The Soap Barn Soap Making Instruction Sheet and Recipes



The Soap Barn Soap Making Instruction Sheet and Recipes

Working with Farmhouse Soap

|Soap Making Instructions: |Requirements for Soap Crayons: |

|Melting your Farmhouse Soap – 100% Pure Soap Base |White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn) |

|Un-mould your soap out of the bucket and chop it onto large pieces. |Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn) |

|You can melt your soap two different ways: |Neon paste colours (Soap Barn) |

|Gently melt it in a pot directly on the stove on a low heat. Once your soap has |Crayon mould (Soap Barn) |

|melted pour it into a plastic jug and leave it to cool. Wait till it forms a thick |Bulldog clips (Soap Barn) |

|skin on top, then you know it is a good pouring temperature. |Clear cellophane (Soap Barn) |

|OR : Gently melt your kilo of soap in a plastic jug in the microwave, three minutes |Crayon labels (Soap Barn) |

|at a time. Pour the melted soap into a second jug next to the microwave so you don’t|Small drawstring bag (Soap Barn) |

|keep reheating soap that is already melted. When all the soap is melted and poured |Method: |

|into the second jug leave it to cool till a thick skin forms on top, then you know it|Cut the crayons out of the mould with half a centimetre border around the side. Also |

|is a good pouring temperature. |cut out the flat, bottom part of each crayon (not the point!). Clip the two sides of |

|DO NOT pour your soap into a mould before it has cooled substantially or you will |the crayon together with bulldog clips. Stand the mould point down in a mug or jug. |

|damage your mould. You can reheat and melt your soap as many times as you like |Melt your white Farmhouse soap and colour it with neon/luminous colour paste. Let me |

|providing you do not burn it. If it gets a bit thick after numerous melts then add a|warn you that the yellow one smells absolutely terrible and you need to add lots of |

|tablespoon of water to thin it down again. |fragrance to cover that smell. I would leave it out altogether but it makes the most |

|Instructions: Pouring your soap: |amazing neon yellow and green colours. The yellow mixes with a little blue to make a |

|Once a thick skin has formed on the soap it is ready to pour. Move the skin aside (I|gorgeous green and the pink mixes with a tiny bit of blue to make a stunning purple. |

|use a kebab stick) and pour your soap into a mould. Pour as close to the mould as |The pink and orange pastes are fabulous by themselves and unlike the yellow they |

|you can to prevent bubbles. If you see steam forming on the sides of your mould your|don’t smell bad. |

|soap is still too hot to pour and it will damage your mould. Spray each soap with |Pour the melted, coloured and fragranced soap into the crayon moulds and leave to |

|spraying alcohol immediately after pouring. |set. Leave for two hours and when the soap in the mould feels cold you can take off |

|Instructions: Un-moulding your soap: |the bulldog clips and pop the soap crayon out. The crayons will feel wet immediately |

|Leave your soap on the counter to set for two hours or until it feels cold against |after you un-mould them. Leave them for an hour and they will feel dry. |

|your skin. Put gentle pressure all around the mould to release the soap from the |Wrap the body of the crayon in cellophane and then stick on your soap crayon label. |

|mould. When the soap has separated from the mould you can tap it gently in your hand |You can then put three crayons in a small drawstring bag as a wonderful gift. |

|till the soap falls out. If you treat your moulds with respect they will have a long| |

|and productive lifespan. The general rule is that if the soap does not want to come | |

|out of the mould, it is not yet ready. Leave it longer to set and then try again. | |

|Instructions: Packaging your soap: |Requirements for Fresh Coconut and Lime Soaps: |

|Farmhouse soaps like to stand and dry before being packaged. The longer you can |1kg Farmhouse Soap (Soap Barn) |

|leave them to stand the more they dry, the harder they get, the better they lather |Coconut fragrance (Soap Barn) |

|and the longer they last. Once they have had some time to dry (2 days are fine but |Lime fragrance (Soap Barn) |

|two weeks are better) they can be wrapped. I prefer to wrap my soaps in cellophane |Grated peel from one fresh lime |

|or butter paper. I find that cling wrap only looks good for one day. After that is |3 Tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger |

|starts looking tatty and unprofessional. Once I have wrapped them in cellophane or |5 Heaped tablespoons dried coconut (Chocolate Den) |

|butter paper I can then wrap them in attractive soap wrapping paper or other fancy |Organic Bean mould (Soap Barn) |

