Calamine Soap - A Natural Soap Recipe Good For Poison
Ivy.
This calamine natural soap recipe is perfect for those who suffer from poison
ivy. The natural soap recipe will help stop the itch and soothe the skin.
1 cup glycerin soap base
2 Tbsp. calamine lotion
2 Tbsp. liquid glycerin
1 Tbsp. French white clay
To Make This Natural Soap Recipe:
Melt the glycerin soap base in a double boiler on medium heat. Wait until the soap begins to cool,
which may take
about 10-15 minutes. Add lotion, liquid glycerin and French white clay. You can also add dried herbs, flowers,
essential oil, etc., if desired.
Pour into a soap mold.
The glycerin in this natural soap recipe is a gentle skin moisturizer soap that is available in clear and
opaque. Glycerin can be found at health food stores, some drug stores, craft
stores or major department stores. Glycerin makes soap making less intimidating
because glycerin soap recipes don't require lye and fats. The trick to great
glycerin soaps is to keep the heat as low as possible. High heating temperatures
heat will produce a mushy or beaded appearance. To keep the glycerin from
attracting moisture from the air, tightly wrap the glycerin soaps in plastic
after making.
This natural soap recipe also makes a perfect gift. Your friends and family will
appreciate the gift of a unique natural soap recipe. That
this gift came from the heart and your hands makes this natural soap recipe even more special.
Packaging and presentation play a predominant role in the gift-giving of
your handmade soaps, salts and lotions. Below are several packaging ideas,
but don’t let this brief list limit your creativity!
Sticky labels, round labels and
heavyweight card stock can be used for labeling. Boxes and baskets are nice containers
for soap, especially when you fill the boxes with other materials. You can
fill the box or basket halfway with herbs, dried flowers or potpourri that
matches the scent of your soap. Gift basket fillings, other toiletries,
washcloths or sponges also make great fillers in the basket with your soap.
Once you have added the filler and soap, wrap the box or basket in
cellophane.
Coffee mugs also great "baskets." Add a
filler to the cup and place a bar of soap in the center and wrap with
cellophane or tulle. Small brown paper bags, cello type bags, wood crates
and soap dishes are other containers you can use to package your soaps and
salts.
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