Homemade Soap With Essential Oils - Lavender, Geranium, and Patchouli

Maura White
by Maura White
8 Materials
$25
1 Hour
Easy
Are you looking for some unique and useful DIY gift idea? Then you should give homemade soap with essential oils a try!! They smell amazing, they contain zero synthetic fragrances, and are a gift that I keep on giving to happy recipients! PLUS - this is way easier than you might think to make and customize!
Supplies needed:


  • 2 lb block of Shea Butter Soap Base (Goat’s Milk soap base is also just as great!) – this is enough for 12 bars
  • Silicone Moldicon icon  for 12 bars
  • Lavender Essential Oilicon icon
  • Geranium Essential Oil
  • Patchouli Essential Oil
  • Purple jojoba beads
  • Microwave Safe Glass Measuring Cup w/ Spout
  • Glass spray bottle with 50:50 mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water
  • Spatula
  • Decorative tape, raffia, burlap, ribbon, or the free printable soap labels you can get below.
Makes 12 bars



  1.  The large block of the soap base is smooth and silky, and it cuts easily with a kitchen knife. First, slice the soap base into strips, then cubes, and place them inside the microwave safe measuring cup.
  2. Next, melt in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring well in between to ensure that the soap is completely melted. It took three 30 second heatings for each batch to 100% melt. My pyrex measuring cup was only big enough to melt half of the soap at one time, so I ended up making 2 batches out of the 2 lbs of soap base.
3. Once the soap is completely melted, add 15 drops each of lavender, patchouli, and geranium essential oils. You can add more if you want a stronger scent.
4. After you have added and mixed in your essential oils, add 1 tablespoon of purple jojoba beads for some color and texture.
5. Be careful with the jojoba beads when adding them to your soap. You don't want your soap too hot - over 160º, or your beads could melt or float to the top. I've never had that happen to me, but have had readers tell me and send me pictures asking why that happened. I recommend heating up the soap in 30-second increments in the microwave. As soon as the soap is melted, pull it out. You want it just melted and not any hotter, or it may melt the jojoba beads.
6. Once all of that is stirred well, pour it into the soap mold and let sit for at least 45 to an hour minutes to cool. The 2 lbs of soap exactly fit to make 12 bars using this mold. If you don't want any bubbles on the bottom of your soap, then give your melted soap a quick spritz of 50:50 mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water, and the bubbles will pop so that you have a smooth bottom.
7. Once your soap cools, you can pop it out of the mold. If these are for a homemade gift idea, then decorate them with burlap ribbon, purple raffia, or the soap labels I have provided for you! (see below to get them in your inbox so you can print them out and wrap them around your bars of soap.)
Free Homemade Lavender, Geranium, & Patchouli Soap LabelI also have this great free printable soap label sheet! Just fill out the form over here and you will get the PDF sent right into your inbox! Then you can click, print and cut out these labels to wrap around and add to your lavender soap for a more polished look of your handmade soap!


Looking for more craft and DIY ideas? Check out my library over here!
Resources for this project:
See all materials
Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.
Hometalk may collect a small share of sales from the links on this page.More info
Maura White
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Go
Frequently asked questions
Have a question about this project?
  3 questions
  • Bijoux Bijoux on Jun 13, 2019

    Thanks for sharing. Good step by step.


    Why yellow pansies? Pretty but not in recipe.

  • Tonya Tonya on Jun 13, 2019

    What adjustments and/or additions would be needed to make this a liquid soap?

  • Judy Constance Judy Constance on Jul 04, 2019

    Do you need to use oil that is useable internally since you are putting on your skin?

Comments
Join the conversation
3 of 12 comments
  • Dmotan Dmotan on Aug 05, 2019

    Great ideas.

    The reason YL and Doterra are much more expensive is you can take them internally. All the other brands you cannot.

  • Pooh66 Pooh66 on Aug 10, 2019

    I would not use the beads bc they end up in our water sources...fish eat them and die!

    • Maura White Maura White on Aug 11, 2019

      I agree with you Pooh66 (in fact, aren't those illegal now to use in any commercial soaps?) - but these are jojoba beads - meaning they are made out of jojoba oil and they dissolve! They aren't plastic.

Next