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Daisy Cold Process Soap Tutorial

April 10, 2017 Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Cold Process Soap

Daisies are such cheerful, happy-looking flowers. The bright white petals were the inspiration for this cold process soap recipe. White flower embeds are placed into a yellow soap base to create tall and skinny bars that are perfect for spring.

The embeds are created with the Mini Daisy Silicone Column Mold. They need to be made 3-4 days in advance to allow them to fully harden. If you don’t want to wait for the cold process embeds, you can make the embeds with LCP White Melt and Pour Soap Base instead.

This soap is scented with Sunflower Fragrance Oil, which is a sophisticated and warm floral scent. Everybody who smells it can’t help but love it. Sunflower Fragrance Oil does accelerate trace, but in this design the acceleration helps suspend the embeds throughout the soap. Just make sure to use your stick blender sparingly once the fragrance is added. A touch of titanium dioxide is added to combat the slight fragrance discoloration and keep the yellow bright.

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Sunshine Lotion Tutorial

July 12, 2016 Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Lotion

I’d love to spend hours in the sun, but my skin might disagree. Rather than bathing in sunshine and risking a burn, I created this Sunshine Lotion Recipe. It’s a thick and creamy texture, yet it feels surprisingly lightweight on the skin. Scented with Sunflower Fragrance Oil and Southern Peach Fragrance Oil, it smells slightly fruity, flowery and completely amazing. It’s like spreading a little bit of summer on your skin!

If you’ve never made lotion before, it’s surprisingly simple. In a nutshell, it boils down to mixing water and a small amount of oil together. In order to blend the the oil and water together, you need an emulsifier. In this case, emulsifying wax gives the lotion a nice “slip.” This recipe also contains stearic acid, which acts as a co-emulsifer and thickener. If you’d like to learn more about the different components of lotion recipes, the How to Create Homemade Lotion Recipes post is full of information.

In addition to water, oils and emulsifier, lotion recipes require a preservative. Preservatives are anit-microbial solutions that prevent mold and bacteria from growing in your products. Any product that contains water requires a preservative. For the preservative in this recipe, I used optiphen which is a paraben and formaldehyde-free preservative. To learn more about which preservative is right for you project, click here.

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Buttercup Melt & Pour Soap DIY

June 21, 2016 Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Melt & Pour Soap

Yesterday was the first official day of summer. Thanks to the sun, my garden and flowers have been growing like crazy. The fresh blooms inspired me to create this Buttercup Melt & Pour Soap. The Mini Daisy Silicone Column Molds create flowers within the bars, and a thin strip of green soap creates a stem. The top is decorated with more yellow flowers and a touch of glitter.

This project is scented with a combination of Sunflower Fragrance Oil and Flower Child Fragrance Oil. The scent combination is a sophisticated floral blend, with notes of jasmine, bergamot and musk. Both fragrances discolor slightly to an ivory/tan. Over time, I found the blue color changed to a slightly more teal hue.

This is an advanced melt and pour project. It involves several layers that require an understanding of melt and pour temperatures. A spray bottle of 99% isopropyl alcohol is crucial for this project. Click here to get more tips for layering melt and pour soap. If you haven’t made melt and pour soap before, I would recommend getting a few simpler projects under your belt first.

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Sunflower Cold Process Soap Tutorial

April 7, 2016 Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Cold Process Soap

Sunflowers are such a cheerful flower. The vibrant yellow petals instantly make me think of spring and summer. To create these Sunflower Soap Bars, I used the Sunflower Mold and the new Sunflower Fragrance Oil. I brought the soap to a thick trace and colored it brown and yellow. Then, I placed the colors into different areas of the mold. The end result is adorable sunflower soaps that fit perfectly in your hand. This project could easily be made with melt and pour soap as well; I would recommend using the Yellow Oxide Color Block and Brown Oxide Color Block in Clear Melt and Pour Base.

While sunflowers do not have a scent, I think the Sunflower Fragrance Oil captures their essence perfectly. The fragrance is complex with notes of sweet grass, grapefruit, jasmine and sandalwood. It’s a sophisticated floral that’s sure to become a favorite.

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