How easy it is to make beautiful aromatic soaps in your home! Soap making is just another form of Art. It takes creative and practical skills to make them in perfectly scented soaps with all the qualities.
Also, there is beautiful chemistry that is hidden behind the making of soaps.. ‘Lye’ is the main ingredient which is actually a salt called Sodium hydroxide. The reaction between lye and other ingredients results in saponification, forming beautiful soaps. Know more about the Chemistry of Soaps.
Before Going into the recipes, we’ll look into some forms of soap making.. Natural soap making guide
First of all, there are different ways such as cold, hot, melt and pour, rebatching where any one or all the above is used to make soaps in your home. You can choose any method depending on the time, interest, accessibility and budget. Also you can choose your own base ingredient, color, scent and design.
Here I have simple DIY recipes that can make your soup more fun and creative. They are loaded with different ingredients, scents, shapes, styles and end uses. Once you understand the process it’s all super-duper easy!
15 Creative DIY Homemade Soap Recipes:
1. Honey-licious:
This is the most simple soap recipe with just four ingredients to use. All we need is a soap base, colorant, fragrance and more Honey, Honey!
We’ll start off with the pros first (um, it has only the pros actually) so.. Honey has antibacterial properties and enriches skin with brightening complexion. Happiness is Homemade has the 10 minute DIY milk and honey soap recipe. It is soothing, clarifying and moisturizing soap for your regular usage
As I said you can add any color as you wish. Don’t forget to check out these beautiful Honeycomb soap molds. It’s very attractive and can impress anyone with its design.
2. Blend of Nature:
This can be a gentle soap for your face and body. Extract from fresh herbal plants can be used as an ingredient for the additional health benefit. For instance let’s look into the ever powerful Aloevera here. When we blend the Aloe, it’ll become fluffy and soapy.
This soap is very gentle in nature. It is easy as it is made with a cold process method with the mix of the extracted Aloe and some oils with optional colorants and hardener.Check this Fresh Aloe vera Soap Recipe by The nerdy farm wife.
3. Bath Bombs:
Make gifting easy with these cute Bath Bombs. These fizzy bath soaps or name it bombs! It is as bomb that you can make them with just simple kitchen ingredients with your own hands.
The Spruce crafts has got the ultimate bath bombs recipe which is simple and easy to make with the right technique.
It is super moisturizing and hydrates your skin. Experient with different colors, scents and oil blends. You can add extra ingredients if you want to. Next time, just carry a bath bomb for your shower.
4. Rose Hip Soap:
It surely is tempting to see all the soap recipes and ingredients online. It is quite a bit confusing too. Sometimes a simple key ingredient will help you save the day. For example, if you are gonna give soap to someone.. They are definitely gonna judge you by the fragrance of course.
Rose is always Love! So, we are going to try the most aromatic Homemade RoseHip Soap recipe by Grow forage cook ferment. This is my most favorite recipe and I love the way it turned into beautiful frangenceful soaps.
Rose is also anti-aging and gives a brightening complexion to your skin. It also contains Vitamin C in it. Looks like perfect skin care!
5. Crystal Soap:
This one is my favorite, most creative carved Crystal soap. This one has glitter and mica additives which looks just Magical! Imperfection is beautiful, so says this soap!
You’ll love the making of these beautiful gemstones shaped crystals made into soap. Watch this Creative Crystal soap recipe by A beautiful mess. It is basically a glycerin based soap which is an easily colorable, meltable and moldable one.
Looks like a gorgeous present.
6. Glow-Getter:
Say goodbye to your dead and dry skin with these DIY Citrus-rose sugar bars recipes by Hello glow. It gives moisturizing and exfoliating properties.
Unlike other sugar scrubs this one is timeless. The main ingredients were shea butter, orange essential oil, beetroot powder, castor sugar, coconut oil and some optional beeswax. I’m already melting into the flavor of it.
Don’t wait, let’s try them immediately!
7. Gummy Soap for kids:
Every kid will love something jiggly-jiggly. So why don’t we make some fun gummy soap for your kids to make them wash their hands. Gelatin is the key ingredient here. You can add some bright colorants to make it even more attractive.
Just make them in huge batches as gelatin dissolves easily. But it is definitely worth the try! Try the fun and easy jelly soap recipe by Gluesticks.
8. Cinnamon-Cocoa Soap:
Time for some dessert! People generally choose common ingredients like honey, milk and essential oils for soap making. But know that there are many other food products that work well for soaps.
You can also figure it out with your favorite food taste or fragrance. But now.. It’s cinnamon and cocoa on your way. Watch this cold processed cinnamon-cocoa soap recipe by Soap queen.
9. Fresh Citrus:
Here the melt and pour technique is used. Also simple and cute as it looks. It can also be customized based on your use and creativity.
The dried citrus slices are the key ingredient here.. Ready to make a chemical-free soap with a refreshing scent. Looks so artistic! All you need is goat milk base, citrus oil and some dried citrus slices.
Check out the handmade citrus soap recipe by Hello wonderful. You can also experiment them different dried fruit slices.
10. Lavender Soap:
Lavender always feels like a dream! It is perfect for a good spa day and good ambience for your bathroom. Get some tricks to make soap using flower petals by The spruce crafts – Lavender dream soap recipe.
Lavender gives instant stress relief. It is a simple essential oil soap very easy to make. Make it cute with this succulent soap mold. Using flower petals is really a challenge you got for this weekend friends!
11. Charcoal Detox Soap:
Watch Pink fortitude’s DIY charcoal detox soap recipe. It looks very earthy. Activated charcoal is the secret ingredient. Charcoal is basically a natural detoxing agent. It can be refreshing and can cleanse your skin.
As it already said DIY! It is super easy to make. The above recipe is made with all natural ingredients without the use of lye or any chemical additives.
12. Shea Butter Soap:
This one is luxurious.. Not the budget but the texture of the softly tinted and creamy soap. It is very nourishing to the skin. It contains a high amount of moisturizing butter and oils. It is also a very quick one to make.
It starts with melting the oils, preparation of fragrance, making of the lye solution and molding the soap. I know.. Easy isn’t it? See Shea butter soap recipe by The spruce crafts.
13. Sugar Scrubs:
Sugar scrubs may definitely tempt you to eat them… But these are amazing exfoliators you can make in your home. Best suitable for storage purposes also. It can last for nearly six months.
This can be the easiest soap recipe because it just takes a few amounts of Sugar to go-in along with the regular soap recipe.
DIY Sugar Scrub Cubes by A cultivated nest is the ultimate exfoliating scrub recipe. They have added a natural key lime scent to it too. If you have dry and damaged skin you can try these sugar scrub on your own. Also works well for tan removal.
14. Sea Salt Soap:
Tell me what sea salt doesn’t benefit you? Cleanse, exfoliate, hydrate, detox, nourish? It brings them all in one.
Homemade Sea salt soap recipe by Country hill cottage got the best recipe you need to try out with a lot of facts you need to know about soaps and sea salt. It is easy for beginners and a beautiful handmade gift. A skincare treat it is!
Which sea do you live by?
15. Caffeinated:
You are definitely my type if you are caffeinated right now!
Having coffee wherever you go? Why not in your shower time?
It is easy to melt and pour coffee soap and a great gift for Coffee lovers. The imperfectly happy home has the easy and best recipe for coffee soap. It gives some great exfoliating in the shower.
With goat milk base, fresh ground coffee, almond oil and your favorite fragrance can be coffee, cinnamon or vanilla make your beautiful soap.
I hope you loved customizing the soaps with all these creative and cool ingredients.
Make your skin Happy with these homemade soaps!!
