How To Make Decorative And Aromatic Glycerine Soap
Homemade glycerin soap has many advantages over commercially manufactured soap. This is because glycerin is a by-product of soap with many properties, one of which is moisturizing.
Glycerin is gelatinous at room temperature and soft to the touch. It is transparent in color. For that reason, it is very easy to decorate and beautify this homemade soap. You can also use natural products to add delicious scents.
Having fun while making glycerin soap
Using glycerin soap has many potential benefits, both for your skin and for your body in general. Below we mention a few. Glycerin Soap:
- can hydrate your skin as it is a potentially potent moisturizer.
- may help to boost the process of skin regeneration. Moisturizing the deep layers of the skin can help fight dryness. In addition, it can help heal wounds or burns.
- has potential antibacterial properties, so it can help to deeply cleanse the pores of your skin.
- can help prevent the appearance of acne.
Making glycerin soap is a lot of fun and you can make it in all kinds of shapes: circles, hearts or small rectangles. You only need silicone molds in the shape you want. In addition, you can add dyes and additives, so that they are beautiful and smell wonderful.
Soap with petals and essential oils
If you want to make a personal and original gift, try this great idea. These are soap blocks in different shapes and colors with flowers in them. You can personalize them for the person you give them to.
Supplies
- Material that can be put in the microwave
- Microwave
- 300 g glycerine soap base
- Silicone molds in different shapes
- Petals
- Dyes
- rubbing alcohol
- spray bottle
- Essential oils for soap
- Thin wooden stick
- Plastic packaging
Procedure
- First, fill the spray bottle with rubbing alcohol. Then set it aside to use later.
- Then cut the glycerine into pieces (if it is a block) and put it in the microwave.
- Then heat it in the microwave for a few seconds until it melts.
- Stir it together with the wooden stick.
- Then quickly add two drops of essential oils and the desired colorant.
- Then stir again with the wooden stick.
- Then pour it into the silicone mold.
- Add the petals and divide them over the mold.
- Stir again with the wooden stick.
- If bubbles then form, spray alcohol to remove them.
- Let it cool and harden for 2 hours. Then carefully remove the soap blocks from the molds.
Wrap them in plastic wrap for better storage. To give as a gift, wrap them in transparent cellophane and add a bow. You can also wrap the soap in a piece of decorative paper and tie it with string.
Glycerin soap with oranges
If you like the smell of oranges, you can make soap with pieces of orange peel. They give the soap a special color and add a little citrus aroma. For this you need to remove an orange peel, scrape it and let it dry in the sun for a few days. Then make the soap by following the instructions below.
Supplies
- Peel of a scraped and dried orange
- 300 g transparent glycerine
- silicone molds
- Rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle
- Orange dye for soap
- wooden stick
Procedure
- First, put a few orange peels in each mold.
- Then place the glycerin in the microwave until it melts (2 or 3 seconds).
- Take it out of the microwave, add the food coloring and stir well.
- Then pour the glycerine into the silicone molds.
- Then stir the glycerine and the orange peels with the wooden stick.
- Remove any air bubbles by spraying them with alcohol.
- Let this cool for two hours and then remove the soap blocks from the molds.
Don’t hesitate to make these beautiful glycerin soaps for yourself or as a gift. They are easy to make and glycerin has many potential benefits.
You can add the scents and colors you want so that you can make personalized glycerin soap. Let us know which colors and scents you have used and what the result is!
