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All these recipes and tutorials is complements of Soap Barn

1 Refreshing Peppermint Foot Salts
2 Toning Mask - Revitalising Elixir
3 Marigold Soap Balls
4 Creamy Soap Bars
5 Ancient Milk Bath
6 Cutout glitter heart soaps for Valentines' Day
7 Bath Cookies
8 Skin Softening Facial Scrub
9 Grapefruit foot scrub
10 Citrus Soap Kebabs
11 3-D Bunny Soap
12 Blueberry Bath Crème
13 Glorious Shaving Soap
14 Glycerine Apple Bubble Bath
15 Refreshing Toner
16 Novelty Milkshake Soap
17 Chamomile and Marigold Bath Sachets
18 Sea Breeze Soaps
19 Rose and Chamomile hand and body lotion
20 Gentle Cuticle Treatment
21 Homemade Cough Syrup
22 Lemon Balm Bubble Bath
23 Magnolia Bath Balls
24 Blueberry-rose old-fashioned soap balls
25 Cameo Pearl Soaps
26 Natural Rooibos Soaps
27 Rose Bath Oil Cubes
28 Alaskan Ice Soap
29 Rainbow Soap Sticks
30 Watermelon Soap Slices
31 Moisturizing Mango Lip Balm
32 Grapefruit Hand Butter
33 Dancing Ballerina Soaps
34 Sea Breeze Shower Gel
35 Moonlight Dust Body Powder
36 Bathroom Citrus Potpourri
37 Refreshing Peppermint Toner
38 Strawberry-Vanilla Cream Soap
39 Rainbow Soap Cake Slices
40 3D Shell Soaps
41 Cutout Picture Soap
42 Stamp Impression Soaps
43 Soap Cocktail
44 Milk and Honey Soap
45 Mosaic Soap
46 Festive Christmas Soaps

1 - Refreshing Peppermint Foot Salts
Requirements:
1 cup Bath Crystals (From The Soap Barn)
1 cup Bath Salt (From The Soap Barn)
Peppermint oil (From The Soap Barn)
1 Plastic Jar (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Mix five drops of peppermint oil into a handful of the bath crystals.
Add the mixed handful to the rest of the ingredients and mix through properly.
Seal in the jar. To use: Fill a tub with warm water. Throw three tablespoons of
this mixture into the warm water. Soak your weary feet and relax.

2 - Toning Mask - Revitalising Elixir
Requirements:
2 Tablespoons Glycerine (From The Soap Barn)
1 Tablespoon Witch Hazel (From The Soap Barn)
1 Tablespoon Rosewater (From The Soap Barn)
2 Tablespoons Honey
2 Tablespoons Sweet Oil (From The Soap Barn)
One Jar (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, stirring them until they are smooth.
Store in a bottle or Jar. As this is a fresh, natural product without preservatives
its shelf life is 6 - 8 weeks.

To Use: Shake mixture well before use.
Pat the mixture onto your face with a cotton wool ball and leave it on for 15 minutes.
Rinse off and pat face gently with a dry towel.
Look in the mirror and see that you appear ten years younger
(Work it out...if you do it for a few days you will look like a baby!)

3 - Marigold Soap Balls
Requirements:
1/2 kg clear glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50 g dried marigold petals (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Grate the clear glycerine soap. Sprinkle the marigold over the soap.
Take a handful of the grated soap mixed with marigold and form a tight ball with it.
(About the size of a golf ball) Roll it in your hands to get a nice round shape.
Place in a cellophane bag and allow a day to set.
Use these balls for a refreshing bath or shower, especially nice on very stressful days.

4 - Creamy Soap Bars
Requirements:
100 g glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50 g aqueous cream (From The Soap Barn)
Fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Soap bar mould (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt your glycerine soap in the microwave or on the stove. I mean gently, otherwise it will burn!! Add five drops of a fragrance of your choice (about thirty different fragrances available from The Chocolate Den) to the aqueous cream and mix through properly. Add your aqueous to the melted soap and mix thoroughly. Pour onto a soap mould and leave to set. This mixture takes much longer to set (a couple of hours) than just plain glycerine soap. Enjoy your own homemade Dove soap!!!

