Many people love the scent of the scent of Irish Spring soap but don’t care for the actual soap itself. Today we’re going to show you how to make DIY Irish Spring soap that smells exactly like the real thing. With this recipe, you can choose any soap base you want. This allows you to fully customize your soap to get the skin-loving properties you’re looking for. Follow along as we show you how to make this fun and easy melt & pour soap recipe.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Hands-On Time: 30 minutes
Cooling Time: 2-4 hours
Yield: 4 soap bars (5 oz each)
Project Overview
This easy soap recipe is a great introduction to melt & pour soap. If you’ve never made soap before, try this recipe to see for yourself how easy it is with a melt & pour soap base!
We’ll start by weighing and cutting the soap base, then melting it in the microwave. Green mica and Irish Spring (type) fragrance is added to create that iconic Irish Spring look. Finally, the melted soap is poured into a classic oval soap mold and left to harden. These bars of soap will fit perfectly into any of our rectangular soap boxes for professional-looking packaging.
Supplies & Ingredients
- 20 oz Detergent-Free Goat Milk Soap Base (or other white soap base of your choice)
- 8 micro scoops Apple Green Mica
- 0.5 oz Irish Spring Soap (type) Fragrance Oil
- 2 1 oz Measuring Cups
- Micro Scoop
- Whisk
- Pipette
- 28 oz Funnel Pitcher
- Digital Scale
- Soap Cutter
- 4 Soap Boxes for packaging (optional)
- Isopropyl alcohol (at least 91%) in a spray bottle
- Cutting board
- Nitrile gloves
Step-By-Step Instructions
- Use your scale to weigh 20 oz of white soap base. Cut the soap into 1” cubes.
- Add the cubes to your funnel pitcher. Microwave in 15-second intervals until melted.
- In a 1 oz measuring beaker, mix 8 micro scoops of Apple Green mica with a small amount of rubbing alcohol. Add to the melted soap and stir to combine.
- In a clean 1 oz measuring beaker, weigh out 0.5 oz of fragrance oil. Add the fragrance to the melted soap and stir.
- Spritz the soap mold with rubbing alcohol, then pour the melted soap into each cavity.
- Immediately after pouring, spritz the top of the soap bars with rubbing alcohol to remove any bubbles.
- Let the soap set up for 2 hours (or until hard), then carefully remove the soap from the mold.
- Assemble the soap boxes and gently slide a bar of soap into each box. Label accordingly if you plan on selling the soaps.
Note: This recipe calls for a 2.5% fragrance load. If you wish to make a stronger-smelling soap, you can add up to 1 oz of fragrance to achieve a 5% fragrance load.
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