After a long, hectic day, what is your first move when you reach home? A refreshing shower, right? Even during summer, the skin looks for something energizing to eliminate all the harm done by the harmful sun rays. But do the scented soaps available on the market help you with all you need without toxic ingredients?
The scented soaps everyone is using outside include several artificial fragrances and other toxic ingredients that might not add to your skin health compared to the soaps made with essential oils and other natural ingredients.
Worried about your skin after reading this? We have an ultimate solution to your healthy skin needs revealed in this blog.
DIY Peppermint Soap: An Invigorating Solution
Peppermint, or, say, mint essential oil, is an ingredient that helps your skin with soothing benefits. Highly used in aromatherapies, mint reduces skin irritation and itchiness. It also helps in reducing inflammation and also promotes healing properties.
Using a peppermint soap gives you a rejuvenating experience after a dull and tiring day. It not only gives you an aromatic bath, but the natural ingredients used in making the soap give you an effervescent appearance. Peppermint soaps made at home are a one-stop solution for people suffering from acne issues. The soap exfoliates the skin and gives it a supple and smooth texture.
Benefits of DIY Peppermint Soap
Before we learn how to make one, let’s take a quick look at the benefits of DIY peppermint soap.
1. It provides relief from skin irritation
Peppermint soap made using mint essential oil carries cooling and calming properties. These properties make the soap ideal for irritating and itchy skin. The soap is highly recommended by dermatologists during psoriasis therapy as it also possesses antibacterial and antiseptic properties. The soap is also effective when looking for some quick relief from bug bites.
2. Eliminates dirt and oil
If you are looking for a natural solution for acne or oily texture on the skin, peppermint soap will surely help you out. The soap effectively works on bruises and breakouts. It regulates the natural oils in the skin to maintain a balanced pH level. The soap carries natural exfoliating characteristics that clean your skin and eliminate dirt and oil from the skin completely. The soap also regulates the production of sebum, which prevents acne and pore blockage and fights the germs that cause acne through its antibacterial characteristics.
3. Helps with sunburn
Sunburns are tough to treat. But with mint soap, you can deal with them. Mint soap contains SPF value. This makes the soap a natural conserving agent that works magically on sunburns. When used on sunburns, it gives a cooling effect and reduces the pain from sunburns.
Apart from all these, peppermint soap includes menthol that gives a cooling and refreshing effect. Hence, it reduces irritation and increases the brightness of the skin. It also gives a soothing and clean look, as well as a strong and refreshing aroma.
Recipe to make a DIY Peppermint Soap
After learning about the benefits of mint soap, are you excited to get one for yourself? Why look for artificial peppermint soaps available in the market when you can easily make one for yourself on your own?
Natural or handmade mint soaps are aesthetically pleasing and gorgeous, apart from being beneficial for the skin. They are antibacterial cleansers that eliminate itchiness from the skin easily. Bonus point: they also help in getting relief from pimples, acne, and insect bites with ease.
Here is the recipe to make peppermint soap for yourself at home –
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of melted soap base
- Silicone cavity soap mold
- Dry peppermint leaves
- Soap dye (Green mineral color is advised, yet you can add your favorite color)
- Petroleum glycerin
- 10 drops of peppermint essential oil
Steps to make DIY peppermint soap
- Take the soap base. Cut it into small pieces of around 1 cm
- Take a microwave bowl and add all the soap base cubes to the bowl. Melt the chopped pieces in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir the soap base and again heat it for 30 seconds. In this way, you would melt the soap base evenly without burning it. You can also use a double boiler to melt the soap. In case you are melting in a pan, melt it by stirring it continuously on low flame.
- When the soap melts completely, it’s time to give the soap some color. Select your favorite color dye or soap colorant. Add it to the melted soap base and mix it properly to give the base a natural color.
- Once you have given the soap base your favorite hue, it’s time to add some peppermint essential oil to it. Adding the oil would provide the soap with nutrition and aroma to make it satisfying for use.
- After combining the soap base with mint oil, add some dry peppermint leaves to the combination. The leaves would give the soap base a rich appearance and some plush. The leaves give the soap properties like nourishing and exfoliating, which are beneficial for the skin.
- Now take a soap mold. Apply petroleum jelly inside the silicon soap mold. Now add the soap base mixture to the soap mold. Allow the soap base to cool down completely. This might take 24 hours.
- Once the soap base cools down and dries completely, turn the mold upside down. Carefully remove the soap bar from the mold. After removing the mint soap bar, allow it to dry completely.
The mint soap bars are now ready to use. You can store the soap bars in a glass jar, as the bars might take a couple of days to set and obtain their texture and shape. For better results, use lukewarm water while bathing with homemade peppermint soap.
Final Words
Handmade DIY peppermint soaps are both fragrant and pleasant. It gives you a natural option for your delicate skin compared to the chemical-based soaps you might be using. The recipe is completely simple and easy to make. Again, you can also play with colors and give the mint soap your favorite color and texture. So, when are you going to make your own mint soap?
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