
1 tbsp dried chamomile flowers
directions:
In a small pot used only for soap making, melt the soap base on the stovetop over low heat. You can also microwave it in a microwave safe dish, used only for soapmaking.
Add the shea butter and mix into the soap until both are fully melted and combined.
Once melted, allow the soap to cool to around 110 degrees F. This is the best time to add fragance oils for them to remain fragrant. Drop in the essential oil and mix in the oatmeal fully.
Slowly pour the soap into the soap mold.
In a small dish, mix together the calendula, orange peel, and chamomile. Sprinkle generously over the top of the entire block of soap, making sure to spread it into the corners.
Allow the soap to harden and cure for 8-12 hours.
Remove the soap from the mold and slice into bars.
Use or gift to a friend!
This soap recipe smells like an orange creamsicle to me, something I remember fondly from my childhood! With hints of oatmeal, chamomile, and calendula it’s a very calming and relaxing soap. I think it smells like the first hints of summertime. I decided to keep the coloring natural, and the orange essential oil I used actually gave it a nice oatmeal-colored tint. I love it! I have learned through making my own soap that you have to go heavy on the essential or fragrance oil if you want your soap to smell like a commercially made one! You could add up to another half ounce of essential oil, if you want.
Happy making!
xoxo Kayla
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