anyone have an easy recipe for making soap?

Start with lemon grass

Depending on how fancy you’d like to get, you could do ‘melt and pour’ soapmaking. It’s easy, takes very little time, and makes a nice gift. Supplies are easily found at internet stores, ebay, walmart, or local craft stores.

It’s a glycerin based soap – cut chunks, melt it, add color & fragrance, pour in mold, cool, pop out of mold, package. It’s an easy and fun craft that makes great presents. I usually make bath salts too, it’s easy/inexpensive to make and goes well with the soap for a gift.

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the soap blocks usually run anywhere from 5-10 bucks each, the shipping tends to be expensive due to the weight but if you have a Michael’s craft store nearby then you can save on shipping. I think they sell them at walmart too. There are also so many people selling essential oils and fragrance oils on ebay that they tend to be inexpensive – maybe 5-10 bucks or so including shipping. The price is usually higher for essential oils than it is for fragrance oils.

For the salts…epsom salts are really cheap – maybe 3 dollars or so for a big bag. I’ve used imitation vanilla from the grocery store as fragrance and it also adds color – you can use it in soap too ($1.29 locally for a bottle). Also I’ve saved condiment containers (like mayo/relish etc.), cleaned them out well, and dressed them up with labels, ribbons, and fabric.