Essential oil adds such a beautiful scent to handmade creations. Whether you love bright citrus or earthy patchouli, there’s something for everyone. Find inspiration for your next essential oil project below.
Lavender is one of the most popular essential oils, and for good reason. It adds a relaxing floral scent to a variety of products, like this super easy Linen Spray. It has only three ingredients, including Lavender Fine Essential Oil. The Lavender and Honeyquat Lotion is made with Lavender Absolute 50%, which has a sweet smell reminiscent of honey. Sleep Time Bath Truffles, scented with Lavender 40/42 Essential Oil, are the perfect way to relax. Of course, you can’t forget handmade soap – the Lavender Kombucha recipe features a purple and white swirl and a finishing touch of lavender buds.
Clockwise, left: Lavender Kombucha Soap, Lavender Linen Spray, Lavender and Honeyquat Lotion, Lavender Sleep Time Bath Truffles
Lavender isn’t the only option for your handmade soap. The Turmeric Secret Swirl Soap is made with spicy ginger essential oil, which complements the warm color. To complement the black and white color palette in the Charcoal Beer Soap, we added a mix of cedarwood essential oil and fir needle essential oil. The Kokum Butter Cold Process Soap has a simple design, with ground pumpkin seeds for exfoliation and eucalyptus essential oil for a refreshing scent. If you’re a licorice fan, you’ll love the combination of anise essential oil and orange 10X essential oil in the Star Anise Melt and Pour Bars.
Clockwise, top left: Charcoal and Cedar Beer Soap, Kokum Butter Cold Process Soap, Star Anise Melt and Pour Bars, Turmeric Secret Swirl Soap
The Avocado Cold Process Soap is scented with spearmint essential oil, which gives the bars a sweet and minty scent. Its green hue comes from a mixture of fresh avocado puree, French green clay, and spirulina powder. Poppy seeds complete the simple and natural design.
If you want to feel energized, start your morning off with an essential oil scrub. The Cleansing Charcoal Facial Scrub is made with tea tree essential oil. The Turmeric and Ginger Body Scrub has sugar to help cleanse and exfoliate the skin. To put a little pep in your step, try the Invigorating Foot Soak. It’s made with peppermint essential oil.
Clockwise, top left: Invigorating Foot Soak, Turmeric and Ginger Body Scrub, Cleansing Charcoal Facial Scrub
After scrubbing the skin, follow up with Frankincense Body Balm. It’s made with moisturizing avocado oil and kokum butter, and scented with frankincense essential oil. The Ginger and Moringa Oil Conditioner will leave your hair feeling smooth and silky.
Left to right: Frankincense Essential Oil Body Balm, Ginger and Moringa Oil Conditioner
Looking for more essential oil inspiration? The #BrambleOn tag on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter is full of beautiful products made with a variety of scents. See a few of our favorites below.
Top row, left to right: muddymint, baabblysoap, l3osoaps
Middle row, left to right: thesoapmine, elegantsoapco, soapsbyhailey
Bottom row, left to right: owlnaturalsoaps, dalliancesoapcompany, nerdyfarmwife
We are in tamilnadu salem and are interested in soap making want to buy soap base and essential oils in wholesale price
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I would like to make the hydrating body buttering the twist tubes! I am allergic to avacado can I substitute the avacado oil with a different oil
I would substitute the Avocado Butter with Shea Butter for the closest feel.
Shea Butter: https://www.brambleberry.com/Shea-Butter-P3220.aspx
I always appreciate when people share such awesomeness pictures. I love essential oils, and never seen creative soaps like yours!
Awesomeness pictures! Essential oils and aromatherapy soaps also enable us to distinguish positive emotions such as joy, love, and happiness.
Thank you, glad you like them.
Hi,
can I use candle fragrances in soaps, please?
thanks,
Joanne
You can if those fragrances are skin safe. Some candle fragrances aren’t so you’ll want to check.
Our candle fragrances are skin safe: https://www.brambleberry.com/Skin-Safe-Candle-Fragrances-C341.aspx
Hi there. I wanted to ask this question regarding Essential Oil and how much to add. I make about 360 grams soaps batch which usually serves about 4-5 bars in a mold. I used to add about 2 grams of EO but my soaps did not smell at all. Now I have realized that I had to increase it to more level. so using Bramble Berry fragrance calculator, I increased the amount to about 4 grams. Please guide me if I am doing it wrong. If I am using two EO, e.g one is Lavender and other is peppermint, I used 4 grams each of both ….But I am wondering , if I was suppose to add 2 grams of both EO to make it up to 4 grams in total ? or did I do it right with 4 grams of individual EO? Please guide
Thank you
You can use up to 17 grams of essential oil for a 360 gram batch. That can be 8.5 grams of lavender and 8.5 grams of peppermint, or any other combination that adds up to 17 grams. You don’t want to go over that or it can cause irritation.
Learn more about blending essential oils safely here: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/tips-and-tricks/how-to-blend-essential-oils-safely/
Find out how much scent to add with the Fragrance Calculator: https://www.brambleberry.com/Pages/Fragrance-Calculator.aspx
Thank you soooo much …that s a great help :)))
Regards
Can essential oils be used in soy candles? If so, do I use half the amount of EOs as I would fragrance oils?
Yes, you can scent your candles with essential oils. We recommend making a small test candle to see how it smells when burned. To find out how much scent to add, you can use our Fragrance Calculator: https://www.brambleberry.com/Pages/Fragrance-Calculator.aspx