Rose milk soap

I believe many women like roses. I do too. I like the smell of the roses and that's why I thought I would add some rosy flavor into the soap. Shower can be romantic in this case, isn't it?!

One special thing about the soap is I used the rose infused olive oil. The oil, however, does not smell really rosy. But the essence of the roses are released into the oil, and this makes the skin soothing and softening.

Like the honey oatmeal soap, I used milk in the rose soap. Milky soap makes the skin moist. I also made some design in this soap by using the red clay powder to create the marble patterns. This rose milk soap look nice, smell nice and will treat your skin nice.

Ingredients:

coconut oil, olive oil (rose infused), palm oil, avocado oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, shea butter, red clay powder, fragrance oil (rose), milk, and lye

Honey oatmeal milk soap

In this soap, instead of using water I used milk to dissolve to lye. And that's simply because milky soap has the function to protect the skin from being dry. Honey has the same function as well. Also, I added some ground oatmeal so that by using this soap, the skin would be exfoliated gently.

The smell of the lavender and lemon grass essential oil go well with soap too. I'd recommend this honey oatmeal soap to people have drier skin. It will keep your skin moist.

Ingredients: 


coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, caster oil, canola oil, rice barn oil, sunflower oil, honey, oatmeal, essential oil (lavender and lemon grass), lye, and milk

Costumized: Breast milk soap

We all know how wonderful the breast milk is. Breast milk is nutritious and it helps improve the immune system of the baby. Mothers are encourage to breastfeed their kids if possible. However, what can you do with the extra breast milk?! Of course you can throw it, but you would feel it's a waste. Then how about using the breast milk into the soap?!

Breast milk soaps are getting lots of attentions and popularity in Asia as the soap is gentle for both parents and the babies. Even newborns, whose skins are more sensitive, can use the breast milk soaps. No essential oil or fragrant oil is added in the breast milk soap because babies will  be using the soaps. Some herbs powder  may be added and it's based on the request.

One more important thing, breast milk is personal not commercial. Using the soaps that are made from other mom's  breast milk is not wise. I do carefully handle the soaps and clearly make soaps with dates and other information. Please do not worry.

Last but not least, I'd like to thank my dear frien,who delivered a cute girl last September, for giving me her breast milk (waving HI to Yu-Ying). In her breast milk soaps, I added some Chinese herb powder, which has the function of calming the kids.

Ingredients:

coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, castor oil, canola oil, rice barn oil, sunflower oil, Chinese herb powder, breast milk, and lye

123 herbal soap: $3.5 each (appox 3.7 oz)

The reason that this soap is called 123 is because the ratio of amount of coconut oil, palm oil, and olive oil is 1:2:3. In addition, I added some bee wax to increase the hardness of the soap. The Chinese herb powder and pearl powder that I added have the function of lightening the skin tone. Rosemary essential oil was added as well.

p.s. The jar of oil in the picture is the rose infused oil. I made this in mid March and will need to wait till mid May to use it. Can't wait that long!!

Ingredients:

olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil, bee wax, Chinese herb powder, pearl powder, essential oil (rosemary), water, and lye

House chore soap - coconut oil: $3.0 each (approx 3.7 oz)

I just made another kind of house chore soap yesterday. I learned how to make this soap when I attended the soap-making class back in Taiwan. You only need two kinds of oil and it takes only 8 hours for the soap to be removed from the mold. Also, you merely need to wait for two weeks to use the soap.

My mom loves this soap and she does not use dish detergent anymore. She learned how to make it from me and even made 4 molds in a week. This coconut oil  house chore soap creates really delicate foam when you wash the dishes. Grease can be easily removed too. There is not fragrant oil or essential oil added in this soap. Simplicity wins!

Soaps in the picture below are $4.0 each. The size is bigger and it would be a perfect gift.

Ingredients:

Coconut oil, castor oil, water, and lye