I had initially wanted to make a bar of handmade “Gardener’s Soap” with oatmeal or almond meal with my dried Calendula petals. But was then inspired by Gianna Rose “From the Garden French Soap Cubes”. They were triple-milled vegetable based soaps with essential oils of Citrus and Lavender plus crushed Sunflower petals.
I am not a fan of Lavender, so I skipped that. I also added organic orange peel for an extra scrubbing effect. Also added a few drops of lemon essential oils for the citrus factor. Then topped it all off with crushed and dried Sunflowers and Calendula petals.
Gardener’s Sunshine Handmade Soap Recipe by Cambree:
6 oz Soybean oil, 6 oz Palm Oil, 3 oz Olive oil, 2 oz coconut oil. 6.3 oz distilled water, 2.3 oz lye, 5 drops of Lemon essential oil. A couple more drops of grapefruit seed extract. 1 tbsp of organic citrus rind, and some crushed organic Sunflower and organic Calendula petals.
Note: measurements of oils are weighted on scale (not by volume).
