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Handmade Honey Oat Soap

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Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmasOne of my goals for this year was to start making my own beauty products; particularly my own soap.  I’ve already made a luxurious foaming hand soap, so now I want to make an equally luxurious bar soap. 

There are many soap bases available online and in craft stores.  When you use a melt & pour soap base, the soap was created in a factory using lye to transform the fats into soap so you don’t have to do that step at home.  You melt the soap base, and then you can add whatever additions you choose.

Using a shea butter soap base, I wanted to create a soothing and softening soap that would be like a spa treatment for the hands, especially during the dry winter months.  Combining honey with oatmeal and suspending them in a shea butter soap base is the perfect combination.

Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmas

Making Your Honey Oat Soap

1 lb Shea Butter Soap Base
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup oatmeal
1 tsp sweet almond oil
1 tsp vitamin E oil

Grind your oatmeal so that it is a coarse meal.  

Warm your honey in a hot water bath so that it isn’t so viscous and pours more easily.

Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmas

Chop your shea butter soap base and place it in a large measuring cup.  Microwave your soap base in 30-second intervals, stirring in between until it is melted and smooth.  

Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmas

Stir the vitamin E oil, sweet almond oil, and honey into your soap base. 

Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmas

I have my measuring cup in a baking dish so if the soap cooled too much, I could add hot water to the dish to soften it up again.

Once they are fully incorporated, stir in the oatmeal. 

Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmas

Pour your honey oat soap into your molds.  You can see from my image below that I have a lot of bubbles.  I personally don’t mind the look of the bubbles, but if you do, spray the surface of your soap with rubbing alcohol.  Then top the bars with a few pinches of oats.

Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmas

It will take a few hours for your soap to fully set, but you can put the soap into the fridge to speed up the process.

Once you unmold your soaps, they are ready to use immediately and do not require any additional curing time.

Homemade honey oat soap is the perfect homemade Christmas gift! You can make a batch in as little as 10 minutes. #HandmadeChristmas


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  1. Kelly Zeichner

    July 14, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    After receiving a bar of this lovely soap From you last year, it quickly became my favorite! I will definitely be making this for my family this year, I love Pre du Provonce but I love your soap better!

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    • Stephanie

      July 14, 2018 at 11:28 pm

      Aw! Thank you, Kelly. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.

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