This page contains 2 honey soap recipes that you can adapt to what you have available in your kitchen spice rack and cupboards.These recipes were made with goat’s milk melt and pour base but you can use any soap base that you have (shea butter, olive oil, aloe, glycerin).
Honey is a great additive to soaps.
BENEFITS
- Honey smells lovely, it is subtly sweet.
- Honey ads lather to soap and moistures your skin.
- Adding honey is a great way to add therapeutic, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties to your natural soaps.
You can add the benefit of honey to any of your soap recipes. Add 1 tablespoon per pound (454 grams) of soap. Adding too much results in a slimy feeling soap.
For this recipe I used a mini-muffin mold which create these fun little soaps- great for guest or to give away.
Honey Cornmeal Soap
INGREDIENTS
- 454 grams goat’s milk melt and pour white soap base
- 1 teaspoon of honey
- 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal (exfoliant)
- 3 teaspoon of essential oil or fragrance oil (vanilla, sandalwood) if desired.
Honey Milk Spice Rack Soap
INGREDIENTS
- 454 grams goat’s milk melt and pour white soap base
- 1 teaspoon of honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon of cardamon
- 2 teaspoon of essential oil or fragrance oil (clove, vanilla) if desired.
Put honey, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom each in a separate bowl.
Divide melted soap base among the 4 and mix. You will probably need to reheat in microwave to make sure that the mixture is liquid then pour into molds. Take a popsicle stick or chop stick and swirl the 4 colours together.
You can always colour using only 2 spices if you wish.
Honey Soap Recipes using the cold process method.