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How-tology: Rubber Duck Soap
That's just what they are good ol'fashion rubber ducks floating in a bar of soap! Young and young at heart love these designs. Be creative here, the possibilities are endless!
Ingredients:1 4oz. Bar Unscented, Uncolored Glycerin Soap 2 Drops Food Coloring 20 Drops Essential Oil Toy of choice (Rubber duck, diamond ring, toy soldiers, etc.) |
Steps:1. Melt the glycerin soap in a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until liquefied. 2. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring and fragrance oil until will bended. Spoon a thin layer of soap mixture into the mold. 3. Add your toy object. 4. Pour the remaining soap mixture into the molds. Let set for 3 hours or until hard. 5. Remove the soaps from the molds and wrap individually in plastic wrap. |
photo credit: Rubber Ducks with Sunglasses (license) yellow filter, cropped & added text
How-tology: Soothing DIY Raspberry Oatmeal Soap
Smell the fresh-ripened raspberry in this soap, combined with ground oatmeal for gentle everyday exfoliation that stimulates new cell growth. Oatmeal is very soothing to the skin!
Ingredients:One 4 oz. bar unscented glycerin soap 1/3 cup dried oats 15 drops raspberry fragrance oil 1 drop red food coloring |
Steps:1. Place 1/3 cup oats in a food processor and grind until it becomes powdery. Set aside. 2. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt your bar of glycerin soap until liquefied. 3. Remove from heat and stir in ground oats, raspberry fragrance oil and food coloring. 4. Pour soap into a mold and let set for three hours or until hardened. This easy-to-make soap is great for the complexion! |
How-tology: Homemade Lemon Loofah
Scrub a dub dub, this soap is too good to share with three men in the tub! Wisk away dull, dry skin. This delightful soap smells like fresh lemons, and when the powdered loofah is mixed in, it will make the soap extra-exfoliating. Loofah, a plant that grows much like the cucumber, can be dried, shredded and added to soap. To make the powder, loofah can be cut up into tiny pieces using a pair of sharp scissors, or you can purchase it in powder form.
Ingredients:One 4 oz. bar unscented glycerin soap 1 teaspoon powdered loofah 15 drops lemon oil 1 drop red food coloring |
Steps:1. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt your bar of glycerin soap until liquefied. 2. Remove from heat and stir in powdered loofah, lemon oil and food coloring. 3. Pour soap into a mold and let set for three hours or until hardened. |