5 - Ancient Milk Bath
Requirements:
1 cup powdered milk
1-cup bath/salt crystals (From The Soap Barn)
1/2-cup baking soda (From The Soap Barn)
1/2-cup cornstarch (From The Soap Barn)
10 drops fragrance (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Mix all ingredients thoroughly, till smooth and even - no lumps.
Sprinkle 3-4 Tablespoons into your bath for a relaxing, comforting bath.
Notice how soft your skin feels after this indulgence
The shelf life on this product is about 2-3 months.

6 - Cutout glitter heart soaps for Valentines' Day
Requirements:
250 g clear glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
1-teaspoon fine red glitter (From The Soap Barn)
1 flat mould (PV 306) (From The Soap Barn)
1 heart cutter (From The Soap Barn)
Fragrance
Cellophane for wrapping (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the glycerine soap in a pot on your stove (on the lowest temperature)
Add fragrance and fine red glitter to the melted soap. Mix through properly.
Pour the melted soap into the mould and leave about one hour to set.
Remove the soap from the mould and cut out heart shapes with your cutter.
Wrap each heart in cellophane and twist on both sides (to look like candies).
These make really inexpensive cute gifts.

7 - Bath Cookies
Requirements:
2 cups bath crystals (From The Soap Barn)
1/2-cup baking soda (From The Soap Barn)
1/2-cup corn starch (From The Soap Barn)
2 tablespoons sweet oil (From The Soap Barn)
2-tablespoon coconut oil (From The Soap Barn)
Fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Colouring optional (From The Soap Barn)
Cookie cutters (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Mix all ingredients together to form a dough type mixture.
Roll flat on counter and cut out shapes with fancy cookie cutters.
Place cut outs on a non-stick baking tray and bake for 10 minutes at 180 degrees.
Do not over bake.
Allow to cool and store in decorative containers.

8 - Skin Softening Facial Scrub
Requirements:
1/2 Cup fine oatmeal
1/2 Cup unscented liquid soap (From The Soap Barn)
1/2 Cup aqueous cream (From The Soap Barn)
1/2 Cup rooibos tealeaves
Fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Jar (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Mix all the ingredients together. Bottle in and attractive jar and store in the fridge. This is a fantastic, gentle recipe which will leave your face soft and smooth.

9 - Grapefruit foot scrub
Requirements:
250g glycerine grapefruit soap - grated (From The Soap Barn)
1-cup baking soda (From The Soap Barn)
1/2-cup citric acid (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags and jars (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Grate soap finely.
Mix ingredients together well till soap is not obvious.
Package attractively in small cellophane bags or jars.
Use this powder mixture to give your feet a good solid wash.
It is refreshing and revitalising.
Your feet will feel soft and smooth after you have washed them with this luxurious scrub.

10 - Citrus Soap Kebabs
Requirements:
125g tangerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
125g grapefruit soap (From The Soap Barn)
125g lemon verbena soap (From The Soap Barn)
Dried lemon slices (From The Soap Barn)
Dried orange slices (From The Soap Barn)
Dried grapefruit slices - cut into 1/4's (From The Soap Barn)
Kebab sticks (From The Soap Barn)
Clear cellophane (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Slice soap into 1cm thick slices. Divide the slices in halves or quarters (the thin tube soaps need only be divided in half, whereas the tangerine in the thicker tube should be divided into quarters) Alternate the soap cubes with the dried fruit slices on the kebab sticks. Wrap the citrus kebabs in cellophane and tie with ribbon on both ends. These kebabs are great to leave in your cupboard for fresh smelling clothes. They are great gifts and are fantastic left in your guest bathroom. Great colours, great smells = great citrus soap kebabs. Wash with a different citrus fragrance soap every day!

