This winter special facial soap recipe is the best homemade soap for dry skin. This handmade mild face and body bar is Sulfate and Paraben free. Also, it is pH balanced as well as provides abundant nourishment to your skin.
Additionally, the enumerable benefits of unrefined Shea butter makes it an excellent facial soap for glowing skin.
Equally important, the infusion of Sweet almond oil makes this homemade soap for dry skin a powerhouse of nutrients.
This mild face and body bar is rich in Vitamins, antioxidants and essential fatty acids. Furthermore, it leaves your skin feeling younger, supple, and alive. This facial soap makes it easy to navigate the winters, without stripping your skin off its oils to water balance.
This hydrating and moisturizing homemade soap for dry skin is a must have in your daily grooming ritual. Come, lets explore together the joy of handmade soap making with this luxurious recipe of Almond and Shea butter soap.
Ingredients
- Soapy Twist Face Bar, 600 grams
- Organic, unrefined Shea butter, 3 grams
- Sweet Almond oil, 3 grams
- Cool blue fragrance oil, 6 grams
Recipe
Time needed: 40 minutes
To begin with, always remember to sanitize your work area and equipment with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol, also known as rubbing alcohol.
- Melt the base
Firstly, weigh and melt 600 grams of Soapy Twist Face bar soap base in a heat proof sanitized container for a period of 60 seconds at a time, till its fully melted.
- Add the butter
Secondly, add 3 grams of certified organic, unrefined Shea butter to the melted soap base and mix well.
- Add the oil
Thirdly, add 3 grams of Sweet Almond oil to the melted base and stir till its incorporated fully.
- Add the fragrance oil
Fourthly, add the fragrance oil or essential oil of your choice and mix well. Here we have used Cool Blue fragrance oil.
- Set it in a mold
Subsequently, pour the mixture into a heat resistant soap mold and let it set at room temperature for 40 minutes.
- Demold the soap
Once hard, pop the soap out of the mold and your winter special, mild soap for dry skin is ready to use.
Most important, always wrap your soap in cling film for future use and to help it avoid sweating.
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Frequently asked questions
Ans 1. To clarify, many soap bases like Goat milk and Shea butter are good for dry skin however they donot have skin pH of 5 to 6.5. The above recipe helps you make a nourishing soap for dry skin that has the pH of skin which ensures your body’s water to oil balance is intact.
Ans 2. In order to make a homemade soap that maintains the pH of the skin, you need a skin pH soap base, additional conditioning agents like Shea butter and Almond oil and fragrance or essential oil.
Ans 3. A handmade soap that has the best quality shea butter, sweet almond oil apart from being sulfate and paraben free is the best soap for winter season.
Ans 4. A gentle soap that is mild as well as pH Balanced works wonders for sensitive skin. As I have shown, above is a step by step recipe of a winter special soap for sensitive skin.