This honey oatmeal soap recipe is the perfect way to get started on your homemade soap journey. It has natural ingredients that are amazing for the skin and is such as easy soap recipe. Great for beginners and anyone that loves making soap!
Benefits of Oatmeal and Honey for the Skin
Using raw honey, raw manuka honey, or local honey has many beneficial properties for the skin. From clearing up acne to anti-aging to evening skin tone, honey can help with all of them. Real honey has anti-inflammatory properties and antimicrobial properties. Additionally, it acts as a deep pore cleanser, and moisturizer, reducing dark spots and the appearance of fine lines. Most skin types can benefit from adding a little bit of honey to their beauty routine.
Oatmeal is another one of those ingredients that does all the things you want. It’s great for cleansing and moisturizing the skin, while gently exfoliating your dead skin cells away. Plus, it can help with your skin complexion and reduce inflammation.
Combining raw honey and oatmeal makes them a powerhouse for a truly great soap that works.
Which skin types can use Honey Oatmeal Soap?
All skin types can benefit from using oatmeal honey soap because the ingredients are just that good and versatile. I know I have seen benefits and improvement in my own skin since using this recipe.
Dry skin: Raw honey and oatmeal are known to be very moisturizing ingredients. Shea butter is one of the best ingredients for dry skin, so make sure to use that soap base.
Sensitive skin: This recipe has minimal ingredients that are very gentle on the skin.
Mature skin: Honey is known for its anti-aging properties, in addition to reducing the appearance of cellulite and dark spots.
Acne-prone skin: This recipe uses honey as a natural ingredient that can help to clear up acne, as well as antimicrobial properties. Make sure to pair this with tea tree essential oil blends for even more benefit.
Selecting a Melt and Pour Soap Base
Shea butter or goat’s milk melt-and-pour soap base are both great choices for your honey soap bar. If you are planning to use the soap bar on your face, then I would lean towards using the goat’s milk melt and pour soap base.
Goat milk soap is known to be a more gentle cleanser. It also has a good amount of vitamin A (anti-aging properties) and selenium (a mineral for healthy skin). Goats milk melt-and-pour soap is also really good for dry skin since it’s higher in fatty acids and can help increase the skin’s moisture.
Shea butter moisturizes the skin without any worries of clogging pores, which is especially helpful in dry or cold climates. It also is naturally rich in vitamins A (anti-aging) and vitamin E (anti-inflammatory). Shea butter can also help prevent wrinkles.
Supplies Need for Handmade Soap
The supplies are simple when it comes to making homemade soap. You will need the following:
- 1 pound shea butter melt and pour base or goat’s milk melt and pour base
- 80-100 drops of essential oils (see below for recommendations)
- 5 teaspoons of raw honey
- 5 teaspoons of ground oats
- soap mold set
- glass measuring cup or large glass bowl
- double boiler or large saucepan
- wooden spoon
Honey Oatmeal Soap Recipe Step-by-Step Guide
When making this honey soap recipe, you are going to need to work quickly once the melt-and-pour soap base is ready. One downside of melt-and-pour soap is that it can harden quickly once removed from the stovetop. For this reason, I highly recommend getting out all of your supplies and ingredients right away.
STEP ONE: Chop up 1 pound of your shea butter soap base into similar size pieces, about 1-2 inches in size. This will make it easier to melt and stir the soap. Also, blend the oatmeal in your blender so it’s ready when you need it.
STEP TWO: Place the pieces of shea butter melt-and-pour soap into a double boiler on your stovetop. For mine, I used a large saucepan with water halfway up the side and a 4-cup glass measuring cup in order to make pouring into the molds easier. Heat the water to a gentle boil, while stirring the soap pieces after they start to melt. Then turn the burner to low heat.
STEP THREE: Continue stirring the soap until smooth and no pieces are left. Once that happens, remove the measuring cup from the stovetop and dry off the bottom. The measuring cup will be hot, so make sure to have towels and pot holders nearby. Turn off the stove.
STEP FOUR: Next, add essential oils, raw honey, and ground oats directly to the melted soap based on your measuring cup. For 1 pound of soap base, plan to use 80-100 drops of essential oils. Then you can a total of 5 teaspoons of raw honey and 5 teaspoons of ground oats. I always start with the smaller amounts, and then add more if needed.
Mix everything really well, as this is your chance to make sure it’s incorporated. Then pour the soap mixture into your soap molds of choice. I find that this makes around 5 bars of soap, depending on the molds you use.
My personal recipe uses 30 drops of stress away, 30 drops of vanilla, and 30 drops of orange essential oil.
STEP FIVE: Leave the soap in the molds for several hours up to overnight. I find the honey bar soap is usually ready after a few hours, but I like to leave it overnight to be sure it has hardened. Peel the molds back slowly and gently, so the top of the soap comes out clean and beautiful.
