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Exfoliating soap – what to add to your soap?

Posted on 10-1903-28 by Tes

How to make exfoliating soap When washing with an exfoliating soap it will help to remove oil and dead skin, also removing any dirt that may be clogging the pores, this then helps the skin to absorb moisture. When the skin is able to absorb moisture it will look and feel so much better. What…

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Beeswax Lip Balm Recipe

Posted on 10-1303-28 by Tes

Homemade Lip Balm Making your own lip balm recipe is so much better than buying any tube of lip balm or chap stick from the store, and probably not near as natural as making your own beeswax lip balm. There are a few companies that now make all natural lip balms, so you can find…

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Handmade Laundry Soap Recipe

Posted on 07-1503-28 by Tes

Recipe for Homemade Laundry Soap Making your own laundry soap can save you a lot of money, but not only that you know what goes into the product that will wash your clothing, bedding, etc. There are some very harmful chemicals in some products on the market today and washing your cloths with them and…

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Clay Face Mask Recipes

Posted on 06-1606-17 by Tes

Face Masks Cleansing with Mud Face Masks has been around since ancient times. Clay Masks help to remove the impurities from your pores and tighten them while toning your skin.

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Activated Charcoal Soap Recipe

Posted on 11-0210-27 by Tes

Activated Charcoal Soap Recipe Learn how to make Activated Charcoal Soap with this easy DIY Soap Recipe

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Dead Sea Mud Soap Recipe

Posted on 11-0202-08 by Tes

Dead Sea Mud Soap contains the salt and mud from the Dead Sea which are known to be beneficial for our skin and bodies.  Just soaking in a bath of Dead Sea Salt once a week can help to remove toxins from our body….so why not clean with a bar of soap made with this…

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Coffee Soap Recipe

Posted on 11-0208-27 by Tes

DIY Coffee Soap Recipe Maybe you are asking why a Coffee Soap Recipe?  Why would I want to put coffee in my soap? Coffee grounds act as a natural exfoliation to remove dead skin cells from the top layer of your skin.  This helps to reveal the smooth, new skin underneath. These grounds are gritty,…

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Simple Halloween Recipe

Posted on 10-3011-12 by Tes

Making Halloween soap can be so much fun.  Using melt and pour and some colors you can get the kids involved. I used to do this with my grandkids when they were young, they so wanted to make soap just like Grandma, so I would buy melt and pour and molds and they would create…

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Melt and Pour Soap Recipe

Posted on 10-3010-27 by Tes

Melt and Pour is probably the easiest and safest way to make soap.  You don’t have to use sodium hydroxide (lye) and there is practically no mixing involved. M&P Soap comes in blocks and can be purchased in solid white blocks, clear glycerin blocks. In the last few years there has been more M&P soaps…

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Soap Making Recipes

Posted on 10-2205-16 by Tes

Over the years, I have created many soap recipes some worked well others were to soft or to hard so I always went back to my basic few.  Here are 5 of the basic recipes I use when making my soap.

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    Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m really glad you enjoyed the article and found it helpful. 😊…

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    Thanks so much.  Clays and mineral oxides (like French green, rose clay, or kaolin) tend to remain stable, while more delicate…

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