I Made Soap!

I have been dying to make a batch of soap!

Such a normal thing for a 21 year old girl to say...

I am not quite ready to work with Lye, so instead I started with this soap base:

I purchased this at Joann Fabrics where with a sale and coupon it was only $2.50!

Out of the package it looks like this:

I have read a lot online about soap making so I decided to make up my own recipe.

I decided to use 4 squares of the soap base, hoping to make 2-3 bars of soap.

To begin, I melted the soap in the microwave according to the directions on the package.

Then, I decided to add a Tablespoon of both honey and coconut oil in order to

 make the soap really moisturizing.

After mixing this all together the soap was starting to harden so I needed to move fast!

I added about 5 drops of tea tree essential oil and 15 drops of lemon essential oil.

I love the antibacterial properties of tea tree oil and the lemon scent was delicious.

After that was all mixed up all I had to do was pour the soap into my molds.

(My molds were just silicone cupcake tins!)

I ended with 2 1/2 soap bars!

I gave the 2 whole ones as gifts and kept the other for myself.

I think it turned out really great and moisturizing!

Hopefully I will work up the nerve to use Lye soon.

Thanks for reading and let me know if you've ever made your own soap!

--Rachel