DIY Gemstone Soap–Easy Tutorial!

DIY Gemstone Soap

Looking for a fun and fancy DIY project that won’t break the bank? This is it!

I’m excited to share this DIY gemstone soap that’s a perfect afternoon project. You can make a batch in no time at all. Add a few to a dish in your bathroom, or put a few in a pretty bag for a gift.

As a bonus your home will smell amazing while you make these…enjoy!

Supplies for 6 Gemstones

White Glycerin Soap – 1 1/2 cup of soap cubes
Olive Oil Soap – 1 cup of soap cubes
Soap mold – big ice cube tray – 6” x 4”
Lemongrass Essential Oil – 10 drops
Mica Powder – Pink
Soap coloring – 2 shades of pink
Alcohol Spray

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Prepare ½ teaspoon of pink mica powder and ½ teaspoon alcohol mixed together in a tiny bowl.

This will get any clumps out of the mica powder.

Melt 1 ½ cups White Glycerin Soap and 1 cup Olive Oil soap using the directions for your soap in separate bowls. {Most melt and pour soap is heated 30 seconds on high in the microwave, stir, repeat until melted.}

Add in 5 drops of Lemongrass essential oil to each soap mixture.

Pour the mica mixture into the White Glycerin soap along with a couple drops of pink soap coloring. Add a couple drops of pink soap coloring to the Olive Oil soap.

Let me stop for just a second to share information about the essential oils I use in all my projects.

doTERRA Essential Oils are very high quality and can be used for health benefits since they are pure. They do not include any extra ingredients that can be found in store bought oils and they are very strong! You only need a few drops compared to 10-12 of other brands.

Click here for all the information on doTERRA Essential Oils and how to purchase them at a wholesale price. You will love them! Please email me any questions you have about using your essential oils.

Now let’s get back to making soap…

Mix them and pour the soap into the molds alternating to create a blend of soaps.

Lightly spray the surface with the alcohol spray to remove bubbles.

Let set and remove from the mold.

Take a sharp knife or metal soap cutting tool to make 6-10 slices on each mold creating a gemstone look.

You can do variations with this soap by adding the mica to both of your soap mixtures or adding a touch of mica in between pouring the soap. Have fun with it!

The scraps that you cut off of these to create the shape can be recycled into other soap. Just melt them in a glass measuring cup and add a bit more essential oil after it melts.