The Soap Making Made Simple Mini Course...

Melt and Pour Soap Making Recipes

Welcome To Day 3 of the Soap Making Made Simple Mini Course!

Today you'll get two great recipes for making soap with the melt and pour process.

In Lesson #2, we showed you how easy it is to make soap with the melt and pour process.

So, today, we'll follow that up with a couple of recipes you can use immediately.

Although you can use many of the recipes detailed in the book, here are good melt and pour recipes to get you started.

Melt and Pour Recipes for Shea Butter

• 16 ounces coconut oil
• 18 ounces olive oil
• 16 ounces palm oil
• 4 ounces shea butter
• 6 ounces tallow

This is a nice soap that makes a great choice for everyday use, leaving the skin smooth and soft.

Butterfly Soap

• 1 bar glycerin soap (one color)
• 1 bar glycerin soap (second color and large enough to use a cookie cutter 1/2 inch thick)
• 3 to 4 drops of clear glycerin melt and pour soap
• Butterfly cookie cutter (the size to use on the second bar of soap)
• Soap paint

Start by using the cookie cutter on the second bar of soap, pressing to create a butterfly-shaped piece.  Next, melt the clear glycerin melt and pour soap.  With a plastic dropper, add the drops onto the first bar of glycerin soap. While the soap is soft, carefully press the cutout butterfly on and then let cool for about 10 minutes.

Once cool, take the soap paint and start being creative. Great design choices include a sun, flowers, grassy spots, seashells, moon, and so on.

Be sure to let the soap paint dry for 24 hours.  Once dry, you can wrap the soap with plastic wrap or set out for display or use.

There, the last two lessons should give you a good idea of how easy it is to make soap using the melt and pour method. For more melt and pour soap recipes, see our new book, "Soap Making Made Simple!"

And make sure you don't miss the next lesson in the series, as I'll start showing you some of the basics of cold process soap making.

So, check your email in a few days for Cold Process Soap Making!

Regards,

Dave Cushion