11 - 3-D Bunny Soap
Requirements:
250g pure glycerine soap any colour (From The Soap Barn)
1 laughing bunny mould (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the soap in a pot on the stove on a very low heat. Cut out both sides of the laughing bunny, leaving a 1/2 cm rim all the way around the edges. Cut a small half-moon (size of a 20 cent piece) out of the bottom (flat part) of one side of the bunny. Now put both sides together and sellotape all the way around the edges, leaving no gaps. Sellotape all the way around again, just to make sure. The bunny should be totally sealed, with the exception of the hole you cut out of the bottom. When your soap is quite cool pour it into the bunny through the hole you cut. Keep it upside down (in a cup) and leave it to cool and set. You can even put it in the freezer to set, at least one hour. When it is cold remove the sellotape and pop out your hot cross bun-ny. Soap yourself in good humour. The ears are great for getting into all those hard to reach places...between the toes and so forth.

12 - Blueberry Bath Crème
Requirements:
125ml unscented clear liquid soap (From The Soap Barn)
125ml aqueous cream (From The Soap Barn)
10g dried blueberry leaves (From The Soap Barn)
Blueberry cosmetic fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Blue powder colouring (From The Soap Barn)
1 jar for packaging (From The Soap Barn)
Dried flowers - blue (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Dissolve a TINY amount of blue colouring in the aqueous cream. (If you add too much colouring the bath crème will turn the bath water blue and you with it. Which basically means that if you make it too dark you'll have to give it to your mother-in-law. She looks good in blue, doesn't she?) Add ten drops of blueberry fragrance to the pastel blue aqueous cream. Add the liquid soap and the blueberry herb to the aqueous mixture and mix through well. Bottle the mixture and decorate the jar with the dried blue flowers and raffia.

13 - Glorious Shaving Soap
Requirements:
100g Sandalwood glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
2 Tablespoons aqueous cream (From The Soap Barn)
1 Silver tin for packaging and presentation (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the sandalwood soap. Add the aqueous cream to the melted soap and stir. The aqueous will melt into the warm soap. Pour the mixture into the small tin. Allow to cool and set before sealing with lid. The shaving soap tin can be beautifully decorated for effect. This luxurious shaving soap costs you less than R7 to make (including the tin) and will easily be a high profit best seller for Father's day in June. If you would prefer the soap to lather more, just leave out the aqueous cream and do plain sandalwood soap in the tin.

14 - Glycerine Apple Bubble Bath
Requirements:
1-tablespoon glycerine (From The Soap Barn)
500 ml liquid soap (From The Soap Barn)
Green powder colouring (From The Soap Barn)
Lustre powder - optional, for a silky look (From The Soap Barn)
Fine green glitter - optional for kids (From The Soap Barn)
Apple fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
1 bottle for packaging (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Dissolve a tiny bit of green colouring in the glycerine. (Remember what I told you about the colouring last time. If you make your bubble bath too green it will in turn make you green. Therefore...if you make your bubble bath too green you will have to give it to your mother-in-law. What a waste!) Also mix 15-20 drops of apple fragrance and your lustre powder/glitter into the glycerine. Add this mixture to your jar of clear/unfragranced liquid soap. Pour into a bottle and decorate.

15 - Refreshing Toner
Requirements:
125 ml rose water (From The Soap Barn)
60 ml witch hazel (From The Soap Barn)
2 tablespoons glycerine (From The Soap Barn)
3 drops lemon fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Glass bottle (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Put all the ingredients into the glass bottle and shake well.
Use on your face with cotton wool for refreshing, cooling and cleansing.
Pat your face dry with a soft towel.

16 - Novelty Milkshake Soap
Requirements:
100g pure glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
1 small novelty glass (From The Soap Barn)
Sprinkle of hundreds and thousands (From The Soap Barn)
1 straw

Method:
Melt your soap over a low heat. Pour melted soap into the glass to 3/4 full. Leave to se a little while With an electric beater beat the remaining soap till thick and frothy (but still liquid) Pour the frothy soap over the rest of the soap and insert a short straw. Sprinkle some hundreds and thousands over the top.

