Do you want to create your own handmade soap?
Then the Cold Processed method couldn’t be easier.
Below are three of our favourite homemade soap recipes:
Before you begin, why not check out this article, to ensure you follow safe soaping practices.
Homemade Soap Recipes
Rose and Oatmeal Scrub Bar Soap
Ingredients
55 g Coconut Oil
190g Shea Butter
300 GrapeSeed Oil
10 g Wheat Germ Oil
330 g Distilled or Spring Water
15 g Powdered Madder
150g Sodium Hydroxide
15 g Ground Oatmeal
8 g Ground Rose petals
10 ml Vitamin E Oil
Dried Rosebuds for decoration
Essential Oils
5ml Geranium
2.5ml Patchouli
2.5 ml Sweet Orange
Instructions
- Weigh both the Coconut and Shea Butter, chop into small chunks and place in a plastic bucket
- Weigh and add the Rapeseed and Wheat Germ Oil
- Next put on your safety goggles and rubber gloves and weigh out the water, into the bucket
- Next measure out 100 ml from the bucket and heat slightly and add the Powdered Madder until it blends together
- Next blend together the Oils and weigh out the Oatmeal
- Then weigh out the Rose Petals and blend this with Oatmeal and Essential Oils
- Either outside or in a well ventilated area, wearing the protective gear, carefully pour the Sodium Hydroxide into the water
- Stir the ingredients together with a long handled stainless steel spoon, once everything has dissolved remove the mask
- Next add the Madder which will of become a paste, don’t put it in all at once however, as you want to add a spoonful at a time, until it has taken on the desired colour
- Then add the Vitamin E. Oil, which will work as a preservative
- Then put the Rose Petals and Essential Oils and Oatmeal blend to the mix
- Mix everything together thoroughly with the blender, until trace
- Pour into individual moulds
- Leave the soap in the moulds for 48 hours until the bars have hardened enough
- Then put them out to air and leave for six weeks, before using
Notes: You need to use a 1.5 kg mould, this is one of the homemade soap recipes that is super fatted at 3%
Fig and Honey Homemade Soaps
Ingredients
500 g Coconut Oil
150g Shea Butter
350 g Olive Oil
330 g Distilled water
154g Sodium Hydroxide
2 Fresh Figs
15ml Honey
5ml Vitamin E
Essential Oils
10ml Ylang Ylang
2,5ml Cinnamon
2.5ml Ginger
Instructions
- Start by weighing the Shea Butter and Coconut Oil, then cut into small chunks and put in plastic bucket
- Next weigh the water in a plastic bucket, with the Sodium Hydroxide in a jug
- Either outside or in a well-ventilated area, pour the Sodium Hydroxide into the water and stir until thoroughly dissolved
- Blend the figs together with the stick blender to a pulp
- Pour the figs and honey into the caustic soda and stir until everything is dissolved
- Blend the Essential Oils and Vitamin E together and combine with the mix
- Then pour into your prepared mould
- Next take the soap from the mould, cut accordingly and cure the bars for at least 4 to 6 weeks
- Leave the soap in the moulds for 48 hours until have become hard
Finally turn the soap out of the mould and leave to cure for 4 to 6 weeks
Notes: You need to use a 1.5 kg mould, this recipe is super-fatted at 3%
Moisturising Melon and Shea Butter Bar
Ingredients
400 g Coconut Oil
300g Shea Butter
300 g Watermelon Seed Oil
330 g Distilled Water
147g Sodium Hydroxide
Essential Oils
2.5 ml Tea Tree
2.5ml Rosemary
2.5ml Lavandin
7.5ml Mandarin
Notes: You need to use a 1.5 kg mould, this recipe is super-fatted at 3%
Instructions
- Weigh both the Shea Butter and Coconut Oil together and cut into small chunks and place in the bucket
- Next weigh out the watermelon oil and add to the oils
- Then weigh out the water in a plastic bucket, with the Sodium Hydroxide in a jug
- Either outside or in a well ventilated area, pour the Sodium Hydroxide into the water and stir until thoroughly dissolved
- Pour the caustic solution into the Oils and stir with a spoon, until the Oils have dissolved
- Then bring the soap to a light trace
- Pour the soap into a 15 kg prepared mould and leave the soap to set for 48 hours
- Finally turn the soap out of the mould and leave to cure for 4 to 6 weeks
This is a one of those homemade soap recipes, that is great for making a really moisturising bar of soap.
Thank you so much for all your wonderful and delicious recipes. I can’t wait to try them.
Really hope you enjoy them kelly, give me a nudge if you would like anymore information x
I have a question, how do you get your soap shaped like that? Is it two separate molds and then joined together or one mold that makes it round with a line around it.
Hi jenny, not my picture sorry but I do believe there is a special pressing mould you can purchase.
I was really happy to see a recipe with fresh figs, I am very new to soap making and would like to use any fresh fruits I have growing in my yard. Do you have any recipes to share that incorporate more fresh fruits? I happen to have a lime , orange, guava and fig tree. Thank you it is the generosity of people like you that help us newbies learn. Much appreciated.
Hi peggy thanks for the feedback. No I am afraid i don’t but really glad you like the resource…regards
Samantha
Did you find grapeseed oil in a store? i couldnt find it anywhere… i plan on getting some online from bulkapothecary.com/categories/soap-making-supplies.html , they seem to have everything. i am excited to make this recipe. thanks for the post.
Hi Anne
Glad you like the recipe, grape seed is fairly easy to find and yes you should be able to find it in a store.
Hi, I was wondering if the Fig and Honey soap also needs to be blended to the trace stage, I couldn’t see it mentioned in the recipe. As I am new to making soap I wasn’t sure if this is just assumed knowledge 🙂
Hi Cara, yes every soap does require this, best regards Samantha
Thakyou very much. I’ll like to tried some. They are all wonderfull
Glad you enjoyed the recipes and thankyou for the feedback
Hi.. your recipe is awesome. Thx for sharing.
I would to ask , if i would like to put fresh strawberry and goat milk.
Can i blend together the strawberry and goat milk then i freeze it.
When its ready, i mix the lye onto the freeze milk goat and strawberry.
Is it posible to do?
Hi, thanks for all your wonderfully ideas, I have ready made glycerine for soap making so can I just add my goatsmilk with other fats and essential oils to the mixture, thanks
Hi Sheila
Yes you can, goats milk is a lovely moisturising addition to a formula, good luck. Samantha