Homemade Soap Recipes.

How to make lavender soap.

Soap making instructions.
How to make natural soap using pure lavender essential oil.

       Homemade Soap Recipes How to make lavender soap.

Soap making instructions. How to make natural soap using pure lavender essential oil.

Natural lavender soap, is one of the most evocative and aromatic homemade dish soaps, its powerful and heady fragrance, perfumes the air and the benefits of lavender oil are legend !

Pure lavender oil and lavender uses have been documented with good reason since Ancient times, the efficacy of this herb has been proven, time and time again !

Its purple flowered spikes so common throughout the Mediterranean, especially in Provence in France have been used to revive and restore, relieve fatigue, pain, melancholy and depression.The benefits of lavender oil are far more than the abilities to calm and soothe, also lavender oil is used to repel unwanted insects and parasites, to aid skin healing, it is a known, antiseptic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, the benefits of lavender oil render it the most versatile of all essential oils.....A veritable first aid kit in one little bottle....it is also one of only a handful of essential oils that can be applied neat directly onto the skin. A truly gentle, giant in aromatherapy, incredibly gentle and incredibly powerful, which is perfect for using with children, I have used pure lavender essential oil on my children since they were very small for all of the reasons given above, it truly is the family first aid kit !

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     Homemade Soap Recipes. How to make lavender soap.

Soap making instructions. How to make natural soap using pure lavender essential oil.

Soap making Ingredients, all weighed out on a scale.

20 oz of Olive oil

2.5 oz Lye

7.5 oz Water

30 drops Pure Lavender Oil

2 tbs crushed, dried lavender heads. 

Equipment that you need.

Steel pan

Pyrex jug

Candy thermometer

2 wooden spoons

Stick blender

Eye protection and rubber gloves (health and safety !)

Greaseproof paper

Plastic cartons or silicone cake molds. 

Soapmaking instructions for pure lavender oil homemade dish soap.

1. Put water into jug, place jug in sink.

2.Open window, don eye-protection and rubber gloves.

3.Gently sprinkle lye into the water, mix gently,with wooden spoon, it will get very hot.

Take care not to splash it about.

4.Leave the jug in the sink.

5.Heat the oil in the steel pan, over a gentle heat until it reaches 110F, use the candy thermometer.

6.Test lye temperature when it is also 110F, gently add into the heated oil.

7.Mix lye and oil together using the stick blender.....carefully !

8.When the mixture resembles creamy custard and is at the point where a drizzle of the mix will lay briefly on top of the mixture, "trace" has been reached.

9.Add the pure lavender oil and the dried lavender heads into the mixture, give the mix one last gentle zizz with the stick blender to fully incorporate the final ingredients. 

Thats It !

Now pour the mixture into your chosen mould.

Smooth down mix.

Cover with greaseproof paper.

Wrap blankets over the top and walk away for 2 days.

After 48 hours, take out of the molds.

Place onto greaseproof paper and leave for 5 weeks to "cure".

After 5 weeks your natural lavender soap is ready.

Enjoy your lavender soap making with pure lavender essential oil ...... an truly aromatic delight :) 

Follow the links below to discover how to use essential oils in your home, for beauty and health, for cooking, for cleaning, in soapmaking and also how to grow herbs.

Find out how to go about planting lavender, how to grow lavender, lavender plant care, all about pruning lavender and drying lavender.

Why not go to the Make Soap page for more homemade soap recipes, see the link below to try some easy Olive Oil soap recipes.

All of the recipes use only Olive Oil, Essential Oils and Herbs, there are many to choose from, if you would like know more about each respective herb or oil take a look at the navigation bar on the left-hand side of the page to find out more. 

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