Melt and Pour Homemade Soap Step-by-Step Guide

Making melt and pour homemade soap is the perfect way to get started to your homemade soap journey. It’s a great way to customize your own soap bars while using good quality, natural ingredients. Once you get the hang of it, then you will are going to want to give them away as gifts to all your family and friends. The best part is that you will only need a few ingredients, a few fun optional ingredients, soap molds and a little bit of time.

why use melt and pour soap for your homemade soap?

Melt and pour soap is extremely forgiving, which is why so many of us love to use it. This also means you can re-melt the soap if it starts to cool or if you accidently put it in the wrong mold. It’s also very gentle, which gives it a great base for most people no matter what your skin type (dry, sensitive, acne, oily, normal, mature). Lastly, you can add several ingredients to enhance the melt and pour soap. Or you can leave it extremely simple, and the melt and pour homemade soap still works either way!

what supplies do you need to make melt and pour soap?

The supplies are simple when it comes to making melt and pour homemade soap. You will need the following:

• 1 pound melt and pour base
• 80-100 drops of
• soap mold set
• natural skin enhancers (see list below)
• natural skin exfoliators (see list below)
• glass measuring cup or large glass bowl
• double boiler or large saucepan
• wooden spoon

Not to mention, these optional items for the melt and pour soap is where the fun and creativity truly starts! These add-in’s can be great for different skin types, while giving the soap bar a little something extra or simply want to add texture to the soap.

step-by-step guide to making melt and pour homemade soap

STEP ONE : Chop up 1 pound of your melt and pour soap base into similar size pieces, about 1-2 inches in size. This will make it easier to melt and stir the soap.

STEP TWO : Place the pieces of 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.

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 : If you are making all of the same soap, then you can add you essential oils, optional skin enhancers and optional skin exfoliators directly to the melted soap based in your measuring cup. For 1 pound of soap base, plan to use 80-100 drops of . Then you can a total of 5-10 teaspoons of select skin enhancer or exfoliator. I always start with the smaller amounts, and then add more if needed.

Mix the soap, essential oils, skin enhancers and/or exfoliators well. Then pour into your soap molds of choice. I find that this makes around 5 bars of soap, depending on the molds you use.

STEP FIVE : If you are making different types of soap, then you can pour the soap into the molds first. Then add 15-20 drops of into each soap mold. If using a skin enhancer or skin exfoliator in your recipe, then add 1-2 teaspoons to each soap mold and stir gently.

You will either need to have all your supplies ready to go at once or work on one bar of soap at a time, so your melted soap doesn’t start to harder. If this happens, then you can put it back in the double boiler for a few minutes to melt the soap again.

STEP SIX : Leave the soap in the molds for several hours to overnight. I find the 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 soap comes out clean and beautiful.

STEP SEVEN : If you aren’t going to use your melt and pour homemade soap right away, then you will need to wrap your soap so it stays in good condition for your future use.

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scent combinations for homemade melt and pour soap

all about fall

• bergamot
• grapefruit
• northern lights black spruce
• clove

lavender dreams

• lavender
• peppermint
• honey
• oatmeal

stress relief

• stress away
• orange

skin clearing

• peppermint
• rosemary
• tea tree

give me all the trees

• evergreen essence

vanilla frappe

• vanilla
• coffee grounds

fresh scent

• eucalyptus
• peppermint
• grapefruit
• poppy seeds

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what can you use to wrap homemade soap?

Plastic wrap, coffee filers 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, melt and pour soaps 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.

melt and pour homemade soap gifting

My biggest tip for gifting is to wrap the soap once it’s completly dried and unmolded. The melt and pour homemade soap 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. Then transfer the soap bars to your gift wrapping later.

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