Use this quick and easy homemade poppy seed soap tutorial with an endless combination of colors, scents, and textures. It only takes a few ingredients to make a completely unique blend that you can claim as your own. Today we're making lemon poppy seed and almond poppy seed soap!
Melt and Pour Homemade Poppy Seed Soap Tutorial
Making homemade soap can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be. As for me, I choose the easy route. The combination of colors, scents, and textures is endless and it only takes a few ingredients to make a completely unique blend that you can claim as your own. I have always made the melt and pour type soaps and had fun using this homemade poppy seed soap recipe to make some fun variations recently. When you make melt and pour soaps you aren't really "making" soap. You are melting down an already formed soap base and added scents and textures to it. If you are looking for the cold press method, this isn't it. I'd love to learn that someday too!
Here is the homemade poppy seed soap recipe which you can also use for any homemade soap recipes and make your own in less than 30 minutes.
Poppy Seed Soap Ingredients
Soap Base
You can find 2 lb. blocks of melt and pour soap base at craft stores like Michael's or Hobby Lobby. There are several types to choose from. I've used glycerin soap in the past and chose shea butter soap this time. You could also use a goats milk soap base as well. They are about $9, so be sure to bring your 40% off coupon for the best deal around.
Scents
Almond and lemon scent oils (soap scents or essential oils). They are usually $4-$5 for a small bottle at craft stores or Etsy.
Coloring
Coloring your soap is optional. I chose to add a few drops of yellow to help the lemon one stand out from the almond scented soap.
Add-Ins
The zest of 1 lemon (for the lemon soap)Â and poppy seeds for both soap recipes.
Soap Mold
Plastic or silicone is easy to find at craft stores. Plastic molds are the most inexpensive route and come in so many fun shapes. I used a silicone mold. You can also use a bread pan and cut your soap into bars.
Glass measuring cup
Measuring spoons
Small spatula
Baking Sheet
How To Make homemade poppy seed soap
Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes or until set. Carefully pop out of the mold.
Smooth, fragrant, and ready to pamper yourself or package up for a friend.
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Riens handmade soap says
They came out so perfect. I just wanna smell them.
Lauren says
Hi Brandy, have you ever tried poppy seeds in a normal melt and pour soap base? I used this one (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261576230606?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&var=560447599444&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT) and all the poppy seeds rose to the top...
Thanks
Brandy says
Hi Lauren! I haven't tried it in that base. I'm wondering what would have caused them to rise like that instead of mix like mine did. Very strange.
Cris says
Hi! Can I use vanilla bean instead of poppy seeds?I thought I would use the ones I used to make my vanilla extract. This way I get the vanilla scent
Brandy says
Hi Cris! I've never tried that before, but I'm assuming it would work!
Karen says
I tried looking up where you purchase your soap mold but GoDaddy pops up?? Where did you purchase the molds from?
Brandy says
Hi Karen, it looks as though the site no longer exists (Wholeport). You can find silicon molds at craft stores, plastic molds work too! I will have to edit that post now and remove the link. Thanks for letting me know!
Karen says
No problem 🙂
Kelli Haglund says
SO glad I stumbled on your page. I'm just going to get started in the melt and pour soap making. What brand of oils do you find you are using? I would love to get any tips or hints for the newbie ready to get started. Thank you so much.
Brandy says
Hi Kelli! I haven't really settled on any certain brands as I just use them for scent and not for the essential oil uses. I know friends swear by Doterra, but I used some I bought off of E-bay from a company that had great reviews. Good luck! Melt and pour soaps are the only ones I know how to do and they are fairly simple. You'll have lots of fun!
Kelli says
Do you think these would be ok - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RXI0B4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3PKW778P6JAD9 I appreciate you replying so quickly. I'm so excited to get started.
Brandy says
I think those would be just fine!
kelli haglund says
Thank you so much. I'll let you know how they turn out.
Rena C. says
Hi
I made this super fast and easy via microwave melting. I added about ten drops essential oil (pure) of lemon and about 3/4 of a whole lemon's zest. However I don't have sensitive skin or allergies. ...I just love lemon soaps and have grown tired of paying 6 or 7 dollars for the designer brands. This was perfect.
