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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.
Make this Christmas soap recipe with festive swirls of madder root and minerals and candy cane scented peppermint essential oil. With the holidays right around the corner, you might be…
Learn how to make natural purple soap with alkanet root, scented essential oil, and organic rose petals for decoration Although there are dyes and even minerals that you can use…
Recipe and instructions for how to make cold process peppermint soap with essential oil and peppermint leaves. It will make six mint green bars with pretty flecks. Ah, peppermint. You’re…
Tips for swirling soap with natural colors including the best soap recipes to use, videos of swirling techniques, and recommended natural colorants Swirling cold-process soap with natural colors is a…
Instructions for making a natural Castile soap recipe with the simplest of ingredients. Also includes tips on how to harden it up and cure olive oil soap faster. So many…
How I started Lovely Greens Handmade and tips to help you take your soap making hobby to the next level. Includes my five main tips for starting a soap making…
Creative ways to use plants in soap making, including those for scent, exfoliation, decoration, and natural color As a gardener, I grow a lot of herbs, flowers, and plants for…
