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Natural, handmade soap recipes from Lovely Greens. Learn to make your own soap using essential oils, herbs, flowers, minerals, and rich oils.
Use golden calendula flower petals to make natural yellow soap using the cold-process method. This calendula-infused oil soap recipe uses calendula petals infused in olive oil and a few other natural soap ingredients.
How to make herbal shampoo bars with goat milk, nettles, and essential oils using the cold-process soapmaking method. This is a recipe from the Herbal Academy and includes guidance on how to use shampoo bars without ruining your hair.
Sweetly scented natural chamomile soap recipe with essential oil, chamomile flowers, and freshly brewed chamomile tea. Have you ever made yourself a cup of calming chamomile tea? That same sweet…
How to use Himalayan rhubarb extract to naturally color soap hot pink to red. This rhubarb soap recipe includes tips on sourcing the extract, making naturally red soap, and using fresh garden rhubarb in soapmaking.
A comprehensive introduction to natural soap additives and the reasons that we add them to natural cold-process soap recipes In its purest form, natural soap requires just three ingredients: fat,…
Two ways to use indigo powder to create natural blue soap and an introduction to using green indigo powder in soapmaking. Naturally coloring handmade soap is like layering magic over…
Make this fragrant orange soap recipe with a special orange essential oil and tiny flecks of orange zest. Includes cold-process soap making instructions When I used to sell soap from…