17 - Chamomile and Marigold Bath Sachets
Requirements:
250g bath crystals (From The Soap Barn)
50g dried chamomile (From The Soap Barn)
50g dried marigold (From The Soap Barn)
Vanilla fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Cheesecloth squares
Narrow satin ribbon

Method:
Drop 10 drops of Vanilla fragrance into the bath crystals and mix through well. Add the chamomile and marigold. Put two tablespoons of this mixture into the centre of each cheesecloth square. Bring the corners of each square up and tie each sachet closed with the satin ribbon. Drop a sachet into your bath for a relaxing, healing bath. The chamomile has healing properties and the marigold helps soften the skin.

18 - Sea Breeze Soaps
Requirements:
150g blue sea breeze soap (From The Soap Barn)
2 plastic seagulls (From The Soap Barn)
2 square soap moulds (From The Soap Barn)
2 cellophane bags for packaging (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt your soap in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. Pour a thin (2mm) layer of soap into each square mould. Leave the thin layer to set till rubbery. Place the flying seagull on top of the thin layer of soap and fill the rest of the mould with melted soap. Leave to set and then pack in a cellophane bag and tie with a ribbon.

19 - Rose and Chamomile hand and body lotion
Requirements:
40ml boiling water from the kettle
40ml rose water (From The Soap Barn)
2 tablespoons dried chamomile (From The Soap Barn)
3 tablespoons glycerine (From The Soap Barn)
1-cup aqueous cream (From The Soap Barn)
10 drops rose fragrance (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Leave the dried chamomile to steep in the boiled water until the water is cold.
Strain the chamomile water and throw away the used herb.
Add the rest of the ingredients to the chamomile infusion.
Beat till smooth with whisk or hand beater.

20 - Gentle Cuticle Treatment
Requirements:
4 Tablespoons sweet oil (From The Soap Barn)
4 Tablespoons cocoa butter (From The Soap Barn)
10 Drops vanilla fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
1 small silver tin (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Over a low heat warm the cocoa butter till it is melted.
Add the sweet oil and fragrance and stir.
Remove from the heat and place in a glass bowl.
When mixture is cool enough soak your fingertips and nails for 15 minutes.
Rinse your fingers and with a soft towel gently push back your cuticles.
Pour the mixture into the tin and store for future use.
Shelf life of this treatment is 3 months.

21 - Homemade Cough Syrup
Requirements:
Juice from one lemon
3 Tablespoons glycerine (From The Soap Barn)
1/2-cup honey
1/4 cup boiled water
1 small bottle (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Put all the ingredients in a small pot and heat sufficiently to mix.
Stir well, leave to cool and bottle.
This syrup has a two-month shelf life.

22 - Lemon Balm Bubble Bath
Requirements:
500ml clear un-fragranced bubble bath (From The Soap Barn)
2 tablespoons dried lemon balm
10 drops lemon verbena or lemon grass fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Yellow powder colouring
1 square bottle (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Place the lemon balm in a cup and pour one cup of boiling water over it. Allow it to steep for 15 minutes. Remove the lid of the basic bubble bath and pour a small quantity of bubble bath into it. Add the fragrance and a tiny amount of colouring to the soap in the lid. Mix well. Pour the fragranced and coloured soap back into the remaining soap and mix it through properly. Strain the lemon balm infusion and pour the water into the bottle. Pour the soap mixture into the bottle and allow the lemon balm infusion and the soap to mix together well. Have a wonderful, relaxing bath.

23 - Magnolia Bath Balls
Requirements:
2 cups bath crystals (From The Soap Barn)
4 tablespoons coconut oil - melted (From The Soap Barn)
3 tablespoon cocoa butter - melted (From The Soap Barn)
20 drops magnolia oil fragrance (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Mix the fragrance with the two oils.
Bind the crystals with the oils.
Roll the paste into small balls and leave for some hours to set.

