Making soap is actually not as difficult as I thought it would be… That is, if you cheat and use an existing soap as the base! After many Pinterest posts (how did I function before this App?) and rummaging through my kitchen condiments, I thought I’d play around with it and give it a go.

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What you’ll need:

– a scent free soap, I used goat milk soap which is mild on the baby’ skin too

– Honey

– ground cinnamon (I cut a cinnamon tea bag)

– chamomile (I cut a chamomile tea bag)

Steps:

1. Melt the soap –
   • If you have a microwave oven, you can cut it into cubes and run it in the microwave for a few minutes until it melts.
   • Unfortunately, we are one of those families who don’t have a microwave oven, so I ‘bein-marie’-d it! The cubes didn’t work so I had to grate it and add a little bit of water into the mix (50ml tops). Alas, it started to melt in a few minutes.
2. Once the base was creamy, I added some honey. I would say about 100ml, then after stirring it through, the ground cinnamon and chamomile (you can add any spice/dried leaf/essence of choice). Take the mix off the stove and keep stirring without letting it set
3. Get a container and sprinkle some ground cinnamon.
4. Pour the mix into the container and let it set for about two hours.

1. Gather ingredients

2. Grate the Goat soap and

You can try various combos – lavender soap, green tea soap or even coffee soap – it all works.  Package it right and it can be  a luxurious gift option too!