Making bar soap at home with just a lemon is a fun and natural way to create your own personal skincare products. While traditional soap-making requires more ingredients like oils, lye, and water, you can still create a simple lemon-based bar soap with minimal effort. This DIY recipe will give you a refreshing lemon-scented soap that can help cleanse and brighten your skin.
Here’s how you can make a basic lemon soap at home:
DIY Lemon Bar Soap (Simple Method)
Ingredients:
- 1 Lemon (freshly squeezed juice)
- Glycerin soap base (You can buy pre-made glycerin soap base from craft stores or online, which is easy to melt and use)
- Lemon zest (Optional, for extra fragrance and texture)
- Essential oils (Optional, for added fragrance; lemon essential oil complements the fresh lemon scent)
Tools:
- Soap mold (you can use a silicone mold or any container to shape your soap)
- A small saucepan or microwave-safe bowl for melting the soap base
- A spatula for mixing