Soap Making, Oils and Recipes
Great Cakes Soapworks recently blogged about a Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipe. She suggests using a recipe found at Modern Cottage, but replace the Fels-Naptha soap with some Great Cakes Soapworks Old-Fashioned Orange Essence Lye Soap.
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If you love simple handmade gifts that still feel festive and special, this DIY Christmas Cherry Body Scrub from CraftBits is such a fun little project. It is bright, pretty, and has that sweet cherry scent that makes it feel perfect for Christmas gifting.
What I like about this tutorial is how easy it is to pull together. The scrub uses granulated sugar, sweet almond oil or another carrier oil, red cherry fragrance oil, and a touch of mica powder for color, so it feels like one of those projects you can make quickly but still package up beautifully.
It is the kind of bath and body recipe that works really well for teacher gifts, stocking stuffers, hostess gifts, or just a little festive treat for yourself. The pretty pink-red color and cherry fragrance give it a cheerful Christmas feel without needing anything too complicated.
The tutorial itself is wonderfully straightforward too. You simply combine the ingredients well and store the finished scrub in an airtight container, which makes this a lovely beginner-friendly project for holiday crafting.
If you are looking for a quick Christmas body scrub recipe that feels handmade, giftable, and easy to recreate, this one is a sweet little pick.
Featured Project: DIY Christmas Cherry Body Scrub
I’m testing this out on my own family right now! I’ve done three loads with the homemade detergent using the Old-Fashioned Lye Soap with Orange Essence. The clothes seem softer already!
found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later