Simple Flower Soap Recipe

Use this recipe to customize your own handmade flower soap using
lavender, rose-geranium, ylang ylang, or another flower essential oil. You
can add flower petals to decorate your soap too! Technical
information: 1lb / 454g batch -- 5% superfat -- 33% water discount

Keyword lavender, rose, rose geranium, ylang ylang

Prep Time 30 minutes

5 from 17 votes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Curing time 28 days
Total Time 1 hour

Servings 6 bars
Author Lovely Greens

Ingredients
Lye water
64 g Sodium hydroxide 2.27 oz
128 g Distilled water 4.52 oz

Solid oils
145 g Coconut oil (refined) 5.11 oz
49 g Shea butter 1.73 oz

Liquid oils
120 g Olive oil 4.23 oz
120 g Sunflower oil 4.23 oz
20 g Castor oil 0.71 oz
1/4 tsp Colored clay* (mixed with 1 Tbsp distilled water) (optional)

Add after Trace

14 g Essential oil**

To decorate
Dried flower petals***

Instructions
1. Use the basic soap making instructions along with these additional steps specific to this
recipe. Soaping temperature 100°F/38°C
2. * Mix the clay and water up before you begin making soap. Add it to the melted oils by pouring
through a sieve/strainer. Cosmetic clays come in a range of colors including blue, green, pink,
and brown. Here are various natural soap making colorants to give you inspiration.
3. ** You may use a maximum of 3 tsp of essential oil total in your soap choosing from these
scents: chamomile (Anthemis nobilis), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), neroli, palmarosa
 (Cymbopogon martini), rose geranium (Pelargonium graveolens), or ylang ylang (Cananga
odorata).
4. *** Dried flowers are a pretty way to decorate handmade soap but unfortunately they can turn
brown on contact. Calendula petals will stay yellow but for others there are two options. You
can lightly sprinkle them on once the soap has firmed up slightly. The parts that don't come
into contact with the soap will stay colored, at least for a while.

The other option is to wait until your soap is fully cured. After the 28 day waiting period, spray
your the areas you want flowers on your soap with witch hazel or denatured alcohol. Sprinkle
the dried flowers on top and wait for the alcohol to dry. When it's fully dry, the flowers will be
adhered to the soap. Neat huh?

Decorate your soap with rose petals, lavender buds, calendula petals, dried chamomile, and
other skin-safe dried flowers and leaves.

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