Lavender is a classic scent and additive in soap. One of my first batches of soap was lavender.  I used a pretty simple 4lbs recipe that had palm oil (wasnt a fan of it didnt reorder it) lard, olive oil and palm kernal oil. Once my soap traced I added in an ounce of bulgarian lavender essential oil and a small handful of lavender buds, I also sprinkled some lavender buds on top. It turned out lightly scented and very pretty and very scrubby. I recommend grinding your lavender buds if you wish to add it to the body of the soap so it wont be so sharp.

Posted by Shelley in Soap Making on May 14th, 2007 |