Soap Making Recipes
Discover amazing soap recipes for beginners and advanced crafters
Lots of Lather Recipe
Anne-Marie Faiola's most beloved recipe creating exceptionally hard soap bars with maximum lather and bubbles, perfect for long-lasting bars with superior cleansing properties.
ingredients
Coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil, castor oil, sodium hydroxide, water
type
cold process
Moisturizing Recipe
Designed for maximum moisturizing with luxury oils, creates gentle conditioning bars perfect for dry or sensitive skin with exceptional benefits from specialty butters and oils.
ingredients
Avocado oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, palm oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, water
type
cold process
Basic Body Bar
Amanda Aaron's go-to recipe creating balanced bars that are hard, bubbly, and emollient. Perfect for beginners due to its reliable, well-tested formulation.
ingredients
Coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, rice bran oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, water, fragrance
type
cold process
The Best Cold Process Soap Recipe
Highly rated as 'the best ever' creating moisturizing yet cleansing bars with exceptional lather. Six different oils and mango butter produce luxurious, superior-performing bars.
ingredients
Coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, avocado oil, mango butter, sodium hydroxide, water, fragrance oil
type
cold process
Simple Flower Soap Recipe
Palm oil-free recipe creating good hard bars with excellent bubbles and moisture. Beautiful natural #coloring from French pink clay, perfect for those avoiding palm oil.
ingredients
Coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, olive oil, castor oil, sodium hydroxide, water, essential oil, French pink clay, dried flower petals
type
cold process
Coffee Scrub Cold Process Soap
Perfect exfoliating soap with natural coffee grounds providing antioxidants and gentle exfoliation. Complex essential oil blend creates sophisticated scent.
ingredients
Coconut oil, cocoa butter, olive oil, sodium hydroxide, water, basil essential oil, orange essential oil, spearmint essential oil, fir needle essential oil, bitter almond essential oil, zinc oxide, ground coffee, cosmetic charcoal
type
cold process
Simple 3-Oil Soap Recipe
Ultra-simple recipe perfect for absolute beginners using only three basic oils. Creates gentle bars suitable for sensitive skin and babies, cost-effective and foolproof.
ingredients
Coconut oil, sustainably-sourced palm oil, olive oil, sodium hydroxide, water
type
cold process
Salt Soap Bar Recipe
Unique salt soap creating incredibly creamy, gentle exfoliation. Salt melts away leaving soft, conditioned skin with high coconut oil content balanced by 15% superfat.
ingredients
Coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, water, grapefruit essential oil, pink Himalayan salt
type
cold process
Basic Body Bar - More Moisture
Higher olive oil content makes bars less stripping of skin's natural oils. Much gentler than high coconut recipes, perfect for dry or sensitive skin requiring extra moisturizing.
ingredients
Coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, rice bran oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, water, fragrance
type
cold process
Simple Herbal Soap Recipe
Incorporates fresh herbal elements with peppermint infusion and sophisticated essential oil blend. Great for using garden herbs with aromatherapy benefits.
ingredients
Coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, olive oil, castor oil, sodium hydroxide, water with dried peppermint, rosemary essential oil, lavender essential oil, peppermint essential oil
type
cold process
Simple & Moisturizing Hot Process Soap
Excellent beginner-friendly recipe creating creamy, well-lathering bars perfect for hands, body, and face. Mango butter superfat creates incredible moisture.
ingredients
Sodium hydroxide, water, coconut oil, mango butter, olive oil, castor oil, grapefruit essential oil, yogurt
type
hot process
Fluid Hot Process Soap
Revolutionary recipe solving thick hot process soap problems by creating fluid consistency allowing beautiful swirling and #coloring while maintaining hot process benefits.
ingredients
Coconut oil, shea butter, avocado oil, olive oil, rice bran oil, sodium hydroxide, water, sodium lactate, agave, yogurt, essential oil
type
hot process
Marbled Clay Hot Process Soap
Creates visually stunning marbled effects using natural clays. Perfect for artisan-looking soaps with luxury oils producing professional-quality results with beautiful natural #colors.
ingredients
Avocado butter, avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, water, sodium lactate, Fresh Mango fragrance oil, Kumquat fragrance oil, Dark Red Brazilian clay, Yellow Silt clay, Calendula petals
type
hot process
Basic Hot Process Soap Recipe
Perfect ultra-simple recipe for absolute beginners using only two oils. Foolproof and budget-friendly while producing excellent soap with comprehensive safety instructions.
ingredients
Olive oil, coconut oil, water, sodium hydroxide, essential oils
type
hot process
Black Spruce Hot Process Soap
Creates beautifully scented bars with aromatherapy benefits from Black Spruce essential oil. Activated charcoal creates stunning visual contrast and provides skin benefits.
