Author Archive | Becky

Brazilian Sea Salt Bath Bombs

Ingredients ½ Cup Citric Acid 1 Cup Baking Soda ¼ Cup Fine Brazilian Sea Salt 3-6 ml Orange Grove Fragrance Oil 4-6 Sprays Witch Hazel Coarse Pink Salt for Garnish Radiant Heart Mold and Mod Flower Mold Prep: Add your pink salt to the cavities of your mold (which ever mold you choose) so it’s […]

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Honeycomb Melt and Pour

Recipe submitted Kat of Otion Ingredients 1 lb. Honey Melt-and-Pour Base 4ml Oatmeal, Milk and Honey Fragrance 1 Mini Scoop Yellow Mica 1 Mini Scoop Honeyed Beige Mica 12 Bar Silicone Mold Bubble Wrap and Scissors Paper Towel and Gold Sparkle Mica for rubbing over the surface Yields: 4 bars of soap PREP: Wash your bubble wrap with warm soap and water and […]

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Spring Lotion Bar Love

Ingredients 2 oz. Beeswax 8 oz. Sweet Almond Oil 5 oz. Shea Butter 3 oz. Cocoa Butter 1 oz. Green Tea Extract .25 oz. Summer Fling Fragrance Oil Mini scoops 10 push tubes Large heat safe container 3 small heat safe containers (or mugs) ONE: Melt the beeswax in the microwave for two minutes total, stirring after each minute (this is […]

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Café Latte Soap

Café Latte Soap Recipe submitted by Erica of Bath Alchemy Ingredients: 17 oz. Coconut Oil 17 oz. Olive Oil 8 oz. Palm Oil 8 oz. Frozen Goat’s milk (by volume) 8 oz. Coffee with distilled water (by volume) 6.2 oz. Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) 2 oz. Vanilla Essential oil (by volume) 1/3 cup Coffee grounds (by volume) […]

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Caramel Apple Soaps

Ingredients 8 oz. White Melt and Pour 8 oz. Clear Melt and Pour Flexy Fast Trial Size Liquid Brown Colorant Liquid Yellow Colorant Sparkle Gold Mica Epsom Salt (optional for the sprinkles) .5 oz Chipotle Caramel Fragrance Oil Craft Sticks 1 Apple Yields: 1 Caramel Apple Soap Please note that the quantities below may change depending on […]

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Flip Flop Soap

Ingredients: 0.2 oz Mauvey Gem Mica 1 oz. Pineapple Cilantro Fragrance Oil 1 oz. Tropical Vacation Fragrance Oil Flip Flop Mold 2 lbs of Clear Melt & Pour Base Tools: Mini Scoops Pyrex Dish Rubbing Alcohol Droppers Mini Temp Gun ONE:  Melt 2 pounds of the Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base in the microwave on 30 second intervals until fully […]

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Refreshing Tangerine Melt and Pour Soap

Refreshing Tangerine Melt and Pour Soap Tutorial Recipe submitted by Erica of Bath Alchemy Ingredients 16 oz. Shea M&P Soap Base 1 tsp. Tangerine Essential Oil ½ tsp 10x Orange Essential Oil ¼ tsp Spearmint Essential Oil ¼ tsp Yellow Oxide 1.  Cut up the soap base into small squares and melt on 20-30 second […]

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Crisp Pear Soap

Part One/Day One:  The Embeds 3.3 oz Canola Oil 0.1 oz Castor Oil 3.3 oz Coconut Oil 3.3 oz Palm Oil 1.4 oz Sodium Hydroxide (lye) 3.3 oz Distilled Water 5 ml Diluted Citrus Green LabColor .7 ounces Crisp Anjou Pear Fragrance Oil 9 Ball Silicone Mold Ice Sphere Mold Other embeddable molds of your choice […]

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Ombre Rebatch Layers

Ingredients and Tools 3 pounds Grated Luxury Rebatch 2-4 Tablespoons Distilled Water Diluted Red LabColor 0.9 oz Orange Valencia Essential Oil 0.2 oz Star Anise Essential Oil 0.1 oz Patchouli Essential Oil 2 Pound Wood Log Mold Droppers with Suction Bulb Plastic Food Wrap MOLD PREP: Line the 2 Pound Wood Log Mold with Freezer […]

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Coffee Butter Foot Creme

Gather your ingredients: ONE: Start by disinfecting all of your  tools (including mixing containers) by dipping them in a 5% bleach water solution and then drying them with fresh paper towels. TIP: Set business ends of certain tools (stick blender, spoons) on a paper towel to maintain the integrity of the disinfection while they’re waiting to be […]

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Rose Garden Bath Tea

 Rose Garden Bath Tea Recipe Recipe submitted by Erica of Bath Alchemy Ingredients: ½ cup Dead Sea Salt ½ cup Rose Petals ¼ cup Calendula Petals ¼ cup Lavender Buds ¼ cup Chamomile Buds 12 drops Bergamot Essential Oil 12 drops Geranium Essential Oil 12 drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil 8 drops Lavender Essential Oil Large […]

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Soothing Avocado Foot Balm

Recipe submitted by Jennifer of Jennifer’s Handmade Soap I love foot balm but I’m not a fan of digging it out of a jar. So I started to make foot “tabs” instead. These store easily in tin jars and are easy to remove, cup in your hand and massage into your feet. Ingredients 1.5 oz. […]

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Fresh Bamboo Soap

Tools and Ingredients: 13 oz. Olive Oil Melt and Pour 1/2 oz Fresh Bamboo Fragrance 3 mini scoops Olive Leaf Powder 5 mini scoops Sea Clay 4 Teaspoons Bamboo Extract Framed Bamboo Mold Mini Scoops Injector Tool ONE: Melt 13 ounces of Olive Oil Melt and Pour Soap Base in the microwave on 30 second intervals […]

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These Soaps Rock!

Ingredients 40 oz. Aloe Melt and Pour 4 oz. Shea Melt and Pour 1 oz. Kentish Rain Fragrance Oil 9 Bar Baltic Birch Mold, lined with plastic Flexy Fast Molding Putty Liquid Green Colorant Liquid Blue Colorant Liquid Black Colorant Droppers River Rocks Vinyl Gloves Mixing bowls and spoons Rubbing alcohol PREP: Line your 9 bar Baltic Birch […]

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Wash Your Mouth Out With Strawberry Pie

Gather your ingredients: Recipe by Erin Pikor, Naiad Soap Arts White Melt & Pour Soap Base Clear Melt & Pour Soap Base Non-Bleeding Red Color Merlot Mica Liquid Yellow Liquid Brown Strawberry Seeds Strawberry Fragrance Oil Almond Biscotti Fragrance Oil Tools Silicone Brownie Pan Crinkle Cutter Daisy Cookie Cutter ONE: To create the “strawberries” for […]

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Peach Pie Soap

Recipe submitted by Jennifer of Jennifer’s Handmade Soap This recipe is for a Peach Pie Soap, but you can adapt this same concept for any type of pie soap you want, Apple, Strawberry-Rhubarb, Blackberry, Cherry…you name it! Note: This is a more advanced tutorial. If you have never done an In-The-Pot Swirl be sure to check out […]

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