How to Make Essential Oil Soap - Beginner Tutorial

Learn how to make natural orange and lavender soap using essential oils. These natural cold process soap recipes are perfect for beginners. This video includes full instructions on how to prep lye, oils and more. This video includes two recipes - one is made using Lavender 40/42 Essential Oil, and the other batch of soap is made using 10x Orange Essential Oil. Both soap recipes use natural colorants and are topped with botanicals for a finishing touch.
The soaps are made with ingredients in the Natural Soap Kit for Beginners from BrambleBerry.com. The kit includes free shipping to the lower 48 United States, soaping oils, lye, essential oils, safety tools and more.
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*This video was filmed last year, before Courtney made charcoal soap with Anne-Marie - soon she will be an expert soaper! Watch that video with Courtney here:
-Orange Soap Ingredients:
10″ Silicone Loaf Mold
33 oz. Lots of Lather Quick Mix
10 oz. Distilled Water
4.7 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye
2 tsp. Sodium Lactate
1.7 oz. 10X Orange Essential Oil
Orange Peel Powder
Marigold (Calendula) Petals
99% Isopropyl Alcohol in Spray Bottle
-Lavender Soap Ingredients:
10″ Silicone Loaf Mold
33 oz. Lots of Lather Quick Mix
10 oz. Distilled Water
4.7 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye
2 tsp. Sodium Lactate
2 oz. Lavender 40/42 Essential Oil
Ultramarine Violet Oxide Pigment
Lavender Buds
99% Isopropyl Alcohol in Spray Bottle
Looking for step by step instructions? Check out the Soap Queen blog posts below!
-Natural Orange Soap:
-Natural Lavender Soap: /
Anne-Marie Faiola is the owner of Bramble Berry author of the Soap Queen Blog and developer of Teach Soap
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