ingredients
Coconut oil, olive oil, shea butter, castor oil, water, sodium hydroxide, black spruce essential oil, fir essential oil, activated charcoal
type
hot process
Healing Harvest Homestead Hot Process
Creates luxurious, moisturizing soap with excellent balance of oils for cleansing and conditioning. Sweet almond oil and shea butter provide exceptional skin benefits.
ingredients
Sodium hydroxide, water, coconut oil, olive oil, sweet almond oil, shea butter, castor oil, essential oils
type
hot process
Hot Process Coconut Milk Soap
Tropical-inspired recipe creating incredibly moisturizing bars using coconut milk for added skin benefits and creamy lather. Refreshing essential oil blend creates invigorating tropical scent.
ingredients
Olive oil, cocoa butter, coconut oil, rosehip oil, coconut milk, sodium hydroxide, spearmint essential oil, peppermint essential oil, lime essential oil
type
hot process
Orange Spice Hot Process Soap
Perfect for holiday gift-giving with festive scent combination of orange and cinnamon. Uses convenient pre-mixed oil blend ensuring consistent results.
ingredients
Lots of Lather Quick Mix oils, sodium hydroxide, water, sodium lactate, Orange 10X essential oil, cinnamon leaf essential oil, orange peel powder, dehydrated orange slices
type
hot process
Cinnamon Cocoa Melt & Pour Soap
Intermediate-level recipe creating stunning layered bars with crisp brown and white layers topped with cocoa powder. Irresistible cinnamon cocoa fragrance perfect for gifting.
ingredients
White melt and pour soap base, honey melt and pour soap base, Cinnamon Cocoa fragrance oil, Vanilla #color Stabilizer, Brown Oxide #color Block, cocoa powder, isopropyl alcohol
type
melt and pour
DIY Rosehip Melt & Pour Soap
Excellent for beginners wanting natural ingredients. Rosehip powder full of vitamin C creates beautiful burgundy #color with rose clay. Poppy seeds add gentle exfoliation.
ingredients
White melt and pour soap base, rose clay, rosehip powder, poppy seeds, Lavender 40/42 essential oil, Lemongrass essential oil, isopropyl alcohol
type
melt and pour
DIY Gemstone Melt and Pour Soap
Creative recipe allowing incredible artistic expression impossible with cold process soap. Creates beautiful gemstone-looking soaps perfect for advanced crafters wanting unique designs.
ingredients
Clear melt and pour soap base, white melt and pour soap base, mica #colorants (Flirt, Twilight, Grape Nehi), alcohol, lavender essential oil
type
melt and pour
Cinnamon Oatmeal Shea Soap
Perfect for beginners using pantry ingredients. Additional shea butter provides extra moisturizing while oats offer gentle exfoliation and cinnamon provides natural fragrance.
ingredients
Shea butter melt and pour soap base, shea butter, ground cinnamon, ground rolled oats
type
melt and pour
Grapefruit and Himalayan Salt Exfoliating Bars
Excellent exfoliating recipe perfect for removing paint, dirt, or dry skin. Himalayan salt provides minerals and gentle scrubbing with uplifting grapefruit scent.
ingredients
Shea butter melt and pour soap base, shea butter, red soap #colorant, grapefruit essential oil, coarse pink Himalayan salt
type
melt and pour
EASY Turmeric Honey Oatmeal Soap
Perfect beginner recipe using simple kitchen ingredients. Turmeric provides natural golden #color and anti-inflammatory properties, honey adds moisturizing benefits.
ingredients
Goat milk soap base, ground oatmeal, turmeric, honey, rubbing alcohol
type
melt and pour
Honey Oatmeal Soap with Pink Clay
Ideal for dry, sensitive skin with moisturizing properties of goat milk and honey. Ground oats provide gentle exfoliation, can be made as beautiful two-tone bars.
ingredients
Goat's milk soap base, ground oats, honey, lavender essential oil, pink clay
type
melt and pour
Easy Homemade Lavender Soap
Perfect beginner lavender soap that's incredibly simple yet produces professional-looking results. Shea butter base provides moisturizing benefits with relaxation properties.
ingredients
Shea butter melt and pour soap base, lavender essential oil, dried lavender buds, soap #colorant, soap molds
type
melt and pour
Vanilla & Lavender Shea Butter Soap
Beautiful combination of calming lavender and sweet vanilla creates sophisticated scent profile. Shea butter base provides excellent moisturizing properties for dry skin.
ingredients
Shea butter melt and pour soap base, lavender essential oil, vanilla essential oil, dried lavender flowers, rubbing alcohol
type
melt and pour
Classic Heart Melt & Pour Soap
Perfect for Valentine's Day or romantic gifts, teaching embed technique using heart-shaped inserts. Combination of creamy goat milk base with clear red hearts creates stunning visual appeal.
ingredients
Goat milk melt and pour soap base, clear melt and pour soap base, Perfect Red #color Block, Crisp Apple Rose fragrance oil, isopropyl alcohol
type
melt and pour