Keep your skin soft and healthy and add a little sparkle to your shower every day with this unique Swirled Heart Soap! The all-natural ingredients ensure your skin gets pampered while the dazzling mica powder gives you that extra oomph of bling. Best of all, it’s so much fun—there’s no need to feel guilty about indulging in something special that gives you a posh feeling. Put some fun in your next bath with Swirled Heart Soap.
What’s in This Heart Shaped Soap0 Recipe?
Fuchsia Mica Powder
Who wouldn’t love a heart shaped soap with a magical swirled effect? With Fuchsia Mica Powder, that dream can become reality! The brilliant color and shimmer will make this heart shaped soap a showstopper. This all-natural powder is the perfect way to give your heart shaped creation an awe-inspiring, unique look that sets it apart from the rest.
Melt & Pour Soap
Melt & pour soap is a great way to create beautiful soaps without all the hassle. Plus, melt-and-pour soap makes it extra simple to customize your heart shaped soap by adding essential oils. Just follow the instructions for this recipe and you’ll be finished with your beautiful, aromatic Swirled Heart Shaped Soap in no time!
Fennel Essential Oil
This recipe is perfect if you want your heart-shaped soaps to look unique and smell amazing. The Fennel Essential Oil will give your soaps an unexpected herby aroma that will captivate your senses and tantalize your nose. Not only that, the licorice-like aroma of Fennel Essential Oil will leave you feeling uplifted and energized.
Cardamom Essential Oil
Add a swirl of sweet, spicy Cardamom Essential Oil to your heart shaped soap for a heavenly scented combination. Not only does Cardamom provide an alluring scent, but it’s also a soothing oil, making it the perfect addition to your soap!
Ginger Essential Oil
Ginger essential oil is a great way to give your heart-shaped soap a fun and friendly kick! Not only does it add a subtle, spicy scent to the soap, but this oil’s properties will also give your homemade heart soap deeper soothing abilities and added warming properties. With the help of Ginger Essential Oil, these lovely soaps will warm both your heart and hands!
Love Essential Oil Blend
What could be more romantic? This heart-shaped soaping experience is an aromatherapy portal to self-love and beauty with each swirled heart created. Not only does this unique blend embody romance and sweetness, but it’s also a favorite blend among Earthies! With a combination of Bergamot Essential Oil, Orange Essential Oil, Amryis Essential Oil, and Ylang Ylang Essential Oil, there’s so much to love!
Soap Mold
You’ll need a soap mold to hold together all the ingredients in this recipe and form your beautiful Swirled Heart Soaps. Using a silicone soap mold makes it easy to remove. Plus, having a heart-shaped soap mold is what allows you to really bring this Swirled Heart Soap recipe to life.
Rubbing Alcohol
Rubbing alcohol is the secret ingredient in this recipe. You’ll first mix it with your mica powder to make your color even and clump-free. Then, after mixing, making, and pouring your colorful soap into your heart-shaped mold, you’ll top it off with a spritz of rubbing alcohol to prevent air bubbles from popping up on your soap’s surface.
Things to Remember When Using This Recipe
Always dilute an essential oil when using it on the skin. This essential oil recipe is unlikely to cause skin irritation when diluted properly. If the oil has been oxidized (left with the cap off for long periods of time) it is more likely to cause skin irritation. Check out this dilution chart for diluting this essential oil properly.
Some essential oil recipes are not generally safe to use if you are pregnant. Consult your doctor prior to use.
This essential oil recipe is safe to use with kids aged 10+.
For more information on using essential oils with cats, check out this blog post.
For more information on using essential oils with dogs, check out this blog post.
We don’t recommend ingesting essential oils unless under the direction of a medical doctor certified in clinical aromatherapy. For more information on why we don’t ingest essential oils check out this blog post.
*Please note: This post is a compilation of suggestions made by those that have extensively used essential oils and has not been verified scientifically with clinical tests nor reviewed by medical experts. It is anecdotal information and should be treated as such. For serious medical concerns, please consult your doctor. The statements given in this blog post have not been verified by the FDA
Swirled Heart Soap Recipe
Swirled Heart Shaped Soap Recipe
Time: 5 minutes + cool time
Est. Shelf Life: 1 year
Yield: 1 soap bar
Dilution Rate: 1%
Ingredients
- FROM YOUR BOX
1 pinch Fuchsia mica powder
1.5oz (~ 4 cubes) Melt and pour soap
3 drops Fennel Essential Oil
5 drops Cardamom Essential Oil
2 drops Ginger Essential Oil
3 drops Love Essential Oil Blend
Soap mold
- FROM YOUR HOME
1/4 tsp 99% Rubbing alcohol
99% Rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle
Directions
- In a small bowl, mix together the mica powder and rubbing alcohol until there are no clumps.
- In a double boiler (or a microwave using 5 second intervals), melt the soap base.
- Add essential oils to soap base and stir.
- Pour half of the soap into a second container that has a pouring spout.
- To the second container, add the diluted mica powder and stir.
- Check the temperatures of the soap. Once both mixtures have started to thicken, but are still pourable (~135°F), pick up both containers of soap and pour them into the mold at the same time. While pouring, move your hands slightly to create a swirled look.
- Spray the surface of the soap with rubbing alcohol to prevent air bubbles from forming. Allow the soap to cool completely (~1 hour). Remove from mold.
- To use, wash hands or body using soap.
More Handmade Gift Ideas For Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is all about showing your loved ones how much you care, and nothing says “thoughtful” like a love-themed or heart-shaped, handmade gift. Pour your heart into more handmade gifts, like…
- Love Cleansing Shave Soap
- Cleansing Sugar Scrub Bar
- Love Massage Oil
- Bold Roll-On
- Love in the Air Diffuser Blend
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