|paper. |Method: |

|Farmhouse Soap – What’s it all about? |Gently melt your pure white Farmhouse soap. |

|Finally before we move onto some fun soap ideas I would like to chat to you about the|Finely grate the peel off the outside of one whole lime. Also finely grate 3 |

|100% pure melt and pour base offered to you at The Soap Barn. It is the only melt |tablespoons of fresh ginger. Put the grated lime, fresh ginger and desiccated coconut|

|and pour base in South Africa that is 100% natural and chemical free. It is made with|into your melted soap. Add 10ml coconut fragrance and 5ml lime fragrance to the |

|coconut oil and clay and is hypoallergenic. It is recommended for all skin types |mixture and stir through well till the fruit and the fragrance are evenly distributed|

|from babies with eczema to teenagers with acne to adults suffering from thrush. Use |throughout the melted soap. |

|it and you will immediately discover how kind and gentle it is on your skin. |Now pour the soap into the Organic Bean mould. When the soap is cold to the touch |

|The Farmhouse Soap comes in a huge variety of fragrances and colours. They all work |put gentle pressure on the mould and release the soaps. |

|wonderfully and smell heavenly. There are four bases especially recommended for |Leave the soaps a few days to dry and the wrap them in cellophane and then brown |

|people with troubled skin, even if it just dryness in winter: Goats’ Milk and Honey, |paper and raffia. |

|Myrrh, Patchouli and the Pure White Unfragranced. All four of those are miracle |This is a wonderful gift for anyone. It is easy and very inexpensive to make but |

|soaps for problem skin types. |looks like a million bucks! The soap will be a great treat to anyone’s skin and the |

| |fresh fruit will add colour, texture and nutrients. |

| Requirements for Cleopatra Milk Soap |Requirements for Citronella Soap Balls |

|1kg White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn) |1kg white un-fragranced farmhouse soap (Soap Barn) |

|Fragrance (Soap Barn) |1kg white un-fragranced soap noodles (Soap Barn) |

|Rectangle soap mould SB45 (Soap Barn) |Dried lemongrass + Citronella essential oil (Soap Barn) |

|Butter paper (Chocolate Den) |Method: |

|Milk powder |Put one handful of soap noodles into a small bowl. Gently melt the farmhouse soap in |

|Method: |the microwave or on the stove. Add 20ml citronella essential oil to the melted |

|Gently melt your soap (1kg farmhouse soap) in the microwave or in a pot over a very |farmhouse soap and mix through well. Add a cup of the melted soap to a cup of soap |

|low heat. Once the soap has melted add 1 teaspoon milk powder, 20 ml fragrance and |noodles (just enough to cover the noodles) and stir it through till you get a thick |

|stir well and leave to cool till a thick layer has set on top. Pour the soap |porridge consistency. Now you can take this mixture and roll it into a beautiful soap|

|mixture into the moulds and leave to set. The soaps are stunning wrapped in butter |ball. Roll the warm ball in dried lemongrass. Decorate your soap balls with organza |

|paper and labelled. I like to leave my Farmhouse soaps at least two days after |ribbon and paper roses. Place in white paper cups when complete. These decorative |

|moulding before I wrap them. |soaps can be kept in the bathroom to keep away mosquitoes and flies. |

|Requirements for Classic French Country Soap |Requirements for Soap Puzzle Pieces: |

|White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn) |White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn) Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn) |

|20ml White Tea Flower fragrance (Soap Barn) |Neon paste colours (Soap Barn) Puzzle mould (Soap Barn) |

|Hand Made rectangle mould (Soap Barn) |Method: |

|Classic French Country – Handmade Soap wrapping paper (Soap Barn) |Melt your white Farmhouse soap. Colour the soap with neon colour paste. Fragrance it|

|Method: |with matching fruity fragrances. Pour into the puzzle mould and leave to set. Leave |

|Gently melt your soap in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. Once the soap has |the soaps for a couple of days to dry. |

|melted add 20ml fragrance. Pour your soap into the moulds. Spray with spraying |Package your soap puzzles in a large two row box for a wonderful gift. I leave the |

|alcohol to pop the bubbles. Leave your soaps about two hours to set and then un-mould|box flat and not made up so the pieces fit in nicely. I punched holes at the ends of |

|them. Wrap your soaps in cellophane and then in the Classic French Country Handmade |the box and I threaded ribbon through. |

|Soap wrapping paper. | |

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