How to Make Orange and Lemon Scented Soap

Making soap is fun. You can enjoy the wonderfulget soap base in pellets or a solid block. if you are
smells whilst making it and then on the use of it. It isusing a solid block then it is easier to melt if you
also a great way to involve older children withgrate the soap base first.
supervision on doing something creative. There are5. When the water is boiling turn the element down
various ways to make soap. This article will coverto simmer the water.
how to make orange and lemon scented soap using6. Add the measured soap base to the top half of
glycerine soap base. Basically you need equipment,the double boiler and melt over this gentle heat,
ingredients and a recipe.stirring occasionally.
Equipment:scalesstainless steel double boilermeasuring7. When fully melted, remove from the heat and set
spoonsstirring spoonplastic moldsgrater*sharp knifeaside to cool for 1 to 2 minutes.
for slicing bars*8. Remove any scum that may form on the surface
* optionaland discard it.
Plastic Molds: These are to set the soap in. You can9. Add the sweet almond oil, the lemon and orange
buy them from a craft type store in all sorts ofessential oil and citrus peel and stir into the melted
shapes eg fish, christmas. Alternatively you can usesoap base.
plastic tubs such as margarine, yoghurt, long plastic10. Pour into the mold or molds. The citrus peel will
tube and then slice the soap into any shape and sizefloat to the top if the mixture is quite warm. If you
you wont.would the peel to be more evenly distributed then
Ingredients:cool the mixture for 1 to 2 minutes, stir again and
250g glycerine clear soap basethen pour into molds.
1 tsp sweet almond oil11. The soap will set in 1 to 2 hours. Once set you
1 tsp lemon essential oilcan pop the soap out of the mold.
1 tsp orange essential oil12. If you need to, you can cut the soap up into any
1 tsp citrus peel from an orange and lemonshape and size using the sharp knife.
Recipe:13. Your soap is ready for use. If you are giving the
1. Get all ingredients onto your work space.soap away for a gift then package it nicely.
2. Turn element on to high.You now know how to make orange and lemon
3. Fill bottom of a double boiler with water and put onsoap. As you can see it is not difficult and once
the element to heat until boiling.created you can relax in a nice hot tub and just
4. Whilst the water is heating, weigh out the soapenjoy the wonderful citrus smells of your orange and
pellets or grated solid block. Please note that you canlemon soap.