Creating your own homemade soap like this Oatmeal Lavender Soap is easier than you might think. Once you figure out a few soap recipes that you like, it’s easy to customize it by adding in oils, flowers, and scents.
This soap recipe uses finely ground oatmeal, lavender essential oil (so relaxing), and dried lavender flower that make it super pretty.
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Lavender Oatmeal Soap
Makes 5 bars if using same mold
Ingredients/Supplies:
¾ pound melt & pour goats milk soap base
4 ounces rolled oats (finely ground)
1 tablespoon dried lavender flowers
10 drops lavender essential oil
Silicone soap mold
Large Pyrex measuring cup
Wooden stir stick
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Directions:
1. Grind the oats. (You can do this with a rolling pin, in the food processor, ninja, magic bullet, or whatever your preferred method is.)
2. Cut the soap into 1 inch chunks. Melt the soap in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. If it is not completely melted, put it back on for 10 second increments, until fully melted; stirring each time..
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3. Add the ground oats to the soap base. Mix well.
4. Add the lavender essential oil. Mix again.
5. Poor into the silicone mold.
6. Add about half of the lavender flowers, and give it a little stir with your wooden stick.
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7. Add more lavender flowers to the top.
8. Let set for about 2-3 hours.
9. Remove from mold. Using the wavy scraper, cut the soap into 2 ¼ inch bars.
You can use a different soap base for this Oatmeal Lavender Soap if you have one that you like better. I bet shea butter would be a great base to use in this soap recipe too. If you try it with a different soap base leave a comment and let me know how it turned out.
Oatmeal Lavender Soap
Homemade Oatmeal Lavender Soap
Materials
- ¾ pound melt & pour goats milk soap base
- 4 ounces rolled oats (finely ground)
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender flowers
- 10 drops lavender essential oil
Tools
- Silicone soap mold
- Large Pyrex measuring cup
- Wooden stir stick
Instructions
- Grind the oats. (You can do this with a rolling pin, in the food processor, ninja, magic bullet, or whatever your preferred method is.)
- Cut the soap into 1 inch chunks. Melt the soap in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. If it is not completely melted, put it back on for 10 second increments, until fully melted; stirring each time..
- Add the ground oats to the soap base. Mix well.
- Add the lavender essential oil. Mix again.
- Poor into the silicone mold.
- Add about half of the lavender flowers, and give it a little stir with your wooden stick.
- Add more lavender flowers to the top.
- Let set for about 2-3 hours.
- Remove from mold. Using the wavy scraper, cut the soap into 2 ¼ inch bars.
Terita B. says
Hi! Thanks for this simple soap recipe! I made it last night using a shea butter base and the bars came out perfect! I didn’t have lavender flowers, but did have the oil (I’m a licensed massage therapist). I used a “tester” bar this morning and the oatmeal acts as a great exfoliate . The lavender oil adds a nice aroma. More bars to come!!!! Thank you!
Stephanie Rose says
Hi Terita! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know you made them and what you changed. That perfect for letting others know that they can totally customize soap to what they have available. Yours sounds amazing and now I need to try it with that base.
Suzanne says
This looks so good! I love to make this kind of thing as a gift!