I\'m Summer, a mouthy, sarcastic bitch. I\'m passionate about natural birth, long term breastfeeding, and living naturally. I curse too much, love tattoos, and will some day be crushed to death by my book collection. I homeschool, dream of gardening, and swing to the left. 
I tried to make soap.
I’ve had a recipe to make soap sitting around since December, and I kept saying I was going to to do it someday. Well today’s rain storm made today that perfect someday. The recipe is as follows:
Honey Vanilla Soap
1 bar Ivory soap, grated
1 teaspoon honey
5-6 drops vanilla
1/4 cup boiling waterMix boiling water with honey and vanilla. Step for 15 minutes. Bring to a second boil and pour over 2 cups shredded ivory soap. Mix well and let stand 20 minutes. Divide into 3 equal parts, rolling each into a ball. Place on a glass plate and let dry 3-4 days.
The first problem came when dearest came home with a bar of Irish Spring soap instead of Ivory. Ivory is plain white, no dyes or scents so you are starting with a clean slate. Irish Sping on the other hand is green and scented. I almost decided to just wait until another time, but I really really really wanted to try my hand at this so i decided not to let this one little set back stop me.
Since the recipe was already off I took off on my own plan. Instead of honey I used some ultra silky oatmeal bath wash that I adore. Mixed with the vanilla is smelled divine in the pot, and I could only hope that it would mask the strong smell of the green flakes in the bowl and hopefully still turn out descent.
Mix together, let set, then shape into balls. I don’t have a glass plate to set the balls on so I used a shallow glass baking dish that I rarely use. I stuck them up in the cabinets above the washer and dryer so they can dry undisturbed by cats or kids. LOL Hopefully in a few days I’ll have yummy soap. Not that anything I make could compare to the yummy lilac soap I bought from Flutterby Gifts, but I can try.
soap
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Let me know how it turns out. Mackenzie really wants to make her own soap!
that looks easy enough. i have some ivory here that we don’t use.. i might just have to try this.
OOOhhhh i want to try this! i made soap one time from a kit and used food coloring to make it look pretty. yes, food coloring. that stains and dyes anything it comes in contact with. at least it looked pretty. thanks for stopping by my little world!
I might give this one a whirl! Great “make it yourself”!!!
Can’t wait to see how it comes out.
Well it did turn out a nice shade of green!