Homemade Eco Soap!

Welcome
back to our “Homemade Eco-Friendly Gifts Week”! Today you are in
for a real treat. For today’s homemade eco gift I am going to share
two soap recipes that I found with you. The first recipe is by
Unplugged Living and the second recipe is by Tree Hugging Family.
Both of these soaps would make wonderful gifts. Good luck and have
fun everyone!

DIY
Eco Chic Soap

Materials:
Herbs,
oatmeal, coffee, spirulina, clay, or charcoal
1 pound (16
ounces)Bramble Berry ‘melt and pour’
soap,
organic base
1 ounce essential oil (we used lavender and
eucalyptus)

Soap mold (or Tupperware, or anything you
find like an empty yogurt
container, old tofu container, empty soy
milk container, etc.)
Rubbing Alcohol

Directions:

1. Prep your herbs and make sure they are the right size for
gentle exfoliation. Sharp herbs may be too abrasive on the skin.
2.
Cut the ‘melt and pour’ soap into 1 x 1″ cubes.
3. Using
your microwave, heat the soap in 30-second increments until the soap
is fully melted.
4. Add .25 ounces to .50 ounces of essential oil.
Remember, if
you use a yellow or orange colored fragrance, your
soap base will look less
clear and look more yellow/orange.
5.
Mix in your herbs or additives. Stir until the herbs seem mostly
suspended.
6. Pour your scented and herb’ed soap into the
make-shift mold.

7. Tip: Don’t fill your make-shift soap mold all the way up. It
helps for easy release to fill 85% of the way to the top and not the
entire way.
8. Do one finishing touch of rubbing alcohol to finish
off your soap and give it a nice smooth surface

Wait for the soap to harden, pop or unwrap the soap out of the
mold, wrap soap with saran wrap, label and enjoy the compliments you
get.

Homemade Organic Paint Soap For Kids

Gather together:

• 6 Tbs. cornstarch

• 2 Tbs. water

• Organic food coloring

• Your favorite essential oil -
  something mild like lavender or orange is good for children.

• 1 oz. unscented organic liquid
  soap – most natural food stores and co-ops sell clear organic liquid
  soap in bulk.

• A bottle or bowl for the soap paint

To make the painting soap:

1. Mix the cornstarch, water, and a
   few drops of oil. Stir well.

2. Add drops of color until you reach
   your desired shade. Mix the color in well.

3. Add the liquid soap to the
   mixture, mix, and adjust color if needed.

4. Store in your container.

Kids can use this to paint the bathtub and their bodies during
bath
time. It won’t hurt your kids or your tub.

jennl | My Bio & Articles

Jennifer is a freelance writer, and has written for various health and environmental blogs, which includes running her own green living blog. Currently she is studying to become a C++ Programmer.