Annual Soap

For the past four years we have made our own bars of soap. We figure if we make it once a year, we have enough bars (about 60) to last us until the next year. We use our homemade soap for washing our bodies in the shower, and for grating it into our laundry detergent. It has been a lot of fun making soap, and always turns out to be interesting experiment.



For instance, the first time we made it we added sage leaves that we had soaked in olive oil, and then sprinkled sage leaves on the top. It didn't smell like anything after it cured, and the leaves always got stuck in our hair. Then the last time I made it, I decided to add cornmeal, and grapefruit extract. I colored it with paprika. It turned out a little rough, smelled of dirty citrus, and had the strangest shade of orange I've ever seen. This most recent time we added Eucalyptus essential oils, oatmeal, and dried flower petals. It came out a little too strong smelling, and scratchy!

Micah and I both agree, "Enough with experimenting with additives!" We prefer making the plain old-fragrant-free-abrasive-free-no smelly smells, soap.
Just a little olive oil, veggie oil, lye and water. That was our favorite one thus far.

It's pretty easy to do, makes 60 bars, and costs about 30 cents a bar, after all.



This is our over-the-top Eucalyptus soap. Users beware, you might end up smelling like the whole tree.