Rena C., Minneapolis
Brandy says
Fabulous! So glad it worked out perfectly for you! Lemon is my absolute favorite scent!
Mia Simmons says
Hi...I'm interested in trying this recipe. My question is what is considered a "soap base"? Are you referring to something like Ivory soap or a soap bar that is unscented?
Brandy says
Hi Mia! You can buy soap blocks (2 lb.) at Michaels, Hobby Lobby and Joanns. They come in goat's milk, glycerin, shea butter and other varieties. That is the base of your soap. This is a melt and pour variety. The soap is pretty much already made, I just melt it down and add scents and add-ins to it! Hope that helps! I will attach a link to a type of soap base: http://www.amazon.com/Goat-Milk-Soap-Base-scored-2-Lb/dp/B00653QGT0/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1408304998&sr=8-10&keywords=soap+base
Have a great weekend!
Karen says
I am having a hard time finding "sweet almond" fragrance oil-where do you get yours?
Brandy says
Hi Karen! I found my bottle at Michael's in their soap making section. I looked online to see if they had anything available and I only saw "honey almond". Not sure what the difference would be, my "sweet almond" scent smells just like almond extract. Good luck! 🙂
angfling says
Your soaps are beautiful!
I love the exfoliation that poppy seeds give to soap.
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Gale Wilkinson says
These look wonderful and I am planning to try them very soon
Cathie says
Thanks so much for the post. I made these for Christmas present and for a swap that I went to. I love them, they are easy to make and you can make any variety you want. I, too, could not find the silicone molds at Michael, but the plastic ones are fine. Thanks again! getting ready to make some heart-shaped soaps for Valentine's Day!
Cathie
Brandy says
Thanks for letting me know, Cathie! They are so much fun, I just finished up some Valentine's day ones too! 🙂
Nora says
You can find silicone molds in the baking section at Michael's.
Jessica Comer says
Hi Brandy, your soap recipe looks awesome and I'm really interested in trying to make soap myself! I've seen those melt & pour bases from Michael's and Hobby Lobby before but I never wanted to try them because when I looked at the ingredients I saw that they were full of SLS (sodium laurel sulfates) and weren't really soap. The reason I want to make my own soap is because my little boy has terrible eczema and can't handle harsh detergents with SLS. Have you ever used a different brand of melt & pour soap base or know of where I could find one so I could make your recipe without the detergents? It really looks awesome and like a fun project to do with my son! 🙂 Thanks.
Brandy says
Hi Jessica, I'm sorry I haven't looked into that before. The only thing I would do would be to google it or search on amazon.com. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help! Brandy
Jennifer McLean says
Hi Jessica, I totally understand soap having SLS which are horrible for skin but especially when you or your children have eczema or just very dry skin- I use the soaps from Super Store or Loblaws or even health stores that are all natural and they work great on both of my children! Unfortunately you arent making them but the bars of soap I use are about $1.29 and theres a bunch of yummy scents to pick from:) hope this helps you and your son
Jen
Amanda Formaro says
I'll definitely be trying these 🙂 I shared your link on my Facebook page and everyone loved the idea 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153754070695217&set=a.353593675216.349539.323548680216&type=1&stream_ref=10
Brandy says
Thank you Amanda! Awesome! They are so fun to make, I just posted a raspberry one yesterday that is perfect for Valentine's Day. I hope you enjoy making them too!
Sheryl says
You mention "10 ounces" of soap base....is this liquid, after it has been melted or 10 ounces by weight? I got the 2# package from Micbeals....so how much of that do I use?
Brandy says
Hi Sheryl! I used 10 oz. of the 2 lb. soap base cut into cubes. I weighed it before melting it. You may need to adjust how much you use depending on how many bars you are making and the size of your mold. Mine soap mold made 2x3" bars so I just gave my measurements as a reference. Hope that helps!
Sheryl Bonsignore LaDelfa says
Thank you, Brandy! I went ahead and used 10 fluid ounces (about ten or eleven cubes from the 2# block). That usually got me four bars. Thanks for replying!
Laura says
Love, love, love the ideas here. My biggest concern, however: I do not have a microwave. Can this be done stove top or should I hang out at my mom's house and use hers?
Brandy says
You could do this on a stove with a double boiler!