Making homemade soap can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be. At the moment, I am choosing the easy route, using goat’s milk melt and pour soap base or glycerin soap base. With one of these bases, all you need to do is add a few more ingredients, pour into your mould and wait for it to set. These lovely, cleansing and exfoliating Lemon Poppyseed Soap Bars are so easy to make – perfect for the beginner to try.
Lemon Poppyseed Soap
Not only is it a great soap to use in the shower, but it also makes a great soap for use in the kitchen. The lemon scent helps to remove the aroma of onions and garlic during dinner prepping.
I really love the gentle exfoliation the poppyseed give while you wash with this freshly lemon scented soap. The goat’s milk base – if you use it – is very nourishing for your skin as well.
Soap Bar Supplies
To make six bars of this soap using the smaller soap mould, you will need:
- 1 lb (453g) clear glycerin soap base or Goats Milk Soap Base
- 1 drop lemon soap colorant, optional
- 20 drops lemon essential oil
- ½ tsp poppyseeds
- zest of ½ a lemon, optional
- Soap mould or these ones that are slightly bigger, soap mould
- Large microwave safe measuring jug
- Wooden craft stick for stirring
- Rubbing alcohol in spray bottle (optional)
Lemon Poppyseed Soap Bars Instructions
To make these soap bars, I have purchased separate utensils that I use just for soap making, as I didn’t want to use the ones that I use everyday when making our meals.
Cut up the soap base into small chunks, about 1 inch or 2.5cm cubes.
Place the chunks into a large glass microwavable jug.
Microwave on high, in 30 second increments, stirring well after each session until fully melted. Don’t overheat as it will cause the soap base to start bubbling up.
Once all the lumps are melted, add the colorant and zest, if using. Mix through well.
Add the essential oil and stir well.
Add the poppyseeds and mix well.
Place your soap moulds on a flat, even surface where they can stay, untouched for the next few hours.
Pour your soap into the mould.
I let my soap sit for around 6 hours, allowing it to harden up before popping it out of the mould. With a silicon mould, the soap should pop out easily, once set.
Lemon Soap Tips
- To make the top of the soap bars free from bubbles, you can spray with rubbing alcohol straight after pouring the mixture into the moulds. This will help the bubbles disperse.
- With the smaller mould, you should make 6 bars, while with the larger moulds, you will only make around 3 bars.
- For those in Australia, I purchase my soap supplies from Aussie Soap Supplies in Western Australia.
- Citrus oils can cause photosensitivity, so I do not recommend exposing the skin to direct sunlight after topical application of these essential oils. However, essential oils in the soap bars are found in small, appropriate amounts that will not cause any photo-toxic harm.
The above lemon poppyseed soap was made with Goats Milk Soap Base while the soap bars below are made with glycerin soap base.
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Lemon Poppyseed Soap
Ingredients
- 1 pound (454g) clear glycerin soap base or goat's milk soap base
- 1 drop lemon soap colorant
- 20 drops Lemon essential oil
- 1/2 lemon, zested optional
- 1/2 teaspoon poppyseeds
- Microwave safe glass bowl
- A soap mould
- Rubbing alcohol in spray bottle optional
Instructions
- Cut up the soap base into small chunks, about 1 inch or 2.5cm cubes.
- Place the chunks into a large glass microwavable jug.
- Microwave on high, in 30 second increments, stirring well after each session until fully melted. Don't overheat as it will cause the soap base to start bubbling up.
- Once all the lumps are melted, add the colorant and zest, if using. Mix through well.
- Add the essential oil and stir well.
- Add the poppyseeds and mix well.
- Place your soap moulds on a flat, even surface where they can stay, untouched for the next few hours.
- Pour your soap into the mould.
- I let my soap sit for around 6 hours, allowing it to harden up before popping it out of the mould. With a silicon mould, the soap should pop out easily, once set.
Notes
- If your soap has bubbles form on the top after you pour your soap base into your molds, you can spray the tops of the soap with rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) as this will help break them up and give you a smooth surface.
- Citrus oils can cause photosensitivity, so I do not recommend exposing the skin to direct sunlight after topical application of these essential oils. However, essential oils in the soap bars are found in small, appropriate amounts that will not cause any phototoxic harm.
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