I made soap.

[numb3r_5ev3n]

There's a popular, well-known "organic"  grocery store chain where I don't shop anymore, because the owner is a conservative homophobe who scoffs at "the hippies" for spending money at his establishments. Well, NOT THIS HIPPIE.

Still, I used to frequent them for scented glycerin soap. I was able to find a nice essential oil which smelled similar, so I figured I'd make my own.

The top ones are made with the mold that came with the kit. I tried doing a layered, two-tone soap in greens. I used a silicon heart shape mold for the white glycerin soap with the blue swirl pattern. I really like how it came out!

This is fun! I'll probably do more of it! Why throw down good money at Lush, when I can make my own custom bath products? I'm already making my deoderant (recipe here) and it's more complicated than soap.

 

Comments

[fidget]

Is making glycerin soap easy? I've always wanted to try it, but didn't know if I could.

[numb3r_5ev3n]

The melting/mixing/pouring part maybe took about 20 minutes, tops. If you're not sure it's for you, Michaels and other craft stores sell kits for about $20 that make about 10 bars per kit. It's a good way to try it out.

[fidget]

Cool. Thanks for the tip -- as if I needed another reason to make a stop at Michaels.

[numb3r_5ev3n]

Also....youtube videos are incredibly helpful. I looked up a bunch of melt and pour soap videos before trying it out.

[solarbird]

Wow, those look really good!

[finch]

Soap has been on my list of Things To Try Making forever and these make it look really tempting.

[sabotabby]

Oooh, go you!

I tried to make soap but my results were—not ideal. A few bars turned out okay. What did you use to make it green?

[numb3r_5ev3n]

I used the dyes that came with the kit I was using. I just played around with the yellow and blue until I got ones I liked. Youtube videos on melt and pour soaps were a big help with the whole process.

[lb_lee]

Rogan: And I'll bet it smells and feels great! (Unlike certain other past soaps.)

Sneak: I made a little of my own soap in the past, and it was a lot of fun! @_@ Maybe I could try again, with the Michael's stuff you mentioned! *crafty ideas*

Rogan: And oh man, homemade deodorant would be nice. Might give that a shot too!

[numb3r_5ev3n]

The deodorant was a life changer. I spent so much time before I found out about it trying to figure out which commercial deodorant would be effective the longest while breaking me out the least.

[subbes]

next stop, https://swiftcraftymonkey.blogspot.com/ :)

[numb3r_5ev3n]

Ooooo thanks!