Strawberries And Cream Soap

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces creamy melt and pour soap bars
• 1/4 cup distilled water
• 6 -10 drops strawberry fragrance oil
• 1/4 cup powdered milk
• 3 drops vanilla fragrance oil or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 -5 drops red food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 grate the soap, or chop into tiny pieces using a very sharp knife.
• 2 use a double boiler for this soap.
• 3 (or you can just use a heat-proof glass bowl over a pan of water- that's what i always do).
• 4 in top of double boiler combine the grated soap, water, dry milk powder.
• 5 keep the water in bottom of double boiler simmering (about 2-3 cups of water).
• 6 stir the mixture occasionally and allow it to melt down into a smooth consistency.
• 7 you can even whisk it with a wire whisk to get rid of any lumps.
• 8 remove from heat.
• 9 add strawberry fragrance oil, vanilla fragrance oil (or extract) and the food coloring if you decide to use it.
• 10 it will add a nice pinkish color to the soap, making it look the color of strawberries and cream.
• 11 spoon the soap out into soap molds and allow to sit for about twenty four hours before unmolding.
• 12 then let it sit another couple of hours before using.
• 13 if you don't have soap molds, try using muffin tins, aluminum tart shells, or any candy molds that you have at home for miniature soaps.
• 14 or you can spoon the mixture into a lightly greased loaf pan and then cut into it to make bars of soap.
• 15 enjoy this wonderful soap!