David Fisher has got a great tutorial for making making melt and pour soaps with Jello molds and muffin tins. It’s a great family project or for the weekend crafter wanting to learn basic soapmaking!
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Cupcake bath fizzy recipe
It seems like cupcake shaped bath bombs are popping up everywhere lately. The Crafty Chica shared a recipe recently for a cupcake bath fizzy.
You can find the recipe here. Some of the ingredients are perishable, so it’s probably best to make them in small batches, but they are so wonderful you probably won’t … Read More ...
Shaving soap recipe
Teach Soap has yet another wonderful recipe to share. This shaving soap recipe is for cold process soap makers and is a nice standard recipe to explore making shaving soap.
Ingredients:
12 oz. Coconut oil
12 oz. Palm oil
12 oz. Olive or Canola oil
14 oz. distilled water
1 heaping tablespoon of clay ( … Read More ...
Rosewater recipes
Rosewater is wonderful to use as a toner for oily or acneic skin. It has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties and is gentle on skin.
Snowdrift Farm’s website has three easy recipes for making and using English rosewater: an astringent toner, a cleanser, and a skin quencher.
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Cuticle and Hand Massage Oil Recipe
Here’s a simple recipe of an antibacterial, anti-inflammatory soothing hand massage oil that does wonders to dry cuticles and chapped gardener’s hands:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup jojoba oil
3 tablespoons vegetable glycerin
2 tablespoons soy bean oil
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 teaspoon any vitamin E-rich oil
5 drops tea tree oil
4 drops neroli essential … Read More ...
Bliss aromatherapy perfume recipe
Aromatherapy perfumes can help relax you, invigorate you and put you in a great mood and are fun to make. Here’s a recipe for a happiness enhancing perfume from Essential Oil Recipes.
Essential oils needed:
2 drops Bergamot
1 drops Jasmine
1 drops Rose
2 drops Sandalwood
Equipment needed:
Measuring spoons
Small funnel
Small … Read More ...
Fizzing rose petals tutorial
Cathie and Steve of Creative Juice fame have a nice tutorial on fizzing bath petals. The technique and ingredients to making them is similar to bath bombs and bath salts.
See the instructions here.… Read More ...
Bath puff and back scrubber patterns
Priscilla Hewitt has easy crochet patterns for a bath puff and back scrubber here.
The puffs and scrubbers work up really fast, but do take about an ounce more yarn than is recommended in the pattern.… Read More ...
Solid perfume recipe
Solid perfume recipe from TeachSoap.com
Solid perfume is fun and easy to make and is a wonderful idea for a personal, hand-crafted gift! You’ll want some stylish little butter pots to hold your creations and Bramble Berry, Inc. has a terrific selection. To make your solid perfume, follow these directions:
For a 9 oz. … Read More ...
Body spritzer recipe
Nature’s Garden Candles has a great recipe for a body spritzer, a nice way to cool down in the hot summer weather.
Homemade Body Spritzer
Ingredients:
Gallon Distilled Water
1/2 Cup epsom Salt
1/2 cup water softener
Body Safe Fragrance Oils
Vitamin E oil (optional)
Note: The fragrance oil does not mix thoroughly with the … Read More ...
Oatmeal, milk, and honey facial scrub
Oatmeal, Milk and Honey Facial Scrub from Ladies Blend
Ingredients:
2 tbsp ground oatmeal (use your coffee grinder)
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp honey
2 tsp (or more) milk
squirt lemon juice
Directions:
Blend all the ingredients together in mixing bowl. Apply to clean face and neck and leave on 5-10 minutes. Rinse with … Read More ...
Coffee cinnamon bath salts tutorial
Need a pick me up in the morning? Try making West Coast Crafty’s coffee-cinnamon bath salts, which you can make with ingredients you already have in your kitchen.
See the complete instructions here.… Read More ...
Soapmaking kits
Looking for fun, kid-friendly soap and bath projects? Then visit the SoapMakingStore.com for a great range of soap kits. From soap to bath bombs to lip balms, all kits are on sale now!
Visit here to see everything that is available.… Read More ...
Loofah soap tutorial
The Soap Queen has posted a wonderful loofah soap making tutorial, complete with pictures. This is a fun and easy weekend project for the whole family.
Use your loofah soap to exfoliate and moisturize in one easy step!
You can find the complete instructions here.… Read More ...
Soap Mitt Tutorial
Soggy soap and Gucky soap holders are a thing of the past with a soap mitt? They are also great for kids and the elderly as it makes gripping the soap easy.
You will need:
2 pieces of 5 1/2 inch (14cms) of cotton fabric
5 1/2 inch (14cm) of cotton webbing
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