Soap Additives

Recommended Amount of Additives
 Per Pound of Soap or Base

  Coffee   Grind (Fresh)
  Good for Kitchen Soap to Mask Onion
  and Fish Odors
  1/2C per lb.
  Fuller's Earth   Good for Oily Skin
  Not recommended for Dry Skin
  Lifts dirt & make-up
  1 Tbsp. per lb.
  Petals   For Aesthetics
  2 Tbsp per lb.
  Herbs   For Color, Aesthetics & Therapeutic
  2 Tbsp per 16 oz.
  Lemon & Orange Peels   Dry, powdered peel, Astringent,
  Bleaching Therapeutic
  1 Tbsp. per lb.
  Oatmeal   Ground Fine, Skin Softener Exfoliating
  1/2C per lb.
  Pumice   Fine Ground, Exfoliating
  2 tsp. per lb.
  Almond   Raw Fine Ground
  Exfoliating, Therapeutic
  1 tsp. per lb.
  Bran   Exfoliating
  2 Tbsp. per lb.
  Carrots   Liquify & add directly to soap
  Rich in vitamin A & D, particularly good
  on chapped & dry skin
  1/4C per lb.
  Bentonite Clay   Good for Oily Normal Skin
  1 Tbsp. per lb.

NOTE: Anytime you add a food product (organic material) the product will have a tendency to mold. You MUST add a preservative to your soaps. We recommend Glydant which is our natural cosmetic ingredient and works well with additives in soaps, cosmetics, etc.