Easy Lavender Soap Recipe (Melt & Pour)

Make your own lavender soap using an easy melt and pour soap base. This beautiful soap is infused with lavender's goodness and feels delightfully smooth on the skin. You simply have to give it a try!

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Today we're going to get creative with our lavender melt and pour soap making: instead of simply adding lavender flowers to the soap - and ending up with a rather scratchy bar (not a fan!) - we'll infuse the soap with lavender. To get all of lavender's beneficial properties into your soap, we'll "cook" it first and then strain the lavender out.

This project takes a little longer (1 hour) than your regular melt-and-pour soap project, but it's worth it. Who wouldn't want to receive a beautiful handmade soap made with natural ingredients and wonderful essential oils as a gift?

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Ingredients

For 2 bars of soap, to double the recipe you'll need 2 mason jars

• ¼ cup dried lavender buds - if you grow your own you can use twigs and leaves as well
• 1 teaspoon water - to keep soap base liquid while melting
• 8 oz goat's milk soap base 
• 15 drops of lavender essential oil
• 1 teaspoon colloidal oatmeal - you can make your own by finely grinding old-fashioned oats in a food processor or coffee grinder

​How to Make Homemade Lavender Soap

1. Cut the soap base into small cubes - use about ¼ of the entire soap block 
2. Fill the mason jar with lavender - If you don't want small lavender particles in your soap, rinse lavender before adding to the jar
3. Add soap base, water and seal the lid
4. Place the mason jar in a saucepan filled with 2 inches of water and set to low heat
5. Let soap melt and infuse for 45 minutes - periodically check on the water level in the pan as it evaporates quickly
6. Remove from heat 
7. Open lid (careful hot!)
8. Add lavender oil and colloidal oatmeal, and stir the soap mixture with a long spoon
9. Pour soap base through a sifter into the silicone molds
10. Spray the top of the soap with rubbing alcohol to get rid of air bubbles (optional)
11. Let cool for a couple of hours
12. Unmold - pull of the sides of the mold first, then push from the bottom
13. Store in a small airtight container or wrapped in plastic wrap - melt and pour soap should be kept away from moisture as much as possible