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Choosing the ingredients you add to your own soap is a great way to customize the bar to your skin's needs. Oatmeal is a great component to add to soap to to moisturize and nourish skin naturally. If you would like to learn how to make oatmeal soap, check out the tips and information provided on this page.
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If you're looking for a special decorative touch for your homemade oatmeal soap, why not make some beautiful soap curls? This video will show you how to make soap curls using any kind of handmade soap, including oatmeal, by using a cheese curler. The soap curls can then be added to a nice gift basket!
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Introduction
- Adding oatmeal to a glycerin soap base is an easy way to create a customized bar of soap that will leave you feeling clean and fresh.
Step 1: Choosing Your Base Soap
- You have a number of different options when it comes to choosing a base soap for your oatmeal bar.
- Glycerin
- Castille
- Unscented store bought bar
- You may also use scented soap bars.
- Once you've chosen a base soap, you'll want to shred it so it can be melted.
Step 2: Grind the Oatmeal
- Before you add the oatmeal to you soap base, you will want to grind about 1/4 cup of oatmeal in a food processor so it becomes fine as powder.
Step 3: Melting Your Base Soap
- Melt your base soap into a pot over medium-low heat. Once it has melted, stir in the ground oatmeal and allow it to bubble on low heat for ten minutes. At this point, you may want to add any additional essential oils, fragrances or other herbs.
Step 4: Pouring Soap into Molds
- After allowing the soap to cool for a few minutes, pour it into molds and allow it to set for at least four hours. You can use shaped molds, or even pour your soap into a wax-paper-lined, square metal pan and cut it into bars after it has cooled.
Conclusion
- Making a personalized oatmeal bar is easy. Simply choose a base and begin melting the shredded soap in a pan over a medium-low flame. Grind your oatmeal into a fine powder and stir it into the melted soap base. You may also want to add fragrances or essential oils at this point. After the soap is mixed well, pour the soap into molds and allow it to cool.
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