Blushing Orchid Cold Process Soap DIY - Making Gorgeous Soap at Home

This blushing orchid cold process soap DIY is another great soap that can be made at home. For this soap, I selected the blushing orchid fragrance oil from Brambleberry. It is one of my favorites from one of their earlier collections. This scent is very perfumy, romantic, and sophisticated. It has notes of tuberose, lime, rose, clove, coconut, balsam, and musk.

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If you prefer using essential oils, lavender, ylang-ylang, patchouli, and cedarwood, are great essential oils that can be added to your soap formulation for scenting the soaps. Make sure to run through an essential oil calculator and use the appropriate usage rate and experiment. With so many options and variations you can make many unique scents for your soaps.

Pinterest pin for blushing orchid cold process soap with four soap close up.

The soap design is a hanger swirl using gold, pink and blue micas. The blushing orchid fragrance contains 2% of vanillin which will discolor the soap. For this reason, I added titanium dioxide to the lye water solution to try to minimize discoloration. With time the soap will turn a bit darker but the colors will remain in this lovely blushing orchid cold process soap.

Four blushing orchid cold process soaps in white, gold, blue, and pink.

Adding the titanium dioxide to the water lye solution is another great technique that you can use when making any other soap with scents that discolor. Keep in mind that the soap will still turn a bit darker over time but it will not be as dark as it would normally be without it.

A lot of the gourmand and even seasonal holiday scents contain a lot of vanilla scent. Try this technique the next time you have your favorite creme brulee scent and want to add some nice color to the soap.

How to make Blushing Orchid Cold Process Soap

Additives used in the Blushing Orchid Cold Process Soap

Kaolin clay

Kaolin clay is a very gentle clay that is used in many cosmetics and face masks. It is not only gentle on the skin but it is also great for anchoring the scents in the soaps. I also think it gives a great slip to the soaps that make the soap super luxurious.

Colloidal oatmeal

Colloidal oatmeal is also used in several skin care products and is considered a skin protectant. It helps retain moisture on the skin. It is very soothing and is usually recommended for people with dry skin. You can certainly skip this but I like it in my soaps because of its great skin properties.

Side view of blushing orchid cold process soaps, four soaps.

Additional materials needed for cold process soap making

Close up of blushing orchid cold process soap.

Essential Oil Blend for Cold Process Soaps

You can also use a mix of wonderful essential oils if you prefer not to use fragrance oils. All the fragrance oils that I use in my soaps and recommend are phthalate free and from reputable soap making suppliers. Below is one of my favorite essential oil blends that can be used for this soap as well:

45% Lavender EO
15% Cedarwood EO
35% Rosemary EO
5% Patchouli EO

The values to use in this essential oil blend will vary depending on the size of your batch of soap. I recommend using a website such as eocalc.com to get the actual values for your specific needs. For cold process soap, they recommend entering the total values of the oils used not the total value of the full soap batch so keep that in mind and make sure the correct values are used.

Close up of blushing orchid cold process soap with more blue color in the swirl design.

Basic steps for making cold process soap at home

Check out the posts linked below for several cold process soap recipes that you can try.

Handmade Cold Process Soap Making

All Natural Aloe Vera Cold Process Soap

Kiss Pour and Handmade Mold DIY

Summer Vibes Double In the Pot Swirl Cold Process Soap DIY

Coconut Milk & Coconut Water Cold Process Soap

Mahogany & Amber Cold Process Soap

Weigh out the butters and melt them
Add the liquid oils to the melted butters
Weigh out the water
Weigh out the sodium hydroxide (lye) needed for the soap
Sprinkle the sodium hydroxide (lye) to the water and mix well, then allow to cool
Add the lye water solution to the melted oils and butters
Mix using the immersion blender until you achieve trace
Split the batter into separate containers and mix in the mica colorants
Pour the base color, then the additional colors
Use a hanger tool to create the swirl design by inserting in the soap and doing infinity sign motions
Allow the soap to go through saponification for at least 24 hours
Cut the soap and allow it to cure for four to six weeks

Ready to start making your own cold process soaps? Then this eBook with 25 different cold process soap formulations is the perfect resource. With so many formulations, you will have lots of inspiration to experiment and find the perfect one.

This eBook also includes best practices to modify the formulations to your liking.

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I hope you are inspired to make your own soaps. If you want to learn more I’ve summarized several questions that I always get asked about cold process soap making in my Cold process soap most common questions answered in one place post. Head over to my all cold process soap making questions answered post to learn so much more!