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.
Is melt and pour soap gentle on sensitive skin?
Does melt and pour soap need to cure?
How do you get the bubbles out of melt and pour soap?
Does melt and pour soap expire?
Lillian says
These look absolutely wonderful!
Pinning to try later!
Visiting via the Girl Creative Link up!
Michelle says
I love this idea Brandy, it's so simple and easy to do and it must smells heavenly. Thanks a ton for the inspiration. I'm going to try make some for Mother's day
Gentle Joy Homemaker says
Your soap is beautiful... and sounds like it would be wonderful to use. 🙂
Nora says
Wow those soaps look edible! We have added too much poppy seeds and the soaps had a rough exfoliation. What else can we use besides the poppy seeds, we are looking for something softer.
Lindsey says
Thanks for the great tutorial! Do you think you could use this as body soap? Or more as a hand soap?
Brandy says
Hi Lindsey! You could probably use this as body soap. I've just noticed that it doesn't' lather as much as a Dove body soap bar would, but you could try it!
Leonor Gonzalez-More says
Hello, your soaps are beautiful. I have just one questions by using natural ingredients (like the lemon, lime, poppy seed etc) Will that give the soap a shelf life. I want to make honey oatmeal using real honey and oatmeal as well. Not sure if the soap is not going to be use fairly soon it may spoil.
Brandy says
Hi Leonor! I'm actually not sure about a shelf life for the soaps. These were all used fairly quickly. Honey doesn't go bad so I'm assuming it would be fine for soaps and last quite awhile!
erin says
I'm so glad I found this post! Lemon Poppy Seed sounds amazing.
Kevin says
Hi,
Where is your soap mold from?
Brandy says
Hi! It was from wholeport which is no longer in business. I believe you can find silicone molds on amazon as well! Sorry I couldn't be of more help!
Kevin says
Thank you!
mitz says
Hi Brandy, really love this recipe and really want to try it, but I've also been having the problem where everything I add to my soaps sinks to the bottom (or top?), whether rose petals or tea powder. I've tried over 20 soaps and it hasn't once been successful. I'm using a raw goat's milk melt and pour soap base. Any ideas? I'm a bit scared to specially order poppy seeds online (can't find any in this country!) if they're all gonna sink too. Otherwise, I really want to try your lovely recipe! 🙂
Brandy says
Hi! Thank you for the comment! I would try letting the soap mixture maybe sit for a minute or two so that it can start to cool off and maybe even thicken just a bit before adding the mix-ins? It's so strange since it worked great for the soaps that I made, but I think this could work. Let me know! 🙂
Diane S. says
The great thing about the melt and pour method is you can use any kind of silicone mold. I got some heart shaped cupcake molds for crafting. Silicone is so much easier to use and there are so many fun shapes! Thanks for this recipe!
Beth Tysdal says
I love your mold with the rounded corners, but can't find one online anywhere. Would you be willing to share your source?
Brandy says
Hi Beth! Unfortunately the company that I ordered mine from is no longer in business 🙁 I haven't seen another mold like it, but if I do, I will send you an e-mail!
John Martins says
I love how simple this recipe is! Many other soap making recipes can be really complicated.
Jennifer Z. says
Question! Help!... I made the mistake of making the soap in a pyrex dish that I sprayed with veg. oil - and I still can't get the soap out. I learned my lesson, and just bought silicone molds from Amazon. So, what's the best way to re-melt the soap in the pyrex dish so I can put in the silicone molds? They look and smell amazing btw - thank you for posting 🙂
Brandy says
Hi Jennifer! I would just microwave it on 20-30 second intervals until it has melted enough to pour! Should work out great and harden again in your new molds! Good luck! 🙂
Jessica says
BTW, Brandy I took your advice and went to my local health food store. They gave me blocks of plain, clear, all natural glycerin soap and said that it was the base for all melt-and-pour soaps and that I could stick it in the microwave or in a Dutch oven! They gave me some raw goat's milk to mix in with it so I had the base and I got to make all your lovely soaps! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! 🙂
Brandy says
Wonderful! And thank you for sharing your tips with the vanilla beans as well! What a wonderful scent that would add!
Jessica says
Chris, with the vanilla beans, be cautious throwing them in. They're exspensive and you wouldn't want to waste them. 😉 If you put them in whole, the soap will seal the pores of the bean and you won't get any scent. The best thing to do would be to scrape the sides of several beans for their pulp and add that in as you would the poppy seeds, then add some vanilla essential oil for added fragrance. 🙂 Since true vanilla e.o.s are crazy exspensive, just make your own, since you've already made extract! It's not as potent, but it's a good DIY option for soap and it smells like heaven! The steps are the same as making your own extract, except after you split and clean the beans, bruise them well and cut them into smaller pieces, then replace the alcohol with an oil like jojoba. You can lightly heat it, or just stick it in the windowsill cold. Shake it up every day. Let it brew for 2-4 weeks. Add a tsp. full of that to your soap along with fresh pulp and that will be the best soap ever!
Cris says
Thanks Jessica! Next time I get some vanilla beans I'll infuse them in oil and use on my next batch of soap.