Homemade Glittery Moisturizing Massage Melt & Pour Soaps

When I’m not testing new makeup products, I enjoy crafty things. Especially, DIY beauty products. One thing I’ve found relaxing is easy diy soap making. It may sound like a lot of work, but it really is not plus it is tons of fun.

Finding a fun homemade soap recipe is the hardest part! Last week while the kids were out of school we made some moisturizing massage melt and pour soaps. If you’ve never used a massage soap, they feel great on your body, especially the back.

If you’d like to learn how to make soap easy, I’ve made a simple to follow bar soap recipe.

4 Bar Soap Recipe

What You’ll Need:

1. 1-pound suspension melt & pour soap base
2. 10-20 drops lemon essential oil, lavender or another you like.
3. 1-3 drops of teal, pink and yellow soap colorant
4. 1-2 teaspoons of teal, pink and yellow chunky cosmetic glitter
5. 1 teaspoon Argan Oil (Amazon)
6. 1 teaspoon Shea Butter ( Amazon)
7. 1 teaspoon Vitamin E (Amazon)
8. 1 large microwave safe bowl
9. 3 small measuring cups
10. Massage soap mold
11. Spray bottle of rubbing alcohol

Instructions: 

Step 1: Cut the soap base into squares and place into a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds. Repeat, stirring after each, until melted. Add essential oil to the bowl. Separate soap base evenly into 3 smaller measuring cups. Mine came out to be about 30 ounces once melted, so there was 10 ounces in each measuring cup.  Add lemon essential oil (or oil of your choice) into each of the three measuring cups. Then add the Argan oil to one, the Shea butter to another and Vitamin E to the last one. Note the Shea butter will melt on its own as you mix it into the hot soap.

Step 2: Mix in the teal soap colorant and glitter into one of the measuring cups. 

Step 3: Spray the mold with the rubbing alcohol and pour the teal soap into each mold. I poured mine so it just covered the openings in the cavities of the mold. Spray the top with the rubbing alcohol. This prevents bubbles from forming. Allow to harden for at least one hour. To test if the soap is ready for the next pout, blow on it. If you see ripples, it is not ready. 

Step 4: Mix in the pink soap colorant and glitter into one of the measuring cups. 

Step 5: Spray the teal layer of soap with the rubbing alcohol. This helps the layers adhere to one another. Pour the pink, stopping at the halfway point from the top of the first layer and the top of the mold. Spray the pink layer with the rubbing alcohol. Allow at least 2 hours for this layer to harden. If you pour the last layer too soon, it will bleed into the second layer. 

Step 6: Mix in the yellow soap colorant and glitter into the last of the measuring cups. 

Step 7: Spray the pink layer of soap with the rubbing alcohol. Pour the yellow soap, stopping just shy from the top of the mold. Spray the yellow layer with the rubbing alcohol. Allow at least 24 hours before you remove the soaps from the mold. To remove, gently pop the soaps out and store in an airtight container or Ziploc bag until ready to use.

Let know know if you liked the homemade soap recipe and made it! I also have an easy sugar scrub recipe you may like too! Remember, you can always change the essential oils to your favorites and even soap colorants to customize your finished bars.