How to Make Ginger White Tea Cocoa Butter Soap
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound cocoa butter melt and pour soap base (where to buy)
- About 15 drops of ginger essential oil (where to buy)
- One tea bag - Trader Joe's Organic Ginger Pear White Tea (where to buy)
- Silicone soap mold (where to buy)
Instructions
- Melt soap base in a double boiler over medium-low heat (I just fill a saucepan with a few inches of water and set a glass Pyrex measuring cup (2+ cup capacity) inside. I add the soap base to the measuring cup). Stir soap base until fully melted.
- Remove container with melted soap base from heat and stir in contents of one tea bag plus about 15 drops of ginger essential oils. Stir.
- Pour melted soap into soap mold. The number of soaps you can make will vary depending on the size of your molds. I made 4 normal-sized rectangular bars from this recipe.
- Let soaps cool completely on a flat surface before removing. Store in a cool, dry place. I like wrapping soaps in waxed paper or parchment paper. Tie with a ribbon for a cute gift!
Here are a few of the other homemade lotions and soaps I’ve made:
- Soothing oatmeal citrus shea butter soap
- Whipped Chocolate Body Butter
- Peppermint sugar scrub
- Shea butter lotion bars
For more winter ideas, visit a few of my favorite bloggers:
- Easy last minute Christmas decor by Confessions of an Overworked Mom
- Peppermint cream fruit dip by 2Boys+1Girl=OneCrazyMom
- Winter snowflake picture by Simply Southern Mom
- Pumpkin peanut butter snowflake dog treats by Two Little Cavaliers
- DIY Reindeer gift bag by A Bride on a Budget
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Lynne B says
I bet this smells heavenly! I haven’t made a huge amount of DIY skincare but I want to. Part of the reason is I’m slowly creating a collection of ingredients. I like that your recipe uses a pre-made soap base. I definitely wouldn’t consider making my own soap at this point.
paula schuck says
I love this – I am pinning and sharing it. I could make this easily I think. Thanks for the great idea!
Sarah L says
That looks like a fun and yummy soap that even I could make. Thanks.
Janet W. says
This sounds really easy to make and I bet it smells amazing! I’d love to try this myself at home!
Lolli says
That is such a high compliment from you, Pam! Thanks so much! :)
Pam says
Lolli, you always have the best crafts and they’re always so pretty! I am going to whip up a batch of this soap over the holidays.
Julie Wood says
I really like the Easy DIY Ginger White Tea Cocoa Butter Soap! It looks so pretty and is not that hard to make. I would love to have some of these bars out for the Holidays for my guests to try.
Ellen Christian (@ellenblogs) says
I love homemade soap. It’s so much better than store bought!
shelly peterson says
This Ginger White Tea Cocoa Butter Soap sounds like it would smell really good. I have always wanted to make some soap, this sounds pretty easy.