Looking for a simple soap tutorial that will make you look like the super crafty diva you really are? Well, here you go!
This Homemade Citrus Soap can be made in minutes and it turns out amazing! I wish you could smell it! The whole office is smelling like some kind of fabulous spa on the edge of the ocean…on a tropical island, of course.
You can easily whip up a whole bunch of these for holiday gifts, or keep a stash of them when you need a little gift at the last minute. Even the person that has everything can use homemade soap!
There are just a few supplies and I’ll share links to them to make your shopping easy.
You’ll need…
- A glass container – I always use a large measuring cup
- Shea Butter Soap or Goats Milk Soap
- Lemon, Grapefruit and Wild Orange doTERRA Essential Oils {visit my shop}
- Lemon Peel
- Basic Soap Molds
You can use basic soap molds or any small plastic containers around the house that are slightly flexible.
Many of you already know that I sell doTERRA Essential Oils…I love them! Please feel free to email me any questions you have about the health benefits of essential oils, or if you’re interested in selling them yourself. Visit my shop to purchase Lemon, Grapefruit and Wild Orange for this soap recipe.,
Start by cutting up your base soap into cubes, and place them in your large glass measuring cup. Microwave it 30 seconds at a time. Take it out each time and stir. Continue to heat it until the soap is melted. Add 10 drops of Lemon, 10 drops of Grapefruit, and 10 drops of Wild Orange. {you won’t believe how good it smells}
Stir it up gently. Sprinkle Lemon Peel all over the bottom of your soap mold. Slowly pour your soap mixture into the molds.
Let it sit for a couple hours undisturbed. Pop them out of the molds and let them sit overnight. This should make them hard enough to wrap up pretty.
These will make you feel like you’re having a spa day at home. Enjoy!
If you like this kind of handmade project, you’ll love these…
- DIY Lush Inspired Bath Bombs
- 101 Easy Handmade Gift Tutorials
- Homemade Bath Salt Tutorial {super easy}
- Lavender Sachets
Handmade gifts rock! What’s your favorite kind of gift to make? I’m always looking for new ideas!
~Kim
Hi Dear,
oh, what a fresh smell in my house! This is yours!!!! Thank you so much for this fantastic tutorial! Great!
All my best from Austria
Elisabeth
Wonderful! 🙂 I love it!
~Kim
I love citrus soaps because they smell so clean! This is a great idea for a gift (or for myself!). Thanks for the tutorial. Pinning it! I found you through the SITS Sharefest.
I’m not much of a DIY-er but this tutorial makes me want to be one! I can almost smell them through the computer screen…tweeted, pinned and google plussed 🙂 Cindy xo
thinking of doing this as a project over Thanksgiving
It’s very quick…you only need an hour including set up and clean up! Do it! 🙂
~Kim
What gives those soaps that glittery pretty look?? Love this idea but want mine to as pretty lol 🙂
I usually make cold-processed soap..I would like to try the melt and pour process and was looking for a lemon scented recipe. I found your website just browsing around and would love to make this citrus soap. However, I don’t see anywhere the amounts of everything you use or how many bars of soap this will create. It might be somewhere right in front of my face!! Let me know please!! much appreciated. <3
What do you use to wrap them in?
Thanks For Sharing