Spiced Pumpkin Soap - A Homemade Glycerin Soap Recipe.
Spiced pumpkin soap is invigorating,
restoring, and refreshing. Wash away stress by treating yourself
to this homemade glycerin soap recipe.
4 oz. Unscented, clear glycerin soap
1/4 tsp. Pumpkin fragrance oil
5 drops Oil of cloves (available at drug stores)
1/4 tsp. Ground cloves
Orange food color
To Make This Homemade Glycerin Soap Recipe:
Melt glycerin soap in a small saucepan over low heat, or in a glass measuring
cup in the microwave. Add oil of clove, pumpkin fragrance oil, ground cloves and
food color. Stir well. Pour into molds. Let set.
Glycerin is a gentle skin moisturizer soap
that is available in clear and opaque. Glycerin
makes soap making less intimidating because homemade glycerin soap recipes don't require
lye and fats. Glycerin can be found at health food stores, some drug stores,
craft stores or major department stores. The key to great glycerin soaps is to keep the heat as low as
possible. High heating temperatures heat will produce a mushy or beaded
appearance. To keep the glycerin from attracting moisture from the air, tightly
wrap the glycerin soaps in plastic after making.
This spiced pumpkin soap recipe also makes a perfect gift. Your friends and family will
appreciate the gift of a homemade glycerin soap recipe. That
this gift came from the heart and your hands makes them even more special.
Packaging and presentation play a predominant role in the gift-giving of
your homemade glycerin soap recipe. Below are several packaging ideas,
but don’t let this brief list limit your creativity!
You could
wrap your finished
homemade glycerin soap
recipe and decorate with a cinnamon stick and raffia.
Boxes and baskets can be nice containers for your spiced pumpkin soap, especially when you fill the
boxes with other materials. You can fill the box or basket halfway with herbs,
dried flowers or potpourri that matches the scent of your soap. Gift basket
fillings, other toiletries, washcloths or sponges also make great fillers in the
basket with your soap. Once you have added the filler and soap, wrap the box or
basket in cellophane.
Paper is a popular packaging medium
because of the variety of papers available. You can use brown Kraft paper,
marbled paper, gift wrap, wallpaper, any kind of paper you want. Your
creativity is the limit! You can use your computer to add designs and logos
to plain paper or you can paint or draw on the paper for an added personal
touch. You can wrap individual bars of spiced pumpkin soap like a gift and either leave plain or
add extra embellishment by tie with ribbons, cording, raffia or lace.
Coffee mugs also great "baskets." Add a filler to the cup
and place a bar of this homemade glycerin soap recipe in the center and wrap with cellophane or tulle. Small
brown paper bags, cello type bags, wood crates and soap dishes are other
containers you can use to package your soaps and salts.
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