PRETTY IN PINK: Exfoliating Soap

Perfect for removing the dead skin cells from summer adventures, exfoliating soap is a luxurious way to prep your skin for the coming colder months. After being in the sunshine and exploring outdoors, your skin often needs a little TLC. This simple soap is quick to make and just the recipe needed to rejuvenate your skin.

Melt-and-pour soaps couldn't be any easier to make - you melt the soap base in the microwave or a double boiler and pour it into the mold! You can personalize the recipe to your liking and skin preferences, as well as add scent, color, or exfoliation. This project features a shea butter soaps base because of its incense moisturizing benefits and high vitamin content. For a natural exfoliation, chia seeds provide a gentle yet thorough scrub. Color blocks by Bramble Berry Handcraft Provisions are a great way to add color naturally, and if you'd like to incorporate a scent, essential oils are the way to go.

YOU WILL NEED

    YIELDS 3 HEXAGON BARS

• 1 cup shea butter soap base
• Glass measuring cup
• Color block: blush (Bramble Berry Handcraft Provisions)
• 1 TB. chia seeds
• 6-10 drops essential oil of choice (optional)
• Silicone mold: hexagon, 4-cavity (Bramble Berry Handcraft Provisions)
• Isopropyl alcohol: 99%
• Fabric scrap
• Baker's twine
• Sentiment tag

HOW TO MAKE

Cut the soap base into chunks, and place in a glass measuring cup. Cut off as much of the color block as desired, and add to the same glass measuring cup. heat in the microwave for 30-second intervals until melted. Stir in the chia seeds. Add the essential oil if desired, and stir to combine. Pour the soap mixture into the silicone mold, and spray the tops with isopropyl alcohol if any bubbles start to form. Let harden for at least a couple hours. When hardened, remove the bars from the mold. To package, stack the three soap bars and secure with a piece of fabric and baker's twine. Attach a sentiment tag.

Note: If pink isn't your color, try using a color block in a different hue. You can also play around with how much of it you add. Adding less will result in a more muted color versus a vibrant color with more.

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