Country Garden Liquid Soap

"A wonderful homemade liquid soap recipe. Let me know what you think of it!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 40mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
1 cup soap
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ingredients

  • 12 cup mineral water
  • 12 cup rose water
  • 1 tablespoon dried peppermint
  • 1 tablespoon dried chamomile
  • 1 tablespoon dried rose petal
  • 1 tablespoon unscented glycerin bath soap, grated
  • 1 teaspoon castor oil
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directions

  • In a medium saucepan, bring the distilled water and rosewater to a boil.
  • Add the herbs and flowers to the boiling water.
  • Let simmer 10 minutes.
  • Turn off heat, and let the mixture continue to steep for 1 full hour.
  • Strain the herbs and flowers out of the mixture.
  • Reheat the mixture, but don't boil.
  • Add the grated glycerin soap and castor oil.
  • Stir til soap is melted.
  • Let cool, and bottle.

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Reviews

  1. I think this was very cool! I had to make substitutions, though, due to the inavailability of various ingredients. I used dried rosemary as a substitute for rose petals and dried marjoram as a substitute for dried peppermint. Instead of grating the bath soap, I used a liquid bath soap. Also, I did not have castor oil on hand, so I used Dabur Vatika oil as a substitute. It smells great on its own and imparted a lovely smell to this soap. I allowed the mixture to steep for 1.5 hours. This soap smelt wonderful and was gentle on my hands. My hands felt smooth after using these. Definitely a keeper! Thank You Very Much for sharing:-)
     
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  1. I think this was very cool! I had to make substitutions, though, due to the inavailability of various ingredients. I used dried rosemary as a substitute for rose petals and dried marjoram as a substitute for dried peppermint. Instead of grating the bath soap, I used a liquid bath soap. Also, I did not have castor oil on hand, so I used Dabur Vatika oil as a substitute. It smells great on its own and imparted a lovely smell to this soap. I allowed the mixture to steep for 1.5 hours. This soap smelt wonderful and was gentle on my hands. My hands felt smooth after using these. Definitely a keeper! Thank You Very Much for sharing:-)
     

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