STEP SIX: If you aren’t going to use the oatmeal bar soap right away, then you will need to wrap your soap so it stays in good condition for your future use.
Honey Oatmeal Soap Recipe with Melt and Pour Soap
Equipment
- glass measuring cup or large glass bowl
- double boiler or large saucepan
- wooden spoon
- soap mold set
Ingredients
- 1 pound shea butter melt and pour base or goat's milk melt and pour base
- 80-100 drops essential oils (see below for recommendations)
- 5 tsp raw honey
- 5 tsp ground oats
Instructions
- Chop up 1 pound of your shea butter soap base into similar size pieces, about 1-2 inches in size. This will make it easier to melt and stir the soap. Also, blend the oatmeal in your blender so it's ready when you need it.
- Place the pieces of shea butter melt-and-pour soap into a double boiler on your stovetop. For mine, I used a large saucepan with water halfway up the side and a 4-cup glass measuring cup in order to make pouring into the molds easier. Heat the water to a gentle boil, while stirring the soap pieces after they start to melt. Then turn the burner to low heat.
- Continue stirring the soap until smooth and no pieces are left. Once that happens, remove the measuring cup from the stovetop and dry off the bottom. The measuring cup will be hot, so make sure to have towels and pot holders nearby. Turn off the stove.
- Next, add essential oils, raw honey, and ground oats directly to the melted soap based on your measuring cup. For 1 pound of soap base, plan to use 80-100 drops of essential oils. Then you can a total of 5 teaspoons of raw honey and 5 teaspoons of ground oats. I always start with the smaller amounts, and then add more if needed.Mix everything really well, as this is your chance to make sure it's incorporated. Then pour the soap mixture into your soap molds of choice. I find that this makes around 5 bars of soap, depending on the molds you use.
- Leave the soap in the molds for several hours up to overnight. I find the honey bar soap is usually ready after a few hours, but I like to leave it overnight to be sure it has hardened. Peel the molds back slowly and gently, so the top of the soap comes out clean and beautiful.
- If you aren't going to use the oatmeal bar soap right away, then you will need to wrap your soap so it stays in good condition for your future use.
Notes
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Scent Combinations for Making your own Soap
all about fall
- 25 drops bergamot
- 25 drops grapefruit
- 20 drops northern lights black spruce
- 15 drops clove
lavender dreams
- 50 drops lavender
- 30 drops peppermint
stress relief
- 50 drops stress away
- 15 drops lime
- 15 drops lemon
skin clearing
- 30 drops peppermint
- 30 drops rosemary
- 20 drops tea tree
give me all the trees
- 20 drops northern lights black spruce
- 20 drops cedarwood
- 20 drops pine
- 20 drops orange
vanilla creamsicle
- 30 drops vanilla
- 30 drops stress away
- 30 drops orange
fresh scent
- 30 drops eucalyptus
- 30 drops peppermint
- 30 drops grapefruit
Looking to make a homemade face wash with raw honey? Read my blog post – Honey Face Wash DIY Recipe for a simple face wash that comes together in minutes!
How to Store Your Honey Bar Soap
Plastic wrap, coffee filters, and parchment paper are great choices to wrap homemade soap. You can also use tissue paper, scrapbooking paper, and wrapping paper! Your best choice is going to depend on where you live as well as the humidity level. Of course, all melt-and-pour soap bars are definitely not a fan of humid conditions. In that case, the less air between your soap and your wrapping choice the better! Lots of people will choose plastic wrap to keep the humidity out of their soaps, especially in the summer.
How to use your honey oatmeal soap in your skincare routine
Using your honey soap bar will become a staple in your skincare routine. Personally, I like keeping my handmade soaps in the shower and storing it there for easy access using a bar soap saver. It’s one of those recipes that you can use as a body wash or even as a face wash.
The soap bar is gentle enough for everyday use. Simply use it with your washcloth or silicone scrub brush. If you use the honey oatmeal soap bar on your face, then use a natural moisturizer or face serum immediately after drying.
Gifting Homemade Soap Bars
My biggest tip for gifting is to wrap the soap once it’s completely dried and unmolded. The honey oatmeal soap bars will start to dry out if left unwrapped and exposed to the air for too long. If you aren’t ready to package it for gifting that’s fine, since you can use a temporary wrapping such as parchment paper or plastic wrap. Then transfer the soap bars to your gift wrapping later.
They make great gifts for Birthdays, Christmas, Mother’s Day, and teacher appreciation gifts. You also add them to a gift basket for a wedding shower or baby shower. Not to mention, a homemade gift goes a long way to show them that you care and appreciate them.
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