Lemon and poppy seeds are a classic combination. These mini soaps are made with lemon peel powder and poppy seeds for texture, along with Sweet Meyer Lemon Fragrance Oil for a fresh and tart scent. The new 9 Cavity Silicone Guest Oval Mold creates adorable bars that fit perfectly in your hand.
If you want a super scrubby bar or a deeper yellow color, feel free to add more lemon peel powder or poppy seeds. Love the combination of the two? Check out the Lemon Poppy Seed Cold Process Tutorial. It’s made with Lemon Verbena Yankee Type Fragrance Oil and Champagne Fragrance Oil.
These small soaps are perfect for traveling. They also make a great gift – package a few inside a plastic bag for a thoughtful thank you or party favor. The 9 Cavity Silicone Guest Oval Mold is one of nine new molds – click here to see all the new shapes.
Mini Lemon Poppy Seed Soap DIY
What You Need:
9 Cavity Silicone Guest Oval Mold
9 oz. White Melt & Pour Soap Base
0.2 oz. Sweet Meyer Lemon Fragrance Oil
1/2 tsp. Lemon Peel Powder
1/2 tsp. Poppy Seeds
99% Isopropyl Alcohol in a Spray Bottle
Click below to add everything you need for this project to your Bramble Berry shopping cart!
Find the supplies you need for this project below
ONE: Chop 9 oz. of White Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place them into a heat-safe container and melt in the microwave using 10-15 second bursts.
TWO: Add 0.2 oz. of Sweet Meyer Lemon Fragrance Oil. Use a spoon to fully incorporate the fragrance.
THREE: Add 1/2 tsp. of poppy seeds and 1/2 tsp. of lemon peel powder. Stir until all the chunks of lemon peel powder are gone.
FOUR: Check the temperature of the soap. It’s best to pour around 125-130° F so the poppy seeds don’t fall to the bottom. Once the soap is at the right temperature, pour it into each mold cavity. After each pour, spray with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of bubbles.
FIVE: Continue until each cavity is full. Allow the soap to fully cool and harden for 2-4 hours, then remove from the mold. Wrap the soap in plastic wrap to prevent glycerin dew. Enjoy.
- 9 Cavity Silicone Guest Oval Mold
- 9 oz. White Melt & Pour Soap Base
- 0.2 oz. Sweet Meyer Lemon Fragrance Oil
- ½ tsp. Lemon Peel Powder
- ½ tsp. Poppy Seeds
- 99% Isopropyl Alcohol in a Spray Bottle
- Chop 9 oz. of White Melt and Pour Soap Base into small, uniform cubes. Place them into a heat-safe container and melt in the microwave using 10-15 second bursts.
- Add 0.2 oz. of Sweet Meyer Lemon Fragrance Oil. Use a spoon to fully incorporate the fragrance.
- Add ½ tsp. of poppy seeds and ½ tsp. of lemon peel powder. Stir until all the chunks of lemon peel powder are gone.
- Check the temperature of the soap. It’s best to pour around 125-130° F so the poppy seeds don’t fall to the bottom. Once the soap is at the right temperature, pour it into each mold cavity. After each pour, spray with 99% isopropyl alcohol to get rid of bubbles.
- Continue until each cavity is full. Allow the soap to fully cool and harden for 2-4 hours, then remove from the mold. Wrap the soap in plastic wrap to prevent glycerin dew. Enjoy.
I made these yesterday with Goat Milk M&P base and the soaps came out beautifully with the poppy seeds suspended in the soap just like the photo. The soap is also nicely moisturizing and I think these will make nice gifts. I like the sweet fragrance of the Sweet Meyer Lemon FO, but would prefer something more lemony. (I actually grow Meyer Lemons, so I expected a more lemony scent.) Perhaps I’ll try a Lemon Essential Oil next time. Thanks for the great recipe!
Hi,
I made this soap with goat milk base soap. Can I add something to make it more moisturizing. After washing my hands with this soap, my skin felt dry and not soft. I also made the turmeric one and feels the same.
Thank You
Brenda
You could always add extracts like these to add additional moisturizing properties to your soaps.
Green Tea Extract: https://www.brambleberry.com/Green-Tea-Extract-P4929.aspx
Cucumber Extract: https://www.brambleberry.com/Cucumber-Extract-P6362.aspx
Carrot Extract: https://www.brambleberry.com/Carrot-Extract-P4936.aspx
Hi, can I use goat’s milk soap base instead of the white melt and pour soap base?
Yes, Goat Milk Melt and Pour will work. It feels nice and moisturizing on the skin.
Goat Milk Melt and Pour: https://www.brambleberry.com/SFIC-Goat-Milk-Melt-And-Pour-Soap-Base-P3184.aspx
Can I use lemon juice instead of the lemon powder or can I leave it out altogether? Thanks a lot!
Lemon juice can go bad in this recipe, so we recommend leaving it out. You can leave out the powder too and just add poppy seeds.
So I am making soap for the first time, does this soap process require 4-6 weeks to sit before use? Or can it be used once it has hardened?
Melt and pour soap is ready to use once it’s cool and hard, you don’t need to cure it. Just unmold and enjoy.
Hi I am a beginne can I substitute lemon powder for fresh lemon zest. In the lemon poppyseed mp.
