Do you fancy a little DIY project or are you looking for an idea for a small, homemade gift? Then we have the perfect inspiration for you: natural soap! Natural soaps are quick and easy to make yourself and are great fun to make. The great advantage of do-it-yourself care products? When you make your own soaps, you know exactly what ingredients they contain and can customise the ingredients to suit your mood. There are therefore no limits to your creativity. In this blog post, we show you some great basic recipes that you can enrich with your favourite fragrances.
DIY natural soap: instructions & recipes
Soap making: The basic ingredients
Most recipes are based on a bar of curd soap. The odourless curd soap can then be enriched with nourishing oils such as olive oil, coconut oil or almond oil. A few drops of an essence of your choice will give your soap a personalised touch and give it a great fragrance. Here are a few inspirations: If you want to make a soap that reduces germs, adding tea tree oil is a good idea. If you prefer a refreshing fragrance, you can add mint or orange oil. Lavender oil provides a relaxing effect and rose fragrance transforms your bath into a flower meadow. If you like, you can even colour your soap and create a colourful eye-catcher in the bathroom.
In addition to these ingredients, all you need is a pot, a grater, a whisk, small moulds and a few minutes to make the natural soaps.
Bar soap: The basic recipe
You will need the following ingredients for 2 soaps:
- 250 gram curd soap
- 50 millilitres of oil (coconut oil, almond oil, olive oil, etc.)
- 10 drops of essential oil (mint, tea tree, orange or rose oil)
- Moulds (e.g. metal or silicone moulds)
- Pot, grater, whisk and mixer
This is how it works:
First place the pot for the soap mixture in a hot water bath without allowing water to penetrate. The pot should only be gently heated by placing it over a water bath.
Now take the curd soap and a rasp and shave fine soap shavings directly into the top. These should now melt under even heat. Keep stirring during this process.
When the soap has completely melted, add the vegetable oil and the essential oil. Mix the ingredients together until you have a homogeneous mixture.
Now prepare your chosen moulds. Remove the soap mixture and pot from the bain-marie and carefully pour it into the moulds.
Now allow the soap to harden. The drying time will vary depending on the composition of the oils. Ideally, leave the soap to rest in a cool, dry place away from the sun for around 12 hours. All soaps should then be ready. When the soaps are completely hardened, you can carefully remove them from the moulds.
Our Extratipp: Hand soaps look particularly beautiful and elegant when they contain dried flower petals, buds, grated orange or lemon peel or even grated coconut.
Liquid soap: The basic recipe
To make liquid soap,
you will need the following ingredients:
- 250 millilitres of water
- 15 grams curd soap
-1 tsp oil (coconut oil, almond oil, olive oil, etc.)
- 5 drops of essential oil (mint, tea tree, orange or rose oil)
- An empty soap dispenser
- Pot, grater, whisk or mixer
This is how it works:
Take the curd soap and a rasp and put the curd soap bars in a pan. Then add the water. The soap shavings should now be boiled away with the water. Stir the mixture again and again.
When the soap has completely melted, remove the pan from the heat, leave the simmering mixture to cool for a minute or two and then add the oils. Stir everything in well.
Everything should now cool down for a few hours. Once the liquid soap has cooled to room temperature and has the perfect consistency, you can pour it into the soap dispenser.
As you can see, you can make your own bar and liquid soaps in no time at all. Natural soaps that you create yourself are not only decorative, but are also some of the best DIY gift ideas. They are good for the skin, sustainable for the environment, look pretty and can even be customised to suit the recipient's preferences. We hope you enjoy making your own and have lots of fun with your homemade natural soaps!