24 - Blueberry-rose old-fashioned soap balls
Requirements:
250g white unscented glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
3 teaspoons cornstarch (From The Soap Barn)
2 teaspoons dried blueberry herb (From The Soap Barn)
2 teaspoons dried and crushed rose petals
8 tablespoons rose water (From The Soap Barn)
5 drops blueberry fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
5 drops rose fragrance (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Grate the soap finely into a glass bowl.
Grind the dry ingredients and sieve them over the soap. Mix well.
Add the rose water and fragrances to the mixture and mix into a smooth paste.
Roll twelve small balls and place them on wax paper to dry.
Leave to dry for 4 days till packaging.
Balls can be decorated on the outside with dried flowers, satin ribbon and beads.

25 - Cameo Pearl Soaps
Requirements:
1 cameo mould (From The Soap Barn)
1 square/oval/round mould - to fit cameo (From The Soap Barn)
500g white glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g pink glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
Lustre powder (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane sleeves for packaging (From The Soap Barn)
Ribbon for decorating (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the white soap and pour into square/oval/round moulds. Leave 1 hour to set. Gently melt the pink soap and pour into the cameo moulds. Leave 1/2 hour to set. Un-mould pink soap. With a soft brush lightly dust the top of the pink cameo soap with lustre powder for a mother-of-pearl effect. Un-mould white soap. Pour a drop of melted soap on the back of the cameo and gently drop the cameo face up onto the white soap. Place it and leave it. If you attempt to adjust it the cameo won't stick and you will have to peel off the soap at the back and start the sticking process over. Put your completed soaps in cellophane sachets and tie with ribbons.

26 - Natural Rooibos Soaps
Requirements:
250g Rooibos soap
2 tablespoons Rooibos tealeaves
1 square/oval shaped mould
5 cellophane sleeves
Corrugated cardboard
Raffia

Method:
Gently melt the Rooibos soap in the microwave or on a very low heat on the stove. Sprinkle the Rooibos tealeaves into five square moulds. Pour the melted soap into a mould and stir very quickly and very briefly to distribute the tealeaves. Do NOT stir more than three seconds. Leave the five soaps to set for about one hour. Un-mould the soaps and slip them into individual cellophane sleeves. Cut 3cm strips of corrugated cardboard and wrap one strip around each sleeved soap. Wrap raffia around the middle of the corrugated cardboard and tie a bow. You now have wonderful Rooibos soaps (marvellous for the skin) wrapped in an earthy natural style. These make really fantastic, inexpensive gifts.

27 - Rose Bath Oil Cubes
Requirements:
4 tablespoons melted cocoa butter (From The Soap Barn)
4 tablespoons melted coconut oil (From The Soap Barn)
4 tablespoons baking soda (From The Soap Barn)
4 tablespoons corn starch (From The Soap Barn)
40 drops rose fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Speck of pink colouring (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Line a tray with tin foil.
Mix all ingredients together to form a smooth even paste.
Drop paste onto the prepared tray and flatten to about 1.5 cm thick.
Leave to set.
Just before the mixture sets divide into small cubes.
Use one or two cubes in a bath for dry winter skin.

28 - Alaskan Ice Soap
Requirements:
Square soap moulds (From The Soap Barn)
100g white glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
200g blue glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane sleeves for packaging (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Cut the white glycerine soap into lots of very small cubes.
Randomly throw the white cubes into the empty square moulds.
Gently melt the blue soap and allow it to cool a little.
Pour the blue soap over the white soap cubes in the moulds.
If the blue soap is too hot it will melt the white cubes when poured over.
Leave the soaps to set. Un-mould and wrap in the cellophane sleeves.

29 - Rainbow Soap Sticks
Requirements:
100g red glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g orange glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g yellow glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g green glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g blue glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g pink glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g purple glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
Kebab sticks (From The Soap Barn)
Flat 4x4 round or square moulds (From The Soap Barn)
Clear cellophane (From The Soap Barn)
Raffia (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt each soap.
Pour the melted soap into the flat moulds and leave about ten minutes to set. When all the colours have been moulded thread the soaps in this order onto the kebab stick: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple. Repeat the pattern till the stick is full. Cover the rainbow soap stick with cellophane and tie on both ends with raffia to look like a cracker.

