Orange Butter Lip Balm
This has been one of our most popular promotional lip balms! We are often asked if we brought this lip balm to events, conferences and even business meetings.
This...
Madder Root Powder Soap
| I wanted to approach today’s blog with caution. Red is a difficult color to achieve for clothes and finding soap stable reds has been a nightmare. I didn’t really want to make any assumptions because I didn’t want to get my hopes up. Finding a good red is hard and having been disappointed before, I didn’t want to be too hopeful. Let’s go see what color of soap we get from Madder Root Powder!
Notes: I have to admit, I am pleased and thrilled about the color of the soap. It is not a bold scarlet but it does make a beautiful soft red/pink color. I really have to wonder how the color will change due to a lower or higher usage rate. I did not have any lather change color, or water or even stain a washcloth. I am so thrilled about that! I did not notice any odors when using this botanical. The finished bar of soap smells like a regular unscented bar of soap. It does have that clean smell but nothing other than that. I can’t wait to use this botanical with fragrance oils. I want to use berry or floral scents. Ooh, I can just imagine one with Rose Geranium. What scents would you use?
Recipe:
Weigh all of the oils into a microwave safe container. Heat gently until liquid. Add the Sodium Hydroxide to the water to form a lye solution. Allow the oils and the lye to cool to a lower temperature. We do not want to have the soap overheat and volcano. Mix the oils and lye solution and blend until trace is achieved. Pour into a mold and allow to sit for 24 hours. Cut the soap. Allow the soap to cure. Longer curing time will result in a harder bar. Enjoy!
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 Finished Soap  Melted Oils  Adding Madder Root Powder  Stirring in Madder Root Powder  Soap in Mold |
Basic Bar Soap
This recipe is the basic recipe that we use to test fragrances, colors or other additives.
Ingredients
- 4 oz Coconut Oil or Palm Kernel Oil (See Comments...
Lemon Cookie Lip Balm
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