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vanilla honey melt and pour homemade bar soap

vanilla honey coffee soap recipe

Coffee soap has so many amazing benefits for the skin including smoother, healthier skin while reducing the appearance of cellulite. This vanilla honey coffee bar soap recipe is the perfect way to enhance your soap-making to the next level. The best part is that it’s easy, simple, and perfect for use in your natural skin care routine. 
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Equipment

  • soap mold set
  • glass measuring cup or large glass bowl
  • double boiler or large saucepan
  • wooden spoons
  • small glass bowl

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • 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.
  • 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 and a 4-cup glass measuring cup to make pouring into the molds easier. Heat water to a gentle boil, stirring the soap pieces after they start to melt.
  • While the soap is melting, in a small glass bowl, add 3 teaspoons of coffee powder and 4 teaspoons of raw organic honey. Mix until it forms a thick paste. Making a paste helps to evenly distribute the coffee and honey in your soap.
  • 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.
  • Add the coffee powder and raw honey paste to the melted soap base, making sure to stir very well. Next, add the 30-50 drops of essential oils directly to the mixture and stir again. I always start with the smaller amounts, and then add more if needed.
    Mix the ingredients well, as this is your only chance for them to combine. Then pour into your soap molds of choice.
  • Leave the soap in the molds for several hours or 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.
  • 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. I like using parchment paper to wrap the vanilla honey coffee bar soap, but you can also use plastic wrap, coffee filters, tissue paper, scrapbooking paper, and wrapping paper.

Notes

When mixing the ingredients make sure to mix them very well, as this is your only chance for them to combine and distribute into the soap base.
I find this recipe usually makes 5 bars of soap, depending on the exact molds you use.