Yellow Friendship Rosette Soap Tutorial

Today I had to make some soap samples for Out of the box sampler that I will be sending in for the Easter Sampler so I thought I'd make a tutorial to go with it. 

What you'll need:

 

Melt & Pour Glycerin Soap Base (I used white)

Essential oils (I used Coconut Lime Verbena & Lemongrass)

Soap Dye (I used yellow)

Silicone Rosette Mold

All of these items can be purchased at your local craft store.

You'll also need:

1 kitchen knife to cut the soap

A microwave (or double boiler if you don't have a micro)

Pyrex measuring cup (or any microwave safe bowl)

I needed to make 25 rosettes so my portions were large but essentially I just over sized the following:

8-10oz Melt & Pour Glycerin Soap Melted

10-20 drops Coconut Lime Verbena Essential Oil

10 drops Lemongrass Essential Oil

10 drops yellow soap dye

First cut up the soap and put it into the Pyrex measuring cup

 Put it in the microwave and cook for 1 min, remove stir an repeat until melted.

While you're waiting get the mold ready

Get your fragrances and dyes ready to go

Now that everything is melted

add the essential oils

Add the color

Stir and then pour into the mold

Now it's time to wait, let it set.  If you want to speed things along you can put it in the freezer. 

Once set remove from the molds and enjoy your very own

Yellow Rosette of Friendship

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I've added some new soap items to my shop.  Check it out:

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More Roses

Today is my friend Lei's birthday.  So to celebrate I made her one of my famous (well not so famous yet) Soap Rose Bouquets.  It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.  It also smelled wonderful.  I fragranced the dark purple ones with Plumeria.  The lavender ones are lavender patchouli.  (I used a bar of the this one today..... LOVED IT!!!) The purple one's are sweet pea.  Lei was really surprised by her gift so I was happy.  Tell me what you think:

I also had fun with hot glue and ribbon to wrap the vase

Lei's favorite color is purple hence the single color scheme

Extreme close up!

I'm happy with the results

Not bad for a Monday nights work!



Say it isn't soap......

My friend's birthday is this weekend and I wanted to make her something special.  Being that I am the craft lady I decided to make her a soap flower arrangement.  I went with small and large roses.  I was pretty happy with the results.  I think I will be adding a section for soap flower arrangements to my ETSY shop in the near future. So without further day:

Soap Flowers!

10 Rose Arrangement

Yellow Roses Fragrance- Lemongrass & Ginger
 Lilac Roses Fragrance- Plumeria & Vanilla
 Pink Roses Fragrance- Rose & Ylang Ylang
 Purple Roses Fragrance- Lavender & Bergamot
 Bath salt vase filler- Tangerine Bergamot & Palmrosa

Large Pink Rose Close Up

Large Purple Rose Close Up

Small Rose Close Up

I figure soap roses last longer and have more that one purpose.  I hope she likes them.  Leave me a comment and let me know your opinion. 

Lavender Heart Soap Tutorial

You will need:

· 24oz white melt and pour soap base

· Lavender Essential Oil

· Vanilla Soap Fragrance

· 2 oz Lavender Soap buds

· Purple Soap Dye

· Heart Soap Mold

All of these ingredients can be found at your local Michael’s, Joann’s or Hobby Lobby. 

You will also need a glass bowl to melt the soap in and a microwave to melt the soap.  A kitchen knife to cut the soap with.  I use a metal spoon to stir with and a bamboo stick to stir with once I add color and fragrance.   This particular mold is a silicone baking pan I purchased from Target.   The bars are about 3oz.

Cut the soap into 1 oz squares and put into microwave safe bowl. 

Microwave 1 min at a time stirring after each minute until completely melted. 

Now it’s time to add the fragrance, lavender and color.  Make sure you are using Soap Dye and not food coloring as food coloring will stain your hands and body. And it will run.

Add 30 Drops Lavender Essential Oil

15 Drops Vanilla Fragrance

2 oz lavender buds

20 drops purple soap dye (add more until you get the color you want)

Stir until blended then pour into molds, allow to set until hard

Once the soap has fully cured remove from mold

Now all that’s left to do is package and enjoy.  I like to use the little cellophane treat bags that  you can also get at your local craft store. 

Enjoy the soap, Happy Valentines Day!