Yield: 6

Easy Melt & Pour Lavender Soap Recipe

This lavender melt and pour soap is so easy to make and wonderful to use!

Active Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 12 hours
Total Time 12 hours 10 minutes
Difficulty easy

Materials

  • A soap mold! You can use a loaf pan and cut the bars apart, but if you’re just getting started with soap making it can be easier to buy a mold with pre-formed cavities like this one I used
  • Melt and pour soap base (please see below for my favorite choices!). I used 18 ounces of goat milk soap base; the oil and lavender quantities given are for 6 bars of soap that are approximately 3 ounces each.
  • 2 mL lavender essentail oil
  • Frankincense essential oil – just a few drops
  • A disposable plastic pipette or eyedropper, optional
  • 1/4 cup culinary lavender buds
  • Small spritzing bottle with rubbing alcohol, optional

Tools

  • A kitchen scale (this makes getting the soap base quantity correct much easier!)
  • Bags, ribbon, twine, etc. to package and decorate.

Instructions

    1. Measure out your needed quantity of soap base.

    Only measure out as much as you can use at one time. If you need to make 18 bars but only have a 6 cavity mold, just go with the 18 ounces you can use now. For 6 "standard" 3 ounce bars, you'll need 18 ounces of soap base.

    2. Cut your soap base (it should cut fairly easily with a large knife) into 1/2" chunks. This will help it melt quickly and evenly.

    3. Transfer the soap base to a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds.

    Stir and then continue to microwave in 15 second intervals, stirring after each 15 seconds, until the soap is fully melted.

    4. Add your essential oils, using a pipette or eyedropper for the lavender, and stir to combine. If you don't have a pipette, add 50-75 drops of lavender. If the soap base has already started to solidify, microwave for 5-10 more seconds.

    5. Working quickly, fill each cavity in your soap mold.

    Sorry there aren't photos of these steps - the soap started too cool too quickly when I tried to take photos!

    6. Sprinkle the lavender buds on top.

    7. Lightly spritz each soap with rubbing alcohol.

    This will help surface bubbles pop and improve adhesion so you lavender buds don't fall off the soap as easily.

    8. Allow the soap to sit, undisturbed, until fully cooled.

    I recommend letting it sit overnight if you're using an individual cavity mold or 24 hours if you're using a loaf pan.

    9. Turn the soap out of the molds.

    10. Package and enjoy!