A Handmade Valentine Heart Soap is the most personalized and special way to wish your loved one! A perfect way to celebrate this special occasion is to make a personalised Valentine Gift Hamper for him / her. This Goat milk and glycerin soap makes for a perfect addition to your Valentine Gift Hamper.
The main ingredient of this handmade Valentine Heart Soap is the Goat milk soap base. This Soap base is SLS free, Paraben free and preservatives free. This base is mild and gentle and perfectly suited for delicate skin. The lactic acid present in this soap helps removal of dead skin cells. The high content of Vitamin A present in the base maintains the skin health and youthfulness.
Additionally, the kosher certified vegetable glycerin present in the glycerin soap base makes this bar exceptionally hydrating and moisturizing.
In this tutorial, we have used soap embed designing technique. While embedding soap one needs to take care of temperatures. Make sure your melted soap base cools down to 60 degree celsius. Then you gradually pour melted soap over soap embed. Also, before pouring, liberally spray Iso Propyl alcohol on the embed that has been placed in the loaf mold.
Furthermore, Strawberry Cream fragrance oil makes this recipe very enticing and attractive.
All in all, today we will learn a fun and vibrant Handmade Valentine Heart Soap recipe. It will surely make your celebration extra ordinarily special.
Ingredients
- Soapy Twist Transparent Soap Base, 150 grams
- Soapy Twist Goat Milk Soap Base, 450 grams
- Crimson Red Neon Pigment, 0.5 grams
- Strawberry Cream Fragrance oil, 12 grams
Recipe
Time needed: 40 minutes
Most important, always sanitize your work area and equipment with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol, also known as Rubbing Alcohol.
- Melt the transparent soap base.
Firstly, cut and melt 150 grams of Soapy Twist Transparent melt and pour soap base in a heat safe container.
- Make the color and fragrance paste.
Secondly, in a small bowl, add 0.5 grams of Crimson Red Neon Pigment and 3 grams of Strawberry fragrance oil and mix to form a paste.
- Add color to Soap base
Thirdly, add this color paste to the melted Transparent Soap base and mix till the color is incorporated fully.
- Pour the Soap in a Tube mold
Fourthly, pour this Red melted Soap in a heart shaped tube mold and leave it to set in at room temperature.
- Crop the heart tube embeds
Fifthly, cut the heart tube embeds to fit into your loaf mold. You need to have two heart tube embeds ready.
- Melt Goat milk soap base
Subsequently cut and melt 450 grams of Goat milk soap base and add 9 grams of Strawberry Fragrance oil and mix well. Keep stirring till the temprature of the soap drops to 60 degree celsius.
- Set the first embed
Eventually, fix the heart tube embed at the bottom right corner of the loaf mold, spritz some rubbing alcohol and pour the melted Goat Milk soap base till the loaf mold is half full. Furthermore, spray rubbing alcohol to get rid of the air bubbles and let it semi set.
- Set the second embed
Finally, fix the second heart tube embed at the left corner of the loaf mold, spritz some rubbing alcohol and pour the remaining melted Goat milk soap base till the loaf is full. Spray rubbing alcohol to get rid of bubbles and let the soap set fully.
- Demold and cut in bars
Once the soap is fully hardened, pop it out of the loaf mold and cut it into rectangular bars. Your Valentine Special Heart Embed Soap is Ready.
Equally 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 Certainly not required. You may leave your Heart Embeds at room temperature. Only once set in loaf mold, spray some rubbing alcohol and ensure that your Goat milk Soap is at 60 degree celsius at the time of pouring.
Ans 2. If you over heat your soap base, as in let it go above 80 degree celsius temperature, therre will be excess moisture loss in the base, and it may pour out wrinkly. Additionally, it will give out a soapy smell which may be unpleasant.
Ans. 3 We ideally do not recommend addition of carrier oils to this base as it may interfere with its larther and hardening.
Ans 4. To clarify, food colors donot hold well in soaps, they tend to bleed and fade away. Crimson Neon Pigment with give your soap a vibrant appearance.
Ans 5. Certainly, you may.