Late this afternoon (Sunday) I decided I wanted to make this melt and pour soap Jan the Nerdy Farm Wife's site is full of good recipes for all sorts of things herbal.
The recipe called for chickweed or wild violet leaves and 8 ounces of melt and pour soap and 1/4 teaspoon of lavender essential oil.
I chose the violet leaves as I have used them before in a balm and are healing for dry skin.
Very happy with the results, I ended up making two batches-made notes to double the recipe next time. I used two of my guest soap molds
I grabbed the double boiler I use for soap making
Heated til just melted on low
Strained as adding to the soap molds Love the color
I am very happy with the results.
Looks good thanks for sharing the process
ReplyDeleteyour welcome, I am learning from the author of this recipe how to soak out the healing properties of different herbs into the soaps and this one also gives a lovely green
DeleteWow, Kathy, your soaps looks so beautiful, and I am sure they must smell great, too, just fantastic! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeletethanks so much yes you can smell the lavender
DeleteThat's really cool! And I love the pour and melt moulds.
ReplyDeleteFascinating Kathy! Interesting post...that you make soap and that you add different types of herbs or flowers to the soaps too. I would never have thought of wild violet for dry skin. I shall have to look out for that when I go to the local market and the Herbs lady stall is there. Fascinating stall by the way too! You just have to say what you need and for what and she gives you a pinch of this or a pinch of that in a bag and then brew it up and drink it or if its oils a massage of this and that! I SO much prefer natural remedies! Your soaps are really pretty...a lovely shade of green and great mold designs. Keep well. Amanda x
ReplyDeletethank you so much Amanda, I recently purchased the author of this recipe's new book on melt and pour soaps. learning so much from her on how to infuse the healing properties of the herbs into the soap. awesome you have an herbalist at your market Happy new week
DeletePretty soaps Kathy. I've only made soap once, years ago as a lab with kids at school. It sounds so easy with those pour and melts. Hope the new month is treating you well. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteHi Erika, I didn't want to mess around with lye, so I found very high quality melt and pour soap bases. and these I am learning how to infuse the herb properties into these soaps-in a lye soap with the high temps thinking that would get cooked off
DeleteLovely soaps.
ReplyDeletethank you
Deletethey look lovely
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thank you, these were fun to make and they turned out really nice
DeleteWhat an interesting post. I love the molds you have chosen and the color is perfect!
ReplyDeletethank you, I had a few guest soap molds to choose from, I really like the ones with the birds I was very pleased with the color too
DeleteI love home made soap. Just finished making a batch with lye and oil. Yours look so amazing, and I am sure feel great too.
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thank you so much Soma, yes I am very happy with the results from the recipe. I like how with the melt and pour bases you can extract the properties from plant materials-herbs into the soap at low temperatures
DeleteWOW! I theink it was pre-"Corinna" when Ingo bought utensils to make soap. Do you think he ever made some?!!! I have to tell him to get to it! Yours look wonderful!
ReplyDeletethanks so much Iris-does Ingo have a melt and pour soap kit? he may want to check out the link for her different melt and pour recipes using herbs etc
DeleteOhhh so nice. Nothing like homemade. Have a great day.
ReplyDeletethank you, enjoy your day as well
DeleteThe soaps look lovely Kathy!
ReplyDeleteYour soaps turned out great. I love handmade soaps.
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