3 1/2 lbs opaque Melt & Pour soap base
2 tsp. beeswax (melt wax alone and add to melted soap base)
2 tsp. cocoa butter
4 Vitamin E capsules (pierced and contents squeezed into melted soap base)
About 1 1/2 droppers of Canadian Balsam Fir essential or fragrance oil
A good sprinkling of dried ground basil leaves
Coloring of choice (I like the woodsy greens or light browns)
Melt soap base and cocoa butter in double boiler (do not let base get any
hotter than 160). When base is completely melted, add MELTED beeswax,
vitamin E and coloring. Take portion of double boiler containing base off
and set to cool some. When first small traces of skin start forming, add
essential or fragrance oil. Gently stir to cool base some more, then gently
stir in basil. Pour base into desired mold...the cooler your base, the
more suspended your basil will be.
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2 tsp. beeswax (melt wax alone and add to melted soap base)
2 tsp. cocoa butter
4 Vitamin E capsules (pierced and contents squeezed into melted soap base)
About 1 1/2 droppers of Canadian Balsam Fir essential or fragrance oil
A good sprinkling of dried ground basil leaves
Coloring of choice (I like the woodsy greens or light browns)
Melt soap base and cocoa butter in double boiler (do not let base get any
hotter than 160). When base is completely melted, add MELTED beeswax,
vitamin E and coloring. Take portion of double boiler containing base off
and set to cool some. When first small traces of skin start forming, add
essential or fragrance oil. Gently stir to cool base some more, then gently
stir in basil. Pour base into desired mold...the cooler your base, the
more suspended your basil will be.
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