2012 Newsletter Recipes

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Chunky Heart Soaps - Recipe 1

Requirements:

1 Roasting Pan (Chocolate Den)
2kg Red strawberry glycerine (Soap Barn)
2kg White farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
20ml Cherry fragrance (Soap Barn)
Heart cookie cutter (Chocolate Den)

Method:

The first thing you need to do is cut your red soap into 1cm slices. Then cut a red heart out of each slice with your cookie cutter. Place your red hearts on the bottom of the roasting pan and press them down firmly so they don’t move. You can check if they are properly stuck down by holding your pan upside down. Those hearts that fall out – weren’t properly stuck! Please them down again firmly. Take all the red soap left from the slices and put it in a plastic jug for melting or in a small pot.
Melt your white Farmhouse soap in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. When it is melted you can add the cherry fragrance.
Pour the white soap over the red hearts till the roasting pan is filled and the hearts are covered. Leave this layer to set.
When the first layer is set melt your red strawberry soap. It must be very hot when you pour it over the first layer to don’t wait for it to cool. If you pour it too cool the two layers won’t stick. The strawberry soap needs to melt the first layer a tiny bit for them to stick properly. This can only happen if the soap is hot (not boiling!)
When the red layer has set melt your white soap again. Then pour the white soap into the tin over the red layer. Again, this soap needs to be hot enough to melt the red layer just a little so they stick together. Leave the soap about 6 hours to set.
When the soap is set and cold un-mould it onto the counter and cut into lovely thick Valentines’ chunks with a large non-serrated knife.

Hot Stuff - Love Sauce - Recipe 2

Requirements:

500ml Liquid soap (Soap Barn)
Cherry fragrance (Soap Barn)
Red liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
glass bottle (Soap Barn)
Download Hot Stuff label here
Download label 1 here
Download label 2 here
Download label 3 here

Method:

Mix a couple of drops of colouring and 40 drops of fragrance into your 500ml jar of liquid soap. Stir though well till the colour and fragrance are equally distributed throughout the soap. Use a funnel to fill your glass bottle. Print out the fabulous Hot Stuff labels and stick them on the bottles. Have a fabulous bubble bath with your partner on Valentines’ Day.

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Hot Stuff - Love Paste - Recipe 3

Requirements:

500ml Aqueous Cream (Soap Barn)
100ml Glycerine (Soap Barn)
200ml Urea (Soap Barn)
100ml Shea Butter (Soap Barn)
10ml Cherry fragrance
Glass jars (Soap Barn)
Download Hot Stuff label here
Download label 1 here
Download label 2 here
Download label 3 here

Method:

Place your aqueous cream in your blender. Mix the urea in the glycerine and add that solution to the aqueous. Melt the shea butter and add that also into the blender. Finally add your fragrance and blend all ingredients well. Share this wonderful body lotion on Valentines’ Day with your partner for soft smooth cherry skin.

Heart and Rose Soap - Recipe 4

Requirements for Roses:

White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Cherry fragrance (Soap Barn)
Red liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
Cookie Cutters (Chocolate Den)
Kebab Sticks (Chocolate Den)
PVC boxes for packaging (Soap Barn)

Method for Roses:

(For step-by-step method with pictures please see Recipe No. 50 in Soap Barn Book 2 on this website.

Or click here to watch the step-by-step video

For glycerine soap flowers: Melt your white soap gently either in a pot directly on the stove over a very low heat or in the microwave in a plastic jug on defrost. When your soap has melted add the flexine. You will need 50% flexine to the soap you melt for flowers.
For Farmhouse soap flowers: Melt your white soap gently either in a pot directly on the stove over a very low heat or in the microwave in a plastic jug on defrost. You will not need flexine to make flowers out of Farmhouse soap.
Add 10ml cherry fragrance to your soap. Pour the soap onto your counter in long narrow strips and leave about five minutes to set. With a knife cut a straight line across the bottom of the soap strip.
Draw another line 1cm above that with the back of a knife. This must just be a marking and must not cut through your soap. Cut plastic cookie cutters in half with a pair of scissors so that they are open ended. Using the 1cm marked line as your guide cut all the way along the soap strip with your cookie cutter.
Roll up each strip. Put a kebab stick through the bottom of each roll (where the 1cm marking was) to hold it in place. Now fold back each petal of the flower, starting from the outside moving in.
Paint the top edges of each petal with red liquid colouring.
Leave the roses a couple of hours to harden if you are using Farmhouse soap but a day to dry and harden if you are using glycerine soap. You can then remove the kebab sticks and cut off the 1cm base with a sharp knife. Your flowers are now ready for sticking on the strawberry heart soaps. Pour a little melted strawberry soap on the heart and immediately place your rose on top.

Requirements for Roses:

1 heart mould (Soap Barn)
Red strawberry glycerine soap (Soap Barn)

Method for Roses:

Melt your soap gently in a pot on the stove or in a plastic jug in the microwave. Leave it to cool till if forms a skin on top. Pour it in your heart moulds right to the top. Leave your soaps two hours to set and then un-mould them.

