Homemade Shea Butter Soap!

We saw lots of Homeschooling blogs making their homemade soaps for Christmas' gifts, and we really liked the idea but as we don't celebrate Christmas, we decided to make something simpler and yet cool to have in the house and to also give as gifts to our friends.

Material needed:

- Shea butter Soap Base (we used 1/4 of the 2 lbs block) - I saw other types of soap base that you could use like goat's milk base.
- Soap Colorant (we bought a set with 3 colors - red, blue and yellow)
- Essential Oil Blend Fragrance (for soap making)
- Soap mold
- Microwave safe measuring cup
- Wooden stirring tool (toothpick or wooden/bamboo skewers)

Cut the soap base in smaller parts, to fit in the microwave safe measuring cup. I used only two rows of the base (it gave me 3 soaps).

Put the soap to melt in the microwave in 30 seconds increments, until you have all the soap melted (it took us 2 minutes total). 

Once the soap base is completely melted, add the essential oil you like, mix it well into the melted soap base. Now, pour some into the soap mold, then add some coloring, use a toothpick or wooden/bamboo skewer to make swirls with the soap coloring. *** Do not use food coloring as it will stain the skin. 

Now set it aside and let it rest so the soap gets firmer again, it will take about 40-50 minutes.

Once they are firmer, you can take them out of the mold and tie a pretty knot (we used natural raffia), add a tag if you are going to gift it, or even make a nice box for it!

Cool and easy project, right?

So, as soon as our school day ends today, we are starting our Winter Break, therefore I'll be posting only 3 days a week for the next 2 weeks, but on January 5th we are back with our regular schedule and lots of new posts! We won't be doing anything special, just relaxing and enjoying those days that Daddy will be off from work!

Enjoy your Winter Break as well!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa Z. Pawlicki