| The easiest way to make soap is by utilizing melt and | | | | tea tree essential oil. |
| pour soap recipes. One of the reasons why I started | | | | - Melt some clear melt and pour soap base. |
| out in soap making was that I wanted to make a | | | | - Add green coloring (add to your heart's content) |
| soap that was safe on skin and tough on germs. I | | | | and the ground eucalyptus powder and set aside. |
| have two kids - it's pretty much understandable why | | | | - Melt some of the opaque melt and pour soap base |
| I needed one that's not commercially made, not | | | | and add the following: Goat milk powder (before |
| harsh on the skin (since one of them is still a baby, | | | | putting it in, add a little water to avoid clumping), |
| and the other one has sensitive skin) but also won't | | | | Polysorbate 20, stearic acid, eucalyptus and essential |
| compromise the soap's effectiveness in preventing | | | | tea tree oil. |
| the spread of germs and grime on the body. | | | | - Green soap batch should be remelted. Green and |
| I found my answer via a friend who tried this simple | | | | white soap batches should be ready to pour, |
| and effective recipe (and which she and her family | | | | preferably at almost the same temperature. (If not, |
| now use up to this day). This recipe calls for some | | | | it's okay too; they should just be liquid and still |
| experimentation as there are no exact | | | | pourable.) |
| measurements given for this recipe. (For Polysorbate | | | | - Pour both simultaneously in a rectangular mold (or in |
| 20 and stearic acid, it is best to follow the | | | | a mold that's to your choosing). Let it sit until the |
| manufacturer's suggested use of the product.): | | | | soap is hard. It would be better if the mold has |
| - Ingredients: Clear melt and pour soap base (available | | | | completely hardened, so just sit it out. |
| in craft stores locally or online), green coloring, dried | | | | - Take out of the mold. You can cut it roughly or in |
| eucalyptus leaves (grind this into powder), opaque | | | | whatever form you like. Can be used as soon as it is |
| melt and pour soap base, Polysorbate 20 (this | | | | cut. |
| substance allows oil to bond with water and is an | | | | Since there are no set measurements, you will |
| effective emulsifier; should also be best used a year | | | | inevitably have different consistencies. But as long as |
| from the date of purchase), goat milk powder (a | | | | you have complete materials at hand, you can make |
| natural moisturizer; you can buy this in your local | | | | this antibacterial-but-sensitive-to-skin soap anytime in |
| grocery), stearic acid (used to harden the soap and is | | | | the comforts of home. |
| available in pastilles form), eucalyptus essential oil and | | | | |