3 Palm Free Soap Recipes

If are concerned about the palm oil situation and you would like to not make your cold process soap without palm oil, The Nova Studio posted in a recent blog post three recipes that you can try.  In the article, 3 Palm Free Soap Recipes, these three palm oil free cold process soap recipes can be used in either by the cold process or hot process method.

Making Eye Cream Part Deux

If you liked Point of Interest's part one on Making Eye Cream and have been waiting for the follow-up, your wait is finally over.  In Making Eye Cream Part 2, Point of Interest goes more into depth on what water soliuable ingredients you can use and gives you another recipe you can try.  This was worth waiting for!

How to Make Body Butter (HerbMentor)

In a recent HerbMentor News blast I received contained a body butter recipe by Rosalee de la Forêt.  To be honest, I have always been told that a body butter recipe should not contain water and this one does, so it really would be more of a cream recipe.  Since she uses a hydrosol, she does not uses a preservative. She states that she leaves her recipe at room temperature nnd she has not had a problem.  She said that you if you plan to keep your body butter for more than 6 months, then you would want to store it in the fridge.  On the safe side, I would rather add a paraben free preservative rather than not having one.  What is your take on it?  If you want to know what the recipe is, here are the ingredients and let us know what you think.

Ingredients

( Note: Solid ingredients are measured by weight using a scale. Liquid ingredients are measured by volume using a measuring cup)

The butters, oil and wax

3 oz of shea butter, 2 ounces of mango butter , 1 ounce of coconut oil , 5 ounce beeswax , 3 ounces of infused oil

The water portion
2 ounces of hydrosol , 1 ounce of aloe vera , essential oils of your choice (optional) , 1/4 teaspoon borax

Directions

Begin by slowly melting the butters and wax in a double boiler or in a pan on very low heat.

Once it has all melted, turn off the heat and slowly add the oil. When you add the oil you might notice parts of the liquid become solid again. Sometimes you can just give it a little stir and everything will melt again. If not, it may need a tiny bit more heat to be sure that it all melts together.

Once the butters, wax and oil are combined you’ll need to pour it into the container you are going to mix it in. If you are using a blender pour the mixture in the blender and set it aside until it is at room temperature. If you are using a cake mixer or immersion blender place it in the bowl you will use to whip it up.

While waiting for the butter mixture to cool, mix together the hydrosol, aloe vera, essential oils and the borax.

Once the butter mixture has cooled use a blender or handheld mixer to begin to mix it. Slowly add the hydrosol, aloe vera, essential oils and borax mixture.

Bath Tea Recipe

Do you love to take a bath?  How would you like to make your bathing experience more enjoyable? Debbie Chialtas (aka SoapyLove) has created a recipe and video on Kin Community that shows you how easy to make her  wonderful bath tea recipe plus package it into a cute tea bag.  Since the holidays are coming up really soon, this would be an easy and inexpensive gift to make for friends and family.  It would also be great favor to make for guests at a baby or bridal shower.

Another Peppermint Bark Soap Recipe

Awhile back The Soap Queen had a posting on her site, Soap and the Finer Things in Life on making a melt and pour soap project on how to make your own Peppermint Bark Soap for the holidays. Now Debbie from Wholesale Supplies Plus has added her own verision of this holiday treat. This recipe for peppermint bark soap is a great last minute gift to make because it will only take you an hour to complete the project and you will wind up with 24 bars of soap. It that simple! Even better yet, Wholesale Supplies Plus conveniently has a print button in the recipe so you can add it to your files. Happy holidays~