Bee Pollen Melt & Pour Soap DIY - Soap Queen Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 20 minutes Yields: 6 bars of soap Bee pollen powder is created by safely collecting excess pollen from the legs of bees. The excess pollen creates granules, which are ground into a fine powder. It has a natural honey scent, similar to beeswax. Bee pollen powder adds a light yellow color to white melt and pour and cold process soap, and a rich golden color to clear melt and pour bases. This recipe uses Honey Melt...

Garden Loofah Soap DIY - Soap Queen Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 30-60 minutesYields: Twelve 4 oz. bars Loofah sponge is a natural product that scrubs away dirt and adds a unique look to soap. When they’re dry, they’re quite hard and brittle. Once they’re introduced to water, they soften and have a great scrubby texture for skin. Learn more about loofah sponges here. For this recipe, loofah sponges are soaked, cut, and placed in the 12 Bar Round Silicone Mold. Melt and...

Sea Sponge Melt & Pour Soap DIY - Soap Queen Difficulty: BeginnerTime: About 40 minutesYields: 6 soaps This melt and pour soap is easy to make and brings a bit of the sea into your home. The wool sea sponges are quite soft and help promote a dense lather. The deep color comes from jagua blue extract, a natural colorant. Jagua blue extract is a unique ingredient. It comes from the Genipa americana tree, which is native to tropical forests in North and South America. It’s very...

Seascape Melt & Pour Soap Tutorial - Soap Queen Difficulty: AdvancedTime: About 1-2 hoursYields: About 3 pounds of soap If you love crafting with melt and pour and you want a challenge, this Seascape Soap is for you. This project involves layering and swirling various shades of white, blue, and green soap to create a beautiful sea-inspired bar. It’s scented with Midnight Waters Fragrance Oil, which is a complex and sultry blend of bergamot, sea water, and patchouli. The key to this...

Creamy Coffee Melt & Pour Soap - Soap Queen Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 30 minutes + cooling timeYields: 6 bars of soap Coffee isn’t just for fall, but there is something about cooler temperatures that has us craving it more intensely. If you need a caffeine fix, these Creamy Coffee Melt & Pour Soaps are the perfect project. The bars are made with Goat Milk Melt and Pour Soap Base, which has a gentle feeling on the skin. A touch of coffee seed oil is added to...

Free Beginner's Guide to Soapmaking: Melt and Pour - Soap Queen Melt and pour soap is a great option for beginners. All you have to do is melt the premade base, customize it with your favorite colors and scents, and pour into a mold. Once you get the hang of the process, you can experiment with advanced techniques like layers and swirls. Cold process soap is made by combining oils and sodium hydroxide lye. That causes a chemical reaction called saponification – learn more here. Melt and pour...

Alpine Frost Crystal Soap - Soap Queen Difficulty: BeginnerTime: About 30 minutesYields: About 2 pounds of soap Crystal and gem soaps can be made a wide variety of ways. Techniques include embedding soap, creating layers, and swirling various colors. For these Alpine Frost Crystal Soaps, we kept it simple with one color and plenty of sparkle. The bars are scented with Alpine Frost Fragrance Oil. It’s a perfect complement to Brilliant Blue LabColor, which is a...

Cinnamon Cocoa Melt & Pour Soap - Soap Queen Difficulty: IntermediateTime: 2-3 hoursYields: 50 ounces of soap Melt and pour soap is a great option for crisp and clean layers. This Cinnamon Cocoa Soap tutorial shows you how to create a brown and white design that’s topped with a bit of cocoa powder. It’s scented with new Cinnamon Cocoa Fragrance Oil, which is an irresistible mix of nutmeg, coffee, and vanilla. Just tie a rustic ribbon around the bars and they’re ready to gift. There are...

Uplifting Orange Soap - Soap Queen Difficulty: IntermediateTime: About 2 hoursYields: About 3 pounds of soap Orange 10X Essential Oil is fantastic in soap. In this Uplifting Orange Melt & Pour, it acts as a natural colorant and gives the bars a zesty scent everybody loves. This project is suitable for beginners with a few tips. First, the flower embed needs to be made ahead of time. Once it’s completely cool and firm, it can be placed inside the orange soap. Melt and pour soap...

Classic Heart Melt & Pour Soap - Soap Queen Difficulty: IntermediateTime: 2-3 hoursYields: About 3 pounds of soap Valentine’s Day is exactly one month away. These Classic Heart Melt & Pour Soaps are the perfect way to spread love to the special people in your life. They’re ready in just a few hours, and one batch makes about 8-10 bars. They’re scented with Crisp Apple Rose Fragrance Oil. It’s one of our top-rated scents with more than 40 reviews and 5...