30 - Watermelon Soap Slices
Requirements:
1 9cm PVC cylinder (From The Soap Barn)
1 12cm PVC cylinder (From The Soap Barn)
300g white glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
300g red glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
500g green glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
1/2 lb cellophane bags (From The Soap Barn)
Raffia (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Chop the white glycerine soap into small cubes (dice size).
Fill the 9cm cylinder to the top with the white cubes.
Melt the red glycerine soap and leave to cool a little while.
Pour the red glycerine soap into the 9cm cylinder over the white cubes right to the top.
Leave to set.
Remove the soap from the cylinder by peeling the plastic away from the soap.
Put that soap in the centre of the 12cm cylinder.
Melt the green soap and leave to cool a while.
Pour the green soap into the 12cm cylinder all around the red and white soap to the top.
Leave to set.
Remove the soap from the cylinder by peeling the plastic away from the soap.
Divide the soap by slicing off 2cm thick rounds. The rounds can be halved or quartered.
Place in cellophane bags and tie with raffia.

31 - Moisturizing Mango Lip Balm
Requirements:
1teaspoon beeswax (From The Soap Barn)
1teaspoon cocoa butter (From The Soap Barn)
1tablespoon sweet oil (From The Soap Barn)
10 drops mango fragrance (or any other of your choice) (From The Soap Barn)
Tiny amount of pink powder colouring
Lipstick pot (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt all ingredients together till well blended.
Pour into lipstick pot and allow to set.
Use regularly to keep lips soft and smooth

32 - Grapefruit Hand Butter
Requirements:
50g cocoa butter (From The Soap Barn)
50g beeswax (From The Soap Barn)
2 tablespoons sweet oil (From The Soap Barn)
10-20 drops grapefruit fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
1 flat silver tin (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Warm the cocoa butter and beeswax in a pan until they are melted.
Add the sweet oil and then remove the mixture from the heat.
Add your grapefruit fragrance and whisk the mixture till it is cool.
While it is still a little soft place it in a small flat tin that offers easy access to your fingers.

33 - Dancing Ballerina Soaps
Requirements:
Elefel mould no.13 (From The Soap Barn)
CD mould no.223 (From The Soap Barn)
Plastic ballerinas (From The Soap Barn)
100g of two different colour glycerine soaps (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the two different colour soaps separately. With a strong pair of scissors cut off the plastic ballerina above her skirt, leaving you with her top half for use. Place the top half of the ballerina in the small daisy of the CD mould and pour melted soap around her. Also fill one large daisy mould. Fill one round cup cake shape from the Elefel mould. When all the soaps have set gently remove them from their moulds. To assemble the dancing ballerina use melted soap for glue. Stick the ballerina in the small daisy on top of the cup cake shape soap. Then stick that on top of the large daisy soap. (I used a knife to flatten the centre of the daisy so my ballerina would stand up straight). These soaps make wonderful gifts for little girls' parties.

34 - Sea Breeze Shower Gel
Requirements:
400ml pre-formulated liquid soap (From The Soap Barn)
1-tablespoon glycerine (From The Soap Barn)
Blue powder colouring (From The Soap Barn)
Sea Breeze cosmetic fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
1 Bottle for packaging (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Mix the glycerine into the liquid soap. Dissolve a tiny amount of blue powder colouring (remember you will have to give this to your mother-in-law if you put in too much) in a tablespoon of this mixture and then mix it through the rest of the mixture. Add twenty drops of Sea Breeze fragrance and mix through well. Pour into an attractive bottle. (Beautiful, new, inexpensive bottles have just come into stock at The Chocolate Den)

35 - Moonlight Dust Body Powder
Requirements:
1/2 cup of cornstarch (From The Soap Barn)
1-tablespoon lustre powder (From The Soap Barn)
20 drops ylang ylang cosmetic fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Small silver tin (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Mix the 20 drops of fragrance into a tablespoon of cornstarch and then add that to the remaining cornstarch. Sift the cornstarch through an old pair of stockings so that it is very fine. Add the tablespoon of lustre powder (I really like Bridal Satin or Hi-Lite Antique, but they will all work beautifully) into the mixture and mix through well. Make tiny holes in the lid of the presentation tin with a thin nail and a hammer. (To look a bit like a peppershaker) Package the dusting powder into the tin and decorate with tiny dried flowers and satin ribbon.

36 - Bathroom Citrus Potpourri
Requirements:
100g dried orange slices (From The Soap Barn)
100g dried lemon slices (From The Soap Barn)
500g coarse bath salts/coarse white salt (From The Soap Barn)
Citrus fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Glass or pottery bowl for presentation

Method:
Mix the orange and lemon slices together with the coarse bath salts. Add 20 drops of citrus fragrance to the mixture. Put the mixture into a bowl and leave in your bathroom. The fragrance can be renewed whenever it becomes too weak by simply adding more drops from the bottle.

37 - Refreshing Peppermint Toner
Requirements:
1/2-cup infusion of peppermint (From The Soap Barn)
1/2-cup witch hazel (From The Soap Barn)
2 tablespoons glycerine (From The Soap Barn)
Attractive bottle for packaging (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Make the peppermint infusion by seeping fresh or dried peppermint herb or a peppermint tea bag in boiling water for fifteen minutes Add to the infusion the witch hazel and the glycerine Pour into and store in an attractive bottle. This toner is wonderfully refreshing in summer and will leave your face feeling clean, toned and fresh.

38 - Strawberry-Vanilla Cream Soap
Requirements:
Soap bar mould any shape (From The Soap Barn)
100g White glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g Red glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
1tablespoon milk powder
10 drops vanilla fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags (From The Soap Barn)
Red and white ribbon (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the white glycerine soap in the microwave or over a low heat on the stove.
Stir in the powdered milk till it has dissolved and then add the vanilla fragrance.
Cut the red soap up into small cubes and place randomly in the soap bar mould.
Pour the white soap into the mould to cover the red cubes.
Leave to set.
When set place in cellophane sleeves and tie with a red and white ribbons.

39 - Rainbow Soap Cake Slices
Requirements:
1 10cm round plastic cylinder (From The Soap Barn)
100g red glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g orange glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g yellow glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g green glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g blue glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g pink glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g purple glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Melt the red glycerine soap and pour into the bottom of the cylinder. The first layer of soap must be set but must feel warm and rubbery when you pour the next, orange, layer over. The orange is followed by the yellow, then the green, then the blue, then the pink and finally the purple. The layers won't separate so long as the bottom layer is still warm and rubbery. Be careful not to pour the next layer too soon because one layer will melt another and the colours will mix. Leave the cylinder with all the colours to set properly for about two hours. Remove the soap from the cylinder and cut into triangular cake slices. Cover each slice with glad wrap so your soaps don't sweat.

40 - 3D Shell Soaps
Requirements:
One shell mould with matching back and front (From The Soap Barn)
100g pink glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
Lustre powder – Antique Highlight is my favourite (From The Soap Barn)
Small basket or glass dish (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the soap in the microwave or over a low heat on the stove. Add enough lustre powder to the melted soap to give it a mother-of-pearl sheen. Pour the soap into the front half of the shell and leave to set. When set remove the front half from the mould. Reheat your soap and now pour the back half of your shell mould. Pour so that the soap almost overflows. Quickly place the set front half over the melted back half (some melted soap may ooze over the sides) and leave to set. When the second half is set remove the complete shell from the mould and with a knife tidy the edges. Place shells in basket and cover with glad wrap or cellophane.

41 - Cutout Picture Soap
Requirements:
Attractive cookie cutters assorted shapes (From The Soap Barn)
1 Rectangle soap bar mould (From The Soap Barn)
200g White glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
200g Blue glycerine soap – or any other colour (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags and ribbon for packaging

Method:
Cut the blue soap into 1cm thick slices.
With a cookie cutter cut out shapes from the 1cm slices of blue soap.
Place those blue shapes onto the bottom of the rectangular moulds and press down firmly.
Gently melt the white glycerine soap.
Pour the white soap into the rectangular moulds to cover and surround the blue shapes.
When set place in cellophane bags and tie with ribbons

42 - Stamp Impression Soaps
Requirements:
Plain soap bar moulds any shape (From The Soap Barn)
Rubber stamps with clearly defined designs
100g Glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags and ribbons for packaging (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Remove the rubber design from the wooden block. With a tiny piece of prestik stick the rubber design face up on the bottom of the mould. Press down firmly. Gently melt the glycerine soap and pour it over the rubber stamp to fill the mould. Leave to set. Once set remove the soap from the mould and carefully (with a toothpick) ease the rubber design out of the soap. Place the soap in a cellophane bag and tie with ribbons.

43 - Soap Cocktail
Requirements:
1 Champagne or wine glass
150g Clear glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g pink glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g blue glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g yellow glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
1 Dried orange slice (From The Soap Barn)
1 Decorative straw
1 Paper umbrella (From The Soap Barn)
1 Large cellophane bag and ribbons for packaging

Method:
Cut the clear soap into cubes (ice cube size) and overfill the glass with the cubes.
Cut a line in the dried orange slice and position it on the side of the glass.
Open the paper umbrella and stick in into one of the ice-cubes on the side.
Position your straw.
Gently melt the coloured soaps all separately.
Pour into the glass the first colour (your choice) and leave a few minutes to set.
Then pour the second colour and when set the third colour till the glass is filled to the top.
'Ice-cubes' should be sticking out the top.
Place in the cellophane bag and tie with ribbons.

44 - Milk and Honey Soap
Requirements:
Plain soap bar mould any shape (From The Soap Barn)
200g White glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g Orange glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
2 Tablespoons milk powder
Jasmine and Honeysuckle fragrance (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags, white and orange ribbons (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the white soap and stir in the milk powder until it has dissolved.
Gently melt the amber soap and add 5 drops of fragrance oil.
Pour the white soap into the moulds (to three quarters full) and then pour the amber soap into the centre of the white soap.
Leave to set.
Package in cellophane bags and tie with white and orange ribbons.

45 - Mosaic Soap
Requirements:
Rectangular soap bar moulds (From The Soap Barn)
500g White glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g red glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g orange glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g yellow glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g dark green glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g dark blue glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g pink glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
50g purple glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags and multi-coloured ribbons for packaging

Method:
Cut the coloured soaps into small cubes.
Position the cubes on the bottom of the rectangular moulds and press down firmly.
The cubes can be positioned randomly or in patterns and designs.
Gently melt the white soap and leave a little while to cool a bit.
Pour the white soap to cover and surround the coloured cubes.
Leave to set.
Package the soaps in cellophane bags and tie with matching ribbons.

46 - Festive Christmas Soaps
Requirements:
Plain soap bar moulds any shape (From The Soap Barn)
Christmas moulds, small assorted shapes (From The Soap Barn)
500g White glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g Red glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
100g Green glycerine soap (From The Soap Barn)
Lustre powder (From The Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags, red, gold and green ribbon (From The Soap Barn)

Method:
Gently melt the white soap and fill the soap bar moulds to the top. Leave to set. Gently melt the red and green soaps separately. Fill the mould of small Christmas shapes with red or green soap. Leave small shapes to set. When set lightly dust the shapes on top with lustre powder for a glitter effect. When the white soap bars are set remove from the mould. Pour a drop of white soap on the back of the Christmas shapes (as glue) and quickly place on top of the white soap bars. Do not adjust position otherwise the soap will not stick and you will have to try again. Place in cellophane bags and tie with red, green and gold ribbons.