You can but fresh lemon zest will turn brown in the soap. Instead, you may leave the lemon out and just add poppy seeds. You can also add a yellow color like this Buttercup Mica: https://www.brambleberry.com/Buttercup-Mica-P6594.aspx
Thank you so much for this recipe! I made it a few days ago and finally got around to sampling it. It is wonderful, my hands feel soft and it leaves a light scent. My soaps turned out just like what is pictured. My poppy seeds stayed suspended ( Yeah!). I love the mini size of the soap. The Sweet Meyer Lemon scent is sweet and tart but not overpowering. I’m excited to try this recipe with different lemon scents. Perfect for summer! Thank you!
So glad to hear that Jennifer, thanks for taking the time to leave this comment. 🙂
I live in California and Poppy seeds (Papaver somniferum) I’ve purchased from another company have a California Prop 65 statement warning on the package. I’m figuring I need to use something else for exfoliation or are your Poppy Seeds different and thus I need to purchase yours?
Our vendor hasn’t informed us of a Prop 65 warning and we haven’t heard of poppy seeds being on the list before. They are skin safe and feel great in this recipe.
Could you use Goats Milk soap instead?
Yes, you can use any Bramble Berry soap base you like for this recipe. Goat Milk Melt and Pour feels nice and creamy on the skin: https://www.brambleberry.com/SFIC-Goat-Milk-Melt-And-Pour-Soap-Base-P3184.aspx
Could lemon essential oil be used in place of the fragrance oil in this recipe?
Yes, you could use lemon essential oil for this recipe. I would recommend recalculating the amount needed for the recipe with the Bramble Berry Fragrance Oil Calculator to make sure you’re using the correct amount of oil.
Fragrance Calculator:
https://www.brambleberry.com/Pages/Fragrance-Calculator.aspx
Great! Thanks so much
Can I use Shea Butter?
Yes, you can use the Shea Butter Melt and Pour Base instead of the White Melt and Pour Base: https://www.brambleberry.com/SFIC-Shea-Melt-And-Pour-Soap-Base-P3192.aspx
If you want to add shea butter to the melt and pour base, we don’t recommend it. The extra butter can make the base feel oily or inhibit lather. If you do add it, we recommend no more than 1 teaspoon per pound of soap.
Shea butter: https://www.brambleberry.com/Shea-Butter-P3220.aspx
Can I use Aloe Vera Melt and Pour Base instead?
Yes, Aloe Vera Melt and Pour Base will work too.
Aloe Vera Melt and Pour Base: https://www.brambleberry.com/SFIC-Aloe-Vera-Melt-And-Pour-Soap-Base-P3185.aspx
Thank you!
These look amazing!!!!
Thanks Jennifer! They feel great too.
I would like to know how much is 0.2 ounces in milliliters
0.2oz are 5.9ml.
But when soapmaking everything is measured in grams, not in milliliters.
So 0.2oz are 5.7g
That is correct, the 0.2 oz. is about 6 mL. You can find that amount by typing “0.2 oz. in mL” in a search engine like Google.
You can measure mL with these droppers: https://www.brambleberry.com/Droppers-With-Suction-Bulb-P3802.aspx
Thank you very much for your help.
I just love your „Lots of Lather“ CP recipe. But unfortunately more and more customers keep asking me for palmfree soaps. So I want to substitute the palmoil. I already read the blog entry “How to Substitute Oil in Cold Process Recipes“ (can’t leave a comment there) but because I’m making vegan soaps the recommended tallow are not a option. The palm kernel flakes aren’t either a option because it’s still from palms.
Do you have any advise or suggestions for me?
Babassu oil can be used in place of palm oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Babassu-Oil–P6807.aspx
You can also add a hard oil like cocoa butter up to 15% or coconut oil up to 33% to add firmness like palm oil does. Read more about common oils and what properties they add to soap here: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/tips-and-tricks/free-beginners-guide-to-soapmaking-common-soapmaking-oils/
Sodium lactate is helpful as well. It helps the bars unmold more quickly. You can add 1 tsp. of sodium lactate per pound of oils to your cooled lye water. Read more in the Sunday Night Spotlight: Sodium Lactate: http://www.soapqueen.com/bramble-berry-news/sunday-night-spotlight-sodium-lactate/
I just made these this afternoon. I used Low Sweat white melt and pour soap. I waited until the soap was about 115 degrees to pour because the seeds were still not suspended. Once i poured they all settled on the bottom of the mold 🙁 What could i have done differently?
At that temperature the soap should be thick enough to suspend the poppy seeds. Did you find it was thick, or still pretty thin?
Are the measurements by weight or volume?
The lemon peel and poppy seeds are measured by volume, everything else is by weight. We find that’s the most accurate for soap.
Do you spray the cavity of the mold before pouring? In the picture it looks like they have spray on them but I don’t see it in the directions (beginner here).
No, we didn’t spray the cavities with anything. These molds are new so they’re nice and shiny. You can just pour the melted soap right into the mold, it’s nice and flexible so it’s easy to unmold the bars.
Would this be a “Bath” soap??
This soap can be used for the hands and the body. They are pretty small (1 oz.), so they may not last long in the bath.
If you’d like to make bigger bars, the new 6 Cavity Silicone Organic Mold is a great option. It makes bars that are about 4 oz.: https://www.brambleberry.com/6-Cavity-Silicone-Organic-Mold-P6887.aspx