Hot Stuff - Love Spice - Recipe 5

Requirements:

Coarse bath salt (Soap Barn)
Dried flowers: Patchouli and Hibiscus (Soap Barn)
Patchouli fragrance (Soap Barn)
Salt grinders (Soap Barn)
Download Hot Stuff label here
Download label 1 here
Download label 2 here
Download label 3 here

Method:

Put your coarse salts in a bowl, add your dried flowers and your fragrance. Fill your grinders. Label with fabulous Hot Stuff labels.

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Body Butter Love Candle - Recipe 6

Requirements:

250g Soy Wax (Soap Barn)
Red oil colouring (Soap Barn)
Patchouli Fragrance (Soap Barn)
Candle Wick (Soap Barn)
Heart box container (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt the soy wax in the microwave for three and a half minutes. When melted add 10ml patchouli fragrance. You can colour the mixture red with your red oil colouring but only use one or two drops!. Position your wick in the middle of the heart box and make sure it stays upright by placing kebab sticks on either side. Leave to set.
Using Body Butter Candles – For you and your partner on Valentines’ Day
Light the candle and let the wax melt. Use the warm melted wax to rub all over your body for the softest, smoothest skin. This makes a wonderful romantic gift for couples to share on Valentine’s Day.

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Hot Stuff – Love Rub - Recipe 7

Requirements:

100ml Avocado Oil (Soap Barn)
100ml Sweet Almond Oil (Soap Barn)
Coarse Salt (Soap Barn)
10ml Patchouli fragrance (Soap Barn)
2 teaspoons dried patchouli (Soap Barn)
2 teaspoons dried hibiscus (Soap Barn)
Glass jars (Soap Barn)
Download Hot Stuff label here
Download label 1 here
Download label 2 here
Download label 3 here

Method:

Pour the 100ml avocado oil into a glass bowl and add 100ml sweet almond oil, patchouli fragrance, dried hibiscus and dried patchouli. Then add your coarse salt, stirring and mixing the scrub thoroughly until you get a thick paste. The paste must not be runny. Divide the scrub into your jars and label with fabulous Hot Stuff labels.
Applying the scrub – For you and your partner on Valentines’ Day
In the shower put a scoop full of scrub into the palm of your hand. With a washing motion rub the scrub all over your body. Massage the treatment into the skin till it tingles. Then wash off the scrub with warm water and pat dry with a soft towel. The rich oils nourish and feed your skin while the salt cleanses, exfoliates and relaxes the muscles. After this scrub your body feels renewed and revitalised and stays that way throughout the day.

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Laced Soap Hearts - Recipe 8

Requirements:

1 heart mould (Soap Barn)
White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Fragrance (Soap Barn)
Organza ribbon (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in a pot on the stove or in a plastic jug in the microwave. Add your fragrance and stir through well. Leave it to cool till if forms a skin on top. Pour it in your heart moulds right to the top. Leave your soaps two hours to set and then un-mould them.
Make holes in your moulded soaps with a kebab stick. Then thread your ribbon through the holes for a fabulous laced effect.

Painted Heart Soaps - Recipe 9

Requirements:

1 heart mould (Soap Barn)
White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Fragrance (Soap Barn)
Red soap colouring (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in a pot on the stove or in a plastic jug in the microwave. Add your fragrance and stir through well. Leave it to cool till if forms a skin on top. Pour it in your heart moulds right to the top. Leave your soaps two hours to set and then un-mould them.
Pour some soap colouring into a saucer. Then draw patterns on your soaps by dipping a toothpick into the colouring. The colouring will eventually spread and you will have beautiful red and white patterned soaps.

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Scented Hearts - Recipe 10

Requirements:

Perfume or Fragrance (Soap Barn)
Large scented hanging heart or small heart (Soap Barn)
Lustre Sparkle (Soap Barn)
Organza ribbon (Soap Barn)

Method:

Pour about a teaspoon of perfume or fragrance onto your heart base. You can use the large heart with hole in it for hanging and the small heart for cars or cupboards. Spread the perfume or fragrance so that it covers the entire heart. Leave it to sink in and absorb. Then you can rub some lustre sparkle on top for shimmer and effect. Tie a nice ribbon through the hole if you are using the large heart. This perfumed heart makes a wonderful gift on Valentines’ Day. Hang it in a bathroom, cupboard, kitchen or car for wonderful fragrance and freshness.

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Heart Wrapping - Recipe 11

Requirements:

1 rectangular soap mould (Soap Barn)
White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Fragrance (Soap Barn)
Heart patterned plastic sheets (Soap Barn)
Organza ribbon (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in a pot on the stove or in a plastic jug in the microwave. Add your fragrance and stir through well. Leave it to cool till if forms a skin on top. Pour it into your moulds right to the top. Leave your soaps two hours to set and then un-mould them.
Wrap your soaps with gorgeous heart patterned plastic sheets. Then tie organza ribbon around them to complete the gift.
You can also use the plastic heart wrapping to cover your bubble bath and hand wash bottles for Valentine’s gifts

Citronella Lotion - Recipe 12

Requirements:

Gel Lotion(Soap Barn)
Aqueous cream (Soap Barn)
Yellow liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
Green liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
Citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)
Jar (Soap Barn)

Method:

Mix 5ml citronella essential oil and a few drops of yellow and green colouring into your gel lotion to make a lime green gel. You will need many drops of yellow and only one or two drops of green. Blend well. Mix 5ml citronella essential oil and a few drops of yellow and green colouring into your aqueous cream. Blend well. You can now put the lotion into an attractive jar for use. Layer the lime green gel between the lime green aqueous cream. Use regularly during summer to keep away the mosquitoes. The gel lotion is light, it spreads easily and is non greasy. ‘Bug-Off’ citronella lotion is essential for all your outdoor evening activities in summer.

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Citronella Soap Balls - Recipe 13

Requirements:

1kg white un-fragranced farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
1kg white un-fragranced soap noodles (Soap Barn)
Dried lemongrass (Soap Barn)
Citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)
Lime organza ribbon (Soap Barn)
Paper roses - different colours (Soap Barn)
Large white paper cups (Soap Barn)

Method:

Put one handful of soap noodles into a small bowl. Gently melt the farmhouse soap in the microwave or on the stove. Add 20ml citronella essential oil to the melted farmhouse soap and mix through well. Add a cup of the melted soap to a cup of soap noodles (just enough to cover the noodles) and stir it through till you get a thick porridge consistency. Now you can take this mixture and roll it into a beautiful soap ball. Roll the warm ball in dried lemongrass. Decorate your soap balls with organza ribbon and paper roses. Place in white paper cups when complete. These decorative soaps can be kept in the bathroom to keep away mosquitoes and flies.

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Citronella Diffuser - Recipe 14

Requirements:

Rattan Reeds (Soap Barn)
50ml Citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)
100ml Diffuser Oil Base (Soap Barn)
Yellow liquid colour (Soap Barn)
Green liquid colour (Soap Barn)
150ml Glass Bottle (Soap Barn)

Method:

Combine the essential oil and the diffuser oil base and mix very well. Add the yellow and green colouring to make a lime oil. This way the reeds absorb the fragrance and the colour and you have matching reeds with fragrance. Pour the mixed diffuser oil into your bottle and add your rattan reeds. Leave the reeds to wick (absorb the oil up the hollow tubes) for a couple of hours and turn them over. You can turn them over every couple of days for best results. Use this diffuser anywhere in the house to keep away flies and mostquitoes.

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Citronella Candles - Recipe 15

Requirements:

1lt Gel Wax (Soap Barn)
Bucket (Chocolate Den)
Glass jar (Soap Barn)
1 pack pre-waxed wicks (Soap Barn)
Yellow candle colouring (Soap Barn)
Green candle colouring (Soap Barn
Citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt the gel wax in a pot directly on the stove over a very low heat. When the gel is melted it will run like water. Then add a couple of drops of yellow candle colouring and one drop of green colouring and 20ml citronella essential oil to the melted gel. Dip the sustainer end of the wick into the melted gel and position the wick in the bucket or jar. Then fill the container to the top. Leave to set. Use these citronella candles indoors and outdoors all summer to keep away flies and mosquitoes and other bugs. These candles are wonderful to use when camping, hiking or out on a safari. Just close the lid of the jar and drop it in your travel pack to take with you wherever you go this summer.

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Citronella Soap - Recipe 16

Requirements:

1 Soap mould (Soap Barn)
Citronella Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Green liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
Yellow liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
Soap dish (Soap Barn)
Organza ribbon (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in a pot on the stove or in a plastic jug in the microwave. Add your colouring and stir through well. Leave it to cool till if forms a skin on top. Pour it into your moulds right to the top. Leave your soaps two hours to set and then un-mould them. Wrap them in cellophane and present them on a soap dish as a lovely gift. Use farmhouse 100% pure citronella soap (made with essential oil and marigolds) to wash with in summer. Your skin will smell lovely and fresh to you but horrible to all mosquitoes and bugs.

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Citronella Spray - Recipe 17

Requirements:

100ml fragrance emulsifier (Soap Barn)
20ml citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)
500ml distilled water (Soap Barn)
Pencil pumps either 10ml or 15ml (Soap Barn)

Method:

Combine the citronella oil and emulsifier in a jug and stir through well. Add the distilled water and stir through well again. You can add a drop of green liquid colouring too if you like. Your spray is now ready to be sprayed EVERYWHERE! On your body, on your clothes, on your linen, in the room, on the curtains and every place you think mosquitoes will be hiding. I even use this spray in my kitchen, on the counters, to keep away the ants. Citronella spray keeps away mosquitoes, flies, ants and all other uninvited guests in summer.

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