Have you ever tried making homemade soap? You won’t believe how easy it is to whip up a batch of this lavender vanilla soap recipe.
This soap is made with shea butter melt and pour soap base, dried flowers and some fragrant essential oil to make a soap that is so luxurious! It smells amazing and rivals any high priced boutique soap I have ever tried. It is perfect for sharing with someone special or just using in every bathroom of your house!
Lavender Vanilla Soap Recipe
Making soap isn’t super complicated, it involves a little melting, a little mixing, a little pouring, and more than anything else, patience. Waiting for your soap to dry and harden is the most time consuming part of the process. It is worth the wait though!
While I made this soap in vanilla lavender fragrance, you can use any dried flowers or essential oils you prefer. This DIY lavender soap bars are versatile, it can work to suit your preferences or supplies on hand.
Helpful Tools
It is important to have a spray bottle of alcohol and a wooden craft or popsicle stick during the process. The wooden stick is perfect for stirring and it will save you from ruining your wooden spoons. The alcohol will be sprayed over the soap to prevent air bubbles and create a nice, smooth, uniform finish for your bars of homemade soap. It is a small step but it adds so much to the finished product.
You can find soap molds in a variety of shapes and sizes from retailers like Amazon. For this recipe, with the measurements given, I used rectangular molds and would recommend you do too if possible.
You can find more DIY bath ideas on the blog. Reader favourites include 10 DIY Lavender Bath and Body Recipes and 8 Homemade Lip Balms.
How to make homemade lavender soap
*You can get all of these soap making supplies at Michaels. You can also find similar products on Amazon.
Supplies for the Lavender Vanilla Soap
- ¾ pound Shea Butter melt and pour soap base
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender flowers
- 10 drops lavender essential oil
- 10 drops vanilla essential oil
Equipment Needed
- Large measuring cup (Pyrex is great)
- Spoon or wooden popsicle stick
- Rectangular soap molds (3)
- Spray bottle of rubbing alcohol
Diy lavender soap recipe
Step 1. Sprinkle some lavender flowers into the molds.
Step 2. Cut soap base into cubes (this can easily be done with a butter knife), and place in measuring cup.
Step 3. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir very well. If not completely melted, repeat for 10 second intervals until fully melted.
Step 4. Add essential oils.
Step 5. Stir lavender flowers into mixture.
Step 6. Pour mixture into the soap molds.
Step 7. Spray lightly with rubbing alcohol. This helps to prevent bubbles.
Step 8. Let set for about 30-60 minutes and remove from mold.
Homemade Lavender Vanilla Soap
DIY Lavender Vanilla Soap
Materials
- ¾ pound Shea Butter melt and pour soap base
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender flowers
- 10 drops lavender essential oil
- 10 drops vanilla essential oil
- Spray bottle of rubbing alcohol
Tools
- Large measuring cup (Pyrex is great)
- Spoon or wooden popsicle stick
- Rectangular soap molds (3)
Instructions
Step 1. Sprinkle some lavender flowers into the molds.
Step 2. Cut soap base into cubes (this can easily be done with a butter knife), and place in measuring cup.
Step 3. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir very well. If not completely melted, repeat for 10 second intervals until fully melted.
Step 4. Add essential oils.
Step 5. Stir lavender flowers into mixture.
Step 6. Pour mixture into the soap molds.
Step 7. Spray lightly with rubbing alcohol. This helps to prevent bubbles.
Step 8. Let set for about 30-60 minutes and remove from mold.
That really sounds like it smells amazing. Homemade gifts are extra special.
Totally agree!
Thank you for the soap recipe, didn’t realize soap was so easy to make.
This is so lovely! Homemade gifts are the best kind of gifts <3
I think so too!
These are pretty cool, and a nice gift from the heart and made with love!!
I think that this is a awesome idea and smells lovely
I had no idea it could be this easy. Lavender is a great comforting scent too. DIY here I come!
Have fun making them!
mmm lavender & vanilla !!
I love recipes like this one and trying them out.I also love essential oils and lavender is one of my favorites.Thank you. 🙂
My pleasure!
This look like amazing made gift for Mom!
Perfect, lavender is actually my mom’s favorite
I think that the homemade and creative gifts are the best. It shows a lot of thought and the love comes through 🙂
Lavender is my favorite scent and I love wearing it in my essential oil beads. This recipe is so appreciated. I can’t wait to make some soap.
One of my daughters (an adult) made lavender soap and gave me one, they do smell fantastic. 🙂
This looks like it smells amazing
Lavender smells so amazing,definitely want to create this homemade soap one day
I love the lavender scent. I would like to try making homemade soap.
I love making this soap with my daughter and this is our favorite.
Thanks for sharing you like making them!
Great soap recipe
I bet this smells amazing and it’s a great gift