Soap Diaries: Orange Tree Lotion Soap Cold Process Hand Made

Video was filmed on my phone, what do you think?

This is my first try of a lotion soap as inspired by the lovely and incredibly talented Bonnie from edentiafarms :-)

This is a blend of 5 different orange essential oils and a fragrance oil. The blend is more of an Orange Blossom scent than a zesty orange scent.

The lotion was made with Mango and Avocado butters, Rice Bran oil and Beeswax. I also added some plain natural yogurt in the soap as I hear that also tends to make for a creamy soap.

As it's a 20% superfat I followed Bonnies' steps and put Optiphen preservative in, luckily I already had some for my body butters/creams, it is paraben and formaldehyde free.

All being well they will contribute to a lovely creamy moisturising bar of soap, I'm looking forward to trying it but for now I have the waiting game of 4-6 wks for it to cure, that bit I don't like.

Hope you enjoy the video and thank you for taking the time to watch.

Diane x

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Cold process hand made soap
• lotion bar soap
• citrus Orange soap

[MissHanaG]

Oh my goodness, Diane! I love this. I can't believe my eyes. I love stuff like this. I will make my research and this is exactly what my friends are going to get from me for Christmas. Both of the soaps looks beautiful. You've done brilliantly. It's a shame I can't smell them through YT :-) Thank you for a genius idea!!! Love, love, Hana xxx

[dianeuk01]

@MissHanaG Hi Hana! Thanks so much for stopping by and saying such lovely things :-) I have to say starting this hobbie of mine has become quite addictive and I've been giving them as gifts and plan to make a whole load more for Christmas gifts with other types of products, fingers crossed.  Have to say the orange scents are coming thru stronger now, mmm, wish you could smell it too :-) x

[BeautifulBubblesSoap]

It sounds gorgeous Diane!! Looks beautiful x

[dianeuk01]

@BeautifulBubblesSoap Thanks so much :-)

[Sparklebrook]

This soap is very pretty! Very interesting to add lotion into it. I definitely would recommend litsea like Tiggy said. I use it all the time in my citrus blends. It really helps to anchor.

[dianeuk01]

@Sparklebrook Thanks so much Holly. I can't take credit for the lotion idea, it was inspired by Bonnie's (edentiafarms) Jupiter soap, I was intriqued straight away. Thanks also for the top tip, will def try that next time. I did put Bergamot EO in there which I hoped would anchor the other scents. It does seem more of the orange zesty scents are coming thru a bit now :)

[unstoppableguy]

Your soaps look fantastic, luxurious and creamy, Wish I could try! lol

[stellarbrite]

I thought it was flower shaped fried eggs.

[dianeuk01]

@TheFutureprim You've no idea how flattered I am, I'm thinking I might have to get myself in a position to sell on a small scale so that I can keep buying ingredients to support my soap making addiction! I would be happy to send you a bar, but you'll have to keep in mind, it's my first try at a bar like this so I don't know what it will be like and I've nothing to compare it to yet